[access-uk] Re: Apple or?

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:02:39 -0000

Hi James,

Yep, wrong again.

We only uses the DOM for cursor navigation and such.  If you use the number
pad, you move the physical mouse.  There is no special cursor mode to go
into either, although we do have an invisible cursor if you want it, but the
mouse is a live mouse.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
James & Nash
Sent: Sunday 17 January 2010 11:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple or?

Hi Steve,

Thank you for the clarification regarding Window Eyes. However, I think that
the ability for object navigation in WE is limited by the continued use of
DOM mode in some cases, but I could be wrong about this. 

Steve, from your response, am I to understand that you have not used a Mac?
TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
On 16 Jan 2010, at 23:17, Steve Nutt wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> You are incorrect.  This can easily be done with Window-Eyes, since you
have
> physical mouse exp=loration.
> 
> You can also do it to some degree with Talks, with the object viewer.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> James & Nash
> Sent: Saturday 16 January 2010 18:42
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple or?
> 
> Hi Steve, 
> 
> What you need to remember is that regardless of whether people use a Mac
or
> the IPhone, Apple's philosophy is that the Blind should be able to access
> the same information as sighted users in exactly the same way. Thus Voice
> Over users object navigation on both. Object Navigation gives us the
ability
> to view the screen in the same way as our sighted counterparts i.e. if
> someone is asking me where the Mailboxes window is to be found in Mail, I
> can tell them to look on the left hand side of the window. Moreover, I can
> tell them that it is to the left of the message table and separated by a
> vertical splitter.  This to my knowledge cannot be done with other Screen
> readers except NVDA and Orca to some extent.
> 
> But as Jim said, the fact that we now have choices is great. So is the
fact
> that we no longer need to be part of the monopoly if we do not wish to be.

> 
> I am curious,  have you had the opportunity to sit down with a Mac or an
> IPhone yet?
> 
> TC
> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
> 
> 
> On 16 Jan 2010, at 17:06, jim denton wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> good point, but the interface is more of a visual concept. People who
> loose their sight later in life may find that easier to learn. As I have
> said, it is good to have choices, and thats good for every one.
>> 
>> Cheers for now Jim
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:40 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple or?
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Jim,
>>> 
>>> But that's just the point.  You are not using the same commands as
> sighted
>>> people as you put it.
>>> 
>>> When you turn on Voiceover, it changes the gesturing system to that
which
> is
>>> more "blind-friendly" for want of a better word.
>>> 
>>> So many sighted people don't understand the interface at all when
> voiceover
>>> is turned on.
>>> 
>>> Had they kept it the same for both camps, then it really would have been
>>> good, but they didn't for one reason or another, and that's one thing I
>>> don't like.
>>> 
>>> With Talks for example, for the most part, you are accessing the phone
>>> exactly the same as a sighted person would, except for special keys like
> the
>>> signal strength etc.  But Apple in their wisdom, chose to change the
> whole
>>> gesturing system.
>>> 
>>> All the best
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>>> jim denton
>>> Sent: Wednesday 13 January 2010 16:08
>>> To: accessuk
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Apple or?
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Just a few thoughts. I have been reading a few of the threads over the
> last
>>> week or so, the I.pod touch came up. I am not going to bang the drum for
> one
>>> 
>>> device or another.
>>> 
>>> As some will know, I like things to be simple, I am a user of tech gear,
> but
>>> 
>>> don't really understand whats going on underneath.
>>> 
>>> Nokia have been providing phones for over 12 years, third party
companies
>>> have added speech to those phones for us. Now there is GPS added to
that,
>>> again by third parties. That makes three different companies in the loop
> to
>>> give the phone functions for us to use. I don't know what the time gap
> there
>>> 
>>> is to update for us, but my guess is that Nokia has to upgrade the
>>> opperating system, then the speech companies do their stuff and finally
> the
>>> navigation software. Hopefully all three areas talk to each other, but I
> bet
>>> 
>>> they all blaim each other for bugs and faults. Who is at the end of this
>>> game us, speech has been on the phone for about ten years, but we have
to
>>> wait, and then cough up for new releases.
>>> 
>>> Apple brought out their first phone three years ago, not accessable. but
> two
>>> 
>>> years later, there is a accessable phone, a new concept for us blinkies
> to
>>> get to grips with. The speech is part of the opperating system, so thats
> one
>>> 
>>> less third party company to deal with. This phone is less than a year
> old,
>>> and you can already get Navigation, dictation, music, and a choice of
>>> thousands of other apps to try out. Not all of the stuff works well, and
>>> some does not work at all, but it gives us more choice. I have not used
> one
>>> of these phones but it seems to me,  that if we are using the same
> commands
>>> as our sighted friends, then they will be able to help and advise rather
>>> than  having expensive training with our hightech wizards. There will be
>>> less chance of the specialist companies blaiming the opperating systems
> for
>>> bugs, and blaiming other access companies when their stuff doesn't work.
>>> 
>>> For me, a phone is to make calls on, and text on. I would like to have a
>>> pocket navigation solution, and at some point use the phone to get on to
> the
>>> 
>>> internet. I will be upgrading my phone this year and will look at all
the
>>> options. If the Iphone gets a really good Daisy reader, and maybe a
> scanning
>>> 
>>> app, then I will seriously look at that, to do all that with a Nokia
> phone
>>> would cost a lot of money and woud remain a dream.
>>> 
>>> Keep it simple stupid Jim
>>> 
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