Gary, what is the 911 issue? Perhaps you can share a bit more detail here?
thank you so much! Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:22 AM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the link. I don't know about the typing speed vs. keyboard speed, but the article seems accurate to me, with the exception of 2 negatives he left out--the access to keys if a phone call leaves one in a menu, and the 911 issue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:03 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Here is a link: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1406/bm140608.htm On the other hand, there are different fingers. 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. My fear is that many people > may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to > things which the article claims are "not good" about the device. > -- > Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free > to visit my LinkedIn profile > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog > http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter > http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer > Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually > Impaired > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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