i have been playing with this device and found some work arounds. Once you get the presets set, you'll probably need sighted help for this, you can use the app this way.
First find the app and double tap it. now plug in the device into the bottom of your iPhone. Turn off voice over by triple clicking the home button. Now by tapping along the left side of the screen, you can select the different presets, with out danger of hitting the tuner button which is in the center top of the screen. The preset buttons run the entire width of the screen and are about three eighth of an inch high. If you have more than five presets, you'll have to move the screen up. like a sighted person by holding your finger on the screen and sliding up. note, there is a settings button on the lower right of the screen you also want to avoid. The volume is a slider on the bottom. you will have to tap and slide until you hear the volume change. But you can estimate the buttons position by how loud the volume is. I used it blindfolded for a half an hour. Not too bad once it is set up. Hope this helps, Chuck On May 31, 5:53 pm, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chuck, this is a brilliant description, thanks! As you say, > this could well be worth the twenty bucks in spite of the > limitations because you could pick a station which broadcasts > output from an FM transmitter for example, or your favorite > station which does not stream over the internet, and then leave > it at that. > > Cheers, > > Grant > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Dean <[email protected] > To: VIPhone <[email protected] > > Date sent: Thu, 31 May 2012 16:13:57 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Yes, You can listen to F M broadcasts on your iPhone > > Hi All, > I have tested the Griffin iFM Radio Receiver for iPhone and iPod. > Here > is a link: > > http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Radio-Receiver-iPhone-iPod/dp/B003E > RT46W/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338397415&sr=8-1-spell > > The good news is that the FM reception and sound quality is > fantastic! > The bad news is that the app is not accessible with voice over at > all, > and I do not see anyway it could ever be. > The device plugs into the bottom of the iPhone which totally > disables > speech. The headset plugs into the bottom of this device. > > Under my video magnifier I was able to set up presets and I can > run > the app via memory with voice over off. > The stations are listed in numerical order on the favorites page. > The > main downside is the "Tuner button is in the center of the > screen, > about 1 inch from the top of the phone, and if you hit this > accidentally, you will need to find the "done button on the > bottom > left to return to the favorites page. With no voice over it > would be > difficult for a totally blind user to avoid doing this. > > If you are like me and listen to one radio station all the time > then > you are in luck, the app retains the last station listened to, so > all > you would have to do is double tap on the icon and the iFm will > start. > And with voice over on, there is no danger of accidentally > hitting the > tuner button. > > IMHO definitely worth the 20 bucks! > > Good luck, > Chuck > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, > visithttp://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 > athttp://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.
