Thanks. Your answer was very useful and makes me more confident in using one. Does anyone know the address of any mailing lists for VoiceOver? Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Talks] Two questions about getting a new cell phone Date: 6/21/2012 6:21:06 PM Fron: Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Yeh, blind people have used the iPhone, which only has a > touch screen, > as well as touch screen only phones with Android and > Symbian. > > I myself now have an iPhone, and it's definitely usable by > a totally > blind person. You're running VoiceOver and you can navigate > each screen > by swiping or just moving your finger around on the screen. > VoiceOver > tells you what object has the focus without activating it. > You activate > an object by double tapping on the screen. > > There are a few different typing options, but you're > basically using a > on screen keyboard. I find it a bit similar to using a tiny > little > querty keyboard. You don't have the tactile feel of the > keyboard, but > you learn roughly where the keys are on the on screen > keyboard and > VoiceOver let's you know what key you're on. You can also > attach a > bluetooth keyboard if you want. > > There are a lot of other gestures to use on the iPhone, and > there's a > lot of good resources on the web and via mailing lists to > learn about > how to use the iPhone and which apps are accessible with > VoiceOver. You > could also stop by an Apple store, or one of the carriers > that carries > the iPhone, and play with it for a while. It does take some > getting used > to though, so you may want to spend more than a few minutes > with it in > the store before you decide if it's right for you or not. > > My only experience with a touch screen phone is the iPhone. > Others can > probably weigh in on their experiences with other touch > screen phones. > Since this is broader than just Talks, you may also want to > take this > question over to the accessible phones list. > > On 21/06/12 11:02, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy wrote: > > I got my Nokia E52 back from repares and it turned out > that the phone was coroded. I'm considering getting a new > phone and I have some questions about this. > > > > 1. What phones are out there still that have a keypad, > Symbian and wireless capabilities? > > > > 2. I might get an Iphone. Has anyone with absolutely no > sight used this or other phones with touchscreens > succesfully? How do you do this? > > > > I know that someone asked similar questions a few weeks > ago, but I didn't read those posts because I didn't need > to. Because of that, I really appreciate your patience and > your answers. > > Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talks mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > > and > > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ > > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
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