Yes if you guys could start such a list, that’ll be paradise! For helping my Dad especially who isn’t too tech savvy. Also it’d be awesome to include for instance, how to use options in the rotor but from a sighted person’s perspective (deleting Whatsapp message chats, moving apps etc).
Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE de Telcel El 1 sep 2019, a la(s) 12:02 a. m., Robin Frost <[email protected]> escribió: > Hi, > Lovely to see you here. I tried the first with him watching but it didn’t go > so well. II found him a video for beginners with iPhone X so hopefully > that’ll help for now but yes such a list for various operating systems would > help not only with assisting people we know but also with dialoging with tech > support or app developers and the like. I would certainly appreciate it. > Take good care. > Robin > > > From: 'Marcio' via VIPhone > Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 12:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Query about iOS icons > > Robin, > Wow, this would be wonderful if this list could be made. After this we could > even expand it to Windows icons, Mac icons and so on. > > Meanwhile, two suggestions: > Whenever you can, perform slowly the necessary steps with VoiceOver and let > the person look out for what you're doing. This way they will see exactly > what they should do because even though you're working with VoiceOver, > visually it will be the same. > > Another suggestion, now regarding the list, we could start by adding icons > that we already know from googling these stuff. For example, usually, the > "Gear" icon will be the Settings button. Likewise the "Hamburger" or the > "Three dots" icon will be the "More options" button. And the list goes on :) > > Cheers, > Marcio > AKA Starboy > > Sent from a galaxy far, far away. > > -- > Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help > and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and > much more! > > Robin Frost wrote: >> Hi, >> Today I ran into a situation which highlighted for me the need for a >> resource I and I’m certain others could benefit from. I was with a sighted >> friend and someone was helping them with their phone and was explaining to >> them that the wi-fi symbol on the status line of the iPhone sort of looked >> like an umbrella. It underscored for me how differently sighted people >> experience their devices. Where we hear things verbally with little to no >> idea what the accompanying icon might look like. Conversely we might say do >> you see something on the screen that says “compose” to write a message when >> in fact they only have vision of an icon whose symbol depicts something like >> a pencil in a circle thus making it harder for us to at times be a help to >> sighted family or friends. as such I was wondering if anyone had ever >> compiled a list of iOS icons in terms of their verbal cues we hear with an >> accompanying description so that we could better communicate not just with >> loved ones we might be helping but also app developers should we be giving >> feedback and the like. I.e. bridging the gap between the language of the iOS >> experience as both groups know it to be. If such a thing exists I’d love to >> know of it or if someone would be willing to compile such it’d be greatly >> appreciated by many I’m sure. >> Thanks in advance. >> Take good care. >> Robin > > -- > 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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