lol i'll have to try typing with one thumb while walking along with a guide dog. hubby don't mind voice over while we're driving. Half the time i can't hear it though. I normally use my index finger while typing..
Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb [email protected] twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 [email protected] On 18/05/2012, at 10:02 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > I tend to do a lot of typing with one thumb. I find that I do the typical > dopy thing of typing while I am walking along. I hold the phone in my right > hand and type with the same thumb. This is where we blind guide dog users > have a slight advantage over our sighted counterparts. At least my guide dog > is still watching where we are going while I am typing. As soon as my left > hand is free of the harness handle though, I quickly revert to holding the > phone with my left hand and using my pointer and middle fingers of my right > hand. > > I can't imagine doing much typing or anything much without headphones though. > I think my wife would go mad if I constantly had VO chirping away while we > were driving along. > > Garth > > On 18/05/2012, at 5:36 PM, Rob Harris wrote: > >> This is so counter-intuative given size of thumbs and how much of the keys a >> thumb would mask out. Someone else mentioned getting the phone close enough >> to hear well, which ends up with phone up in one hand and use a finger or >> two on the other to type. Otherwise, it's writing aids like alternative >> input method or keyboard of some kind. >> >> I'll have to ask MrsH how she types. >> >> RobH. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:18 AM >> Subject: Re: typing on the phone >> >> >> Hi, >> >> The overwhelming majority of smartphone owners type with there thumbs. If >> you happen to go out with someone sighted, ask them how many people they see >> thum typing. This is probably the fastest way of inputing text on these >> devices. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On May 17, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Mike Cassidy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi listers, >>> >>> This is fascinating: How many folk type on a standard keyboard with their >>> thumbs? I've just tried using my thumbs; I suppose with practice I could >>> improve, but it just doesn't feel right somehow. It's a good job there >>> isn't >>> a correct way, and good that we can all choose our preferred method. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Raul A. Gallegos >>> Sent: 17 May 2012 20:38 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: typing on the phone >>> >>> Most sighted people use their thumbs to type even on touch screens. As to >>> what most blind people using touch screens use, that's anyone's guess. I >>> have used both styles. So I cancel out the statistics. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> A lifelong friend is someone you haven't borrowed money from yet. ~ >>> Anonymous Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>> >>> On 5/17/2012 1:09 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >>>> It's always been my understanding that this is how the majority of >>>> people type on their smart phones with a querty keyboard or numeric >>>> keypad, i.e. using their thumbs. This is how I typed on my last two >>>> Symbian phones, which had a numeric keypad and then a querty keyboard. >>>> I'm not so sure it's how the majority of people use the touch screen >>>> interface on their smart phones. It seems like more people use a >>>> pointer finger. I don't have any statistical data though, so this is >>>> all just anecdotal. >>>> >>>> BTW, I have been giving touch typing another chance, and although it's >>>> early, I'm thinking I may end up preferring it over split tapping. I >>>> know I've been a big advocate of split tapping, but all of the people >>>> on this list talking about how great touch typing is caused me to give >>>> it another chance, and I may be glad I did. >>>> >>>> On 17/05/12 11:51, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>> Ah! >>>>> >>>>> I use both my right and my left thumb to type. This is how the majority >>> of people type on smart phones. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>> >>>>> On May 17, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Gretchen Maune<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sounds like there's a good bit of variety out there. I've always >>>>>> used my right thumb for all my typing, that is, until I got my apple >>>>>> bluetooth keyboard last fall. Now, if I'm going to be typing more >>>>>> than a couple of words, I use that instead. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Gretchen >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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