Yes, my comment was around how many sighted people will put themselves out enough to go through the learning curve. The fact is, people need a strong motivator when it isn't necessary that they learn something. This is a factor which early adopters, like myself, often forget. To get average people to change, they have to emotionally perceive the change as being highly beneficial for them. The bar is lower for the blind because so much is inaccessible from the outset.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 20/02/2013, at 17:38, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I sent an email to Rob from the Today in iOS podcast about Fleksy and > included the link to their blog post Richard initially posted. Rob read out > my email and said he had downloaded the app, but he didn't have a chance to > try it yet. > > I think the fact that one sighted friend didn't like it hardly means that > ten thousand other sighted people won't love it. I'll post something if Rob > mentions it again or if he gets any feedback from his listeners which he > shares on the Podcast. I think for a sighted person Fleksy could still be > useful, you could really tap away without necessarily having to pay > attention that you hit each character exactly and it would be that much more > accurate. Everything of course has some sort of learning curve and getting > used to period associated with it. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of David Chittenden > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT WRITING TO APPLE WITH > SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS/Requests > > A sighted friend, who uses his iPhone for everything, tried Flexy and didn't > like it. He found the special gestures to be extremely annoying and went > back to the standard onscreen keyboard. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 20/02/2013, at 8:23, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Carol, >> >> Just wrote also. I think it is also a good idea to point out how this > would >> be a great addition for all users and not only the blind population. We >> have to put numbers on our side. It makes it more appealing to them if > they >> realize they are doing it for millions and not just for a few thousand. >> >> Ron & Danvers >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Carol Pearson >> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:51 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT WRITING TO APPLE WITH >> SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS/Requests >> >> Hi all, >> >> I recently wrote Apple to voice my request for them to give us a choice of >> onboard keyboard, such as Flecksy or BrailleTouch. 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