Yeah, a geeky sighted friend's wife, who isn't geeky, gives him a hard time for his bluetooth earpiece as well. They are not fashionably stylish.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27/05/2013, at 6:49, "Andy Baracco" <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife really gives me a bad time when I wear a headset in public, saying > that it is really inappropriate, and calls attention to my blindness, as if > the cane doesn't, and I can't believe that she doesn't notice all of the > people who use their cell phones everywhere. > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Finley > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Listening to Voiceover > > Bryce, your colleague was way out of line. I just asked my sighted husband > about it and he made the following observation Sighted people are seen > constantly holding the phone up to one ear while using the other hand to > write with a pen. Maybe they are taking notes on the phone call; maybe > writing a grocery list. > Why would what you are doing look any weirder? My personal preference is to > plug in the iPhone ear buds and put one in one ear and listen to what I am > typing. Butt's not because of appearance, it's because of preference. > > Sieghard makes a great point about a bllind person tapping along with a > white cane or having a dog lying under the table;... Your colleague eeds to > take a hike. > > > Sandy > > > > ----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Listening to Voiceover > > Hi Bryce, > > Also keep in mind that just because one colleague thinks it looks weird and > unprofessional it doesn't mean everybody thinks that. It may also look > unprofessional in certain situations to try and find your way around by > tapping along with a white cane or at least some may say that it is. In any > case, whether it is or isn't is in my opinion beyond the point, you do what > you have to do. I prefer a headset but if I didn't have one and had to type > a message I'd have no problems holding the phone in whichever way allows me > to do so. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Brice Smith > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Listening to Voiceover > > Thanks, Raul. You touch on the reason I started this; the whole "holding the > phone up close to the ear and tapping away." This is what I've naturally > preferred, but a colleague pointed out how weird and unprofessional it > looks. It's not something I had thought about before and I was kind of > caught off guard. It does make sense how odd it probably looks to hold a > phone up chest level or next to your cheek or ear and type, though. > > I do not have hearing problems at all. Still, at least for me, I've got to > have the voice near my ear when typing because when using touch typing it > can be difficult to really hear Samantha in a lot of environments without > turning the volume up. These are the only times I wish the iPhone had a > physical keyboard. > > Finally, the speakers on the iPhone 4s are kind of bad, anyway. When I was > using a Mophie Battery Juice case the speakers faced up which made the sound > clearer. > > Just some observations. > > Brice > > On 5/25/13, 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. > 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. > 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. > 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. > > > I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me. > -- > 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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