Lately there has been some frustration expressed on this list about accessibility and ease of use of Apple products. I hope that what I have to say here will help some put this in perspective.
I bought an iPod for Christmas for my sighted husband. Because we are traveling for Christmas I gave it to him last evening. He has never used an iPhone and while bright, techy stuff is not his priority. I loaded onto it our entire digitized music collection plus his almost 1,500 digital photos, and a few apps I thought he'd like. As I showed him how to use it I had one of those ahah! Moments. I was saying things like, "That bottom row is called the doc" and "there's a download button up there on the right" and "tap play list on the bottom." As far as I know the iPhone is one of the few products that is not only accessible, but we have a fairly accurate picture of the location of items on the screen. Perhaps it's due to my technological inferiority but I know that when he and I navigate a web page together in Internet Explorer I don't have a good picture of what is where from his perspective and he doesn't understand mine either. To say that he was impressed with my newfound orientation to the screen is an understatement. I bought that iPod, showed my stepson how to activate VO and then took it over and set it up myself. To me this is very powerful stuff. Apple isn't perfect and I got frustrated just the other day figuring out how to enter all of my trips into Flight Few, but we've come a very long way from my college years with a slate and stylus, Braille writer, four-track, reel-to-reel tape recorder and portable typewriter. Sandy -- 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
