Thanks a lot. Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Talks] Two questions about getting a new cell phone Date: 6/21/2012 7:12:38 PM Fron: Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]>
> The iPhone list I"m on is at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > I don't know any other way to join this list other than by > going to it's > web site, with a Google Groups ID, and requesting > membership. It takes a > few days to get on, and it's a very high traffic list. > > There's also the accessible phones list, which you can > subscribe to by > sending a message to > [email protected]. This list > has a lot less traffic on it, and it handles questions on > the iPhone, > Android phones as well as Symbian and other accessible > cell phones. > > On 21/06/12 12:43, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy wrote: > > 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/ > > > -- > 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/
_______________________________________________ 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/
