Great post Sandy!!! I have said over and over I am not techie, but being 60 years old now, I feel I missed a great time technologically to grow up. I am truly impressed with the computer, but now that I have gotten an iPhone, so much of the world has opened up. Oh yes, there have been times when I wanted to throw the thing and still times when I cannot make things work as I think they should, but for me, the word is patience. No, I don't do too much exploring apps but wait for the techies to do it and post a podcast or say something on the list. God bless them they are willing to help folks like me so I can get the most out of what I have. It is just so much more than I have ever had in my life. Not an expert by any means, but just happy to have what I have right along with the sighted folks. It seems to me most developers are willing to help us with accessibility, and if Apple doesn't help us with one update, they will the next. It is up to us to keep them apprised of what we need. It is not like they have dropped us off the radar.
Reggie _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 7:16 AM To: 'VIAPHONE' Subject: iPhone: Some Perspective 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/[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.
