Well, and I am guessing that I am even older than you, perhaps. So my argument just went out the window.
Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Well, I'm getting old enough that that sounds agist to me, Neal. Maybe it's a factor in some cases, but I should think there are people of a certain age who might write such an article with a different tone. Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. > It would have been interesting if the article had been written by > someone younger. > > Neal > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone > > Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get > one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or > an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the > virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular > keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a > "real" phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? > What is Siri? Hmmm. > > I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who > receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A > well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why > they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more > one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. > > having said this, I think this article is more than a tad > condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. > > Teresa > > "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham > > On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article >> covering > the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it > would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things > which are "not good" about the iPhone but this article supposedly did > just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week > with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's > one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from > that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash > about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the > Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly > influential organization and many of its members and readers of the > Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a > nationally recognized blindness organization. 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