"Evan Reese" <[email protected]> writes: > Well, I admit it, I was taken in. I guess my judgment was clouded by wishful > thinking. It would sure be cool to have such a device. > Feeling a bit sad, > Evan > From: Merv Keck > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 6:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > Considering how many resources Facebook and other companies spend each year > trying to eliminate fake news, I am constantly > amazed at the number of people who are amused by these obviously fake and not > amusing stories. If someone posted a fake story > about a blind friendly device on May 22nd or a new Cumulative update on March > fourteenth and then at the end of the message they > said. Hey only kidding. Everyone would be angry. Not the least bit amused. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andy Baracco > Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 6:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > April fools! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 3:23 PM > > Subject: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with integrated > 2-row 20-cell braille display > > Hi, > > In the most recent Today in iOS Podcast which I listened to this morning at > around the 32 minute mark, Rob mentioned that > apparently reliable sources from Mac Rumours and 9to5Mac said Apple is > working on a special iPhone for the blind with a > 20-cell braille display. This may be available as early as this fall, the > braille cells would take up part of the screen, but of > course there still would be a smaller area which accepts the familiar touch > gestures as well and it will be priced similarly to the > rumoured iPhone 8 at just over $1,000 US. Below is a direct link to the > Podcast, if you subscribe to Today in iOS you can > quickly skip ahead and start listening at around 32 minutes into the > Podcast. I am not much of a braille user myself, but I know > many on this list use braille all the time and this would probably be a big > hit for braille users. Here now the link, if you listen by > going to this link on a computer look for the button Jaws speaks as > "Unlabelled 0": > > http://tii.libsyn.com/tii-item-0424-ios-103-gold-master-and-ios-1032-beta-1 > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please > contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list > itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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