Cheryl: Agreed. I think we must "conform" far too much! I am told if we saw what others are doing we would be shocked. All I care about is that I don't drop my phone. Whether I hold it facing out or toward me is of no concern. Besides, I most likely will be nowhere texting where I am standing and walking anyway. I don't even answer my phone if I am not able to keep it secure as I know I am not the most stable in my hands! Reggie
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cheryl Homiak Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Typing While Standing, was Re: Editing Text With Braille Touch I happen to be a lady too and I don't care if people think I look strange just because of the way i hold my iPhone; there are some things I do care about but that isn't one of them. This is a matter of personal decision and preference and not a matter of whether somebody is a lady or not. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:56 PM, "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, you might not care, but it matters. Sighted people already see us as strange and scratch their heads as they watch us walk > past. We don't need another "mystery" about the blind and why they do what they do. You may not care about these things but as a > lady I do. Let's hold off on final judgment until next month. > > LS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Homiak" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: Typing While Standing, was Re: Editing Text With Braille Touch > > > Who cares whether it looks strange to others? We who are blind probably have no idea all the things people around us are doing that > look strange :-) Some of this is personal preference because I find holding the phone as recommended but without a case comfortable. > But I do respect the developers' recommendations and realize that if one does this without a case, he/she had better not complain if > the phone gets dropped or a hand blocks the speaker. Also, I'm not usually using my phone in an environment where a drop would be a > catastrophe and this makes a big difference. > > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:37 AM, "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I am typing on a device without a case and this does not at all seen safe nor seem especially graceful to type in this manner >> as I'm thinking this may look strange to others. Holding and typing with palms on top and fingertips facing away and on screen >> seems >> a bit more natural, but the device feels as though its ready to fall out of my grasp. Typing with palms under the device seems >> like >> I'm typing backwards as my left pinky finger will be Dot1 when in actuality, typing with a Perkins Brailler it would not be used >> at >> all. I'll just have to wait until this app is released before speculating any further. (Smile). >> >> LS >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arnold Schmidt" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 1:03 AM >> Subject: Typing While Standing, was Re: Editing Text With Braille Touch >> >> >> Practicing before I actually get it, I find that typing on it is secure >> enough while standing. I am supporting it with my pinky fingers along the >> bottom edge, and my thumbs along the top edge, the one with the volume >> buttons. I think this ability to type while standing is precisely why they >> designed it this way. If they had arranged the dots along one of the long >> edges, that would have been the potential disaster. My IPhone 5 is in the >> outer box defender case, which will help if I am wrong and drop it in the >> future. It may very well be harder to type on a phone with no case at all >> while standing. >> >> Arnold Schmidt >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:38 PM >> Subject: Re: Editing Text With Braille Touch >> >> >>> HI, >>> >>> after reading the FAQ, and as I understand, doesn't this BlindTouch seem >>> like an accident prone way of typing? If you're standing, >>> and if you hold the IPhone or IPod touch in the horizontal manner as >>> suggested, typing with fingers at the top of the device or >>> typing with fingers at the bottom of the device, the IPhone or IPod will >>> be held with a very loose grip. This is especially true for >>> characters that use upper and lower characters such as S and T. In other >>> words, this does not seem like a very safe manner of data >>> entry on an IPod or IPhone. For those who own these devices, just simulate >>> holding the device sideways and try typing each character >>> of the word "nuts" as in walnuts. This is not a problem if one is sitting, >>> but if one is standing up right in a line, you'd better >>> hope there is carpeting under you. >>> >>> LS >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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