Hello All, When out I have the volume loud enough so that I can hear my phone but not overly loud. I also hold it off center and more than likely closer than the average sighted person does. Also there are times I use a magnifier and actually look at my phone, and yes I know this looks different, as I've seen others who have low vision do this and I figure if someone sighted wants to ask, then they can .. but in public I have my cane as well, so I figure they probably know I don't see well! LOL
I do carry my apple earbuds with me for when it's too loud and I don't want to use a magnifier as Voice over is really more efficient for me to do things with for longer periods of time. And yes I know that theres zoom on my phone, but I have to have that zoomed in so much that thats very inefficient for me to use at all. Katey Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2013, at 2:26 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, to add to this discussion what I do is use a single-ear headset like the > Plantronics M50. I just recently purchased the Samsung HM1700 and am liking > the volume on it better than the M50, but I haven't found a comfortable fit > for it yet. So, still on the fence about that one. I find that the single-ear > headset is good for me because I can pull it out right away if I need total > hearing with both ears, but at the same time it's not jammed in my ear > totally covering it in case I need it either. For phone calls the M50 sucks > in my opinion, but for all the other pros it offers I still think it's the > best single-ear headset. If I need something covering both of my ears I will > either use the Motorola S11 headset which wraps around the back of your neck, > has great range, and has great sound with playing music in both ears. It has > a slightly annoying delay which I'm not too proud of, but all Bluetooth > headsets have this delay. Some are just worse than others though. The M50 and > the HM1700 are ok, but the S11 isn't the best. > > I try to avoid using wired connections because I like all that radiation > flowing through my skull and because since we are all going to die some day, > why not die cord free and happy? I don't have Apple earpods, and I'm not sure > if I will get them since I have a bit of choice of things already. yes it's > more to charge, but I also have a 3-in-1 charger usb cable with the standard > usb end on one side which plugs into a usb charger wall plug on one end, and > the other end has either a 30-pin for iPhone 4, and then it has a lightning > plug for iPhone 5 and newer, and lastly, a Micro USB for the headsets or an > Android phone. > > Since I usually carry around a extra battery pack from new Trent which holds > either 6000 or 12,000 mAH depending on the one I use, I'm good with not > running out of juice if I'm around places I can't connect to a wall. > > Lastly, if I don't have all my gadgets with me, I will hold the phone close > to my ear like I'm making a phone call and tap away that way. We live in a > sighted world and so I try to not appear to be socially inept, however many > sighted people do worse things, and we just don't know about them because we > can't see them. So, that helps me not worry too much. > > Hope that helps. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Immature: A word boring people use to describe fun people. - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 5/24/2013 11:28 AM, Brice Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm curious to know how you all listen and use your phones when you're >> out in public. Do you use earbuds and an earpiece, or do you turn the >> speech down low and do your best? >> >> In noisy environments most people can just look down at their phones. >> If you use speech, you want to be able to hear the speech without >> everyone else hearing it or becoming distracted by it, too. Sometimes >> I'll just hold the phone up toward my shoulder/ear and type/text so I >> can keep the volume down real low for privacy, but this looks really >> odd and unprofessional. I've thought about grabbing an earpiece or >> earbuds, but I usually forget, or it's just something else to charge >> and keep track of. >> >> What works for you? >> >> Brice > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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