I’ve been thinking about that recently, and I think that more thought should be
put, by the developers of mobile screen readers, into making typing faster for
us. I mean, I’ve heard a person typing on their iPhone, and they typed almost
as fast as I type on this keyboard! I think that we should be able to do the
same with touch screens and iPhones. My thought now more than ever is to bring
blind people to the closest way of using things that a sighted person would,
and still know what’s going on, rather than bring technology to blind people in
specialistic ways, like braille displays and such.
On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:27 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Hi eleanor.
That is precisely why the first device I bought for my Iphone the day I got
it (well after a sturdy case), was a bluetooth keyboard, although as I said I
frequently wind up using dictation or flicking through the on screen keyboard
because unfortunately the keyboard is a bit large to carry around with me so
I only use it at my flat.
I agree keyboards will stay for typing speed if nothing else, however my
point was more about the fact that as typing becomes sort of a specialist
professional thing things like keyboard shortcuts in programs are falling
off, and we'll likely end up with a situation where keyboards just! are used
for typing and most control will be touch screen controls, or possibly
dictation which will have it's own set of access issues and requirements in
the future.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
- Original Message - From: Eleanor elea...@7128.com
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 5:19 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?
Weighing in on the typing issue, I agree with both Tim and Dark. One point
that must be made though is that touch typing really needs a physical
keyboard, not just a virtual keyboard. Correct finger positioning is
necessary and without tactile clues, it is difficult to do. Since keyboards
can be used with tablets, someone can touch type, using a keyboard on a
tablet. I am a touch typist and have to hunt and peck on a virtual
keyboard, which is where this whole discussion started - i.e. are we moving
away from desktops. Perhaps a Surface Pro type of device is an example of
the direction that we are going?
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
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