Hello all
I am finally getting ready to enter the new world of advanced technology, as
best it suits us as visually impaired individuals.
According to my sister who has an old I Phone 4s, the I Phone
is the only phone to consider in terms of voice over and accessibility. She
loves hers and has had no trouble with the apps she uses. However, reading
posts in the last day since I’ve joined is a bit alarming.
I don’t know if one of the issues with an update that renders
Safari troublesome is something quirky that occurred with a recent update or
has to do with Safari and voice over as it’s existed for awhile now.
What I will need in a smart phone are features that allow me to do everything
possible with just a tap or swipe. I do not want to type numbers or letters. In
addition to being totally blind, my fingers are often numb to the point that I
cannot identify clothing, numbers on a phone pad, etc. I can move my fingers I
just can’t identify things easily when they are numb. If I have to type on the
surface of the phone and search out letters, I will likely be doing myself no
more good than if I were typing.
I need to keep an appointment calendar. I need to keep records and set memos
and reminders.
I need to be able to do E Mail by listening to incoming posts
and by dictating outgoing posts. I’m not interested in texting. Currently I use
Outlook on a desktop PC.
I need to do Internet searches, read PDf files, shop, log onto
Face Book, download Bookshare, NLS, Blind Mice movies, Newsline magazines and
Newspapers. I might want to check out offerings on Hulu.
I’d like to be able to easily access audio only
archives of various podcasts of political radio personalities.
Skype works well I hear and some camera features work extremely well on the I
Phone with voice over.
I was working on a novel this summer and had to stop because
typing was aggravating the carpal tunnel. I understand that a dictation program
akin to or by the same people who designed Dragon is part of the I Phone. Does
it work for more lengthy word processing?
Beyond that depending on whether or not I buy something through
a company like Verizon as opposed to buying minutes I would want to use GPS.
I don’t have any help here from anyone that is using features
specifically useful for a blind individual. My tolerance for fumbling, lags in
information coming up, buggy software is very very low. I’m certainly capable
of learning if given proper instruction and by that I mean in person
instruction by a savvy user. I doubt I’d have the patience to teach myself
using a reading a manual or help files type approach. Just being honest here! I
don’t have a lot of hope that anyone from the Verizon store will know what I
need to know in terms of the voice over features.
I hope to find someone in my area who is using their phone well
and can demo for me.
I hope many of you here will tell me to go for it.
Deidre in western Mass
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