[macvoiceover] Re: iphone 4s
- From: Bryan Duarte <bryan0731@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:37:53 -0700
Ian,
Yes Siri is probably even better than that. I hope my comment was not upsetting
to you or anyone else. I just wanted to make the point clear that when using a
touch screen device there is no way to avoid using the touch screen keyboard.
Dragon, Siri, or any other voice dictator will work fine if the conditions are
right. In my comment regarding Dragon only came in as it pertained to the
iPhone 4s and Siri. If you have a 4s and see the need to use Dragon perhaps
there is a problem bigger than voice dictation. I am sorry is I offended
anyone, it is not and will not ever be to do that. sorry sorry sorry...
On Mar 26, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
> Thanks Brian, I haven't used Dragon Dictation for a few months, sounds like
> Apple came up with their own solution. I'm waiting for my contract to be up
> in August before I upgrade to a 4S.
>
> My guess is that Siri will be as fast and accurate as typing is for sighted
> people who don't worry about correcting the typos they make with the
> on-screen keyboard, which is good enough for maybe 90% of the texts you send.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
>
> On 2012-03-26, at 10:49 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>
>> I do not want to be mean or discourage anyone from a tool they use or found
>> useful so I will simply speak from my own perspective. The dragon app is
>> free and it does work, but Siri is 100 times better than dragon ever could
>> be for the iPhone. Also Siri is integrated into every edit field of the
>> iPhone. From messages to email Siri will give you the option to dictate your
>> message. It works and is accurate but the down side is that there will be
>> times where you will have to correct your spelling if Siri enters "brain"
>> instead of "Bryan." Avoiding the keyboard is impossible on a touch screen
>> device. I will also say that Siri gives you the option to create, edit, and
>> send a message or email but unless there is no background noise and you can
>> speak clear enough to get every word clearly heard, edits from the keyboard
>> will be necessary.
>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>
>>> You may want to check out the Dragon dictation app. When I checked it out
>>> it was free, and sometimes useful. It was accurate enough for simple
>>> messages and Facebook posts, the obvious downside was that it wasn't
>>> integrated into the message program. So you would dicatate your message,
>>> select text message in the actions menu, then select who it was going to.
>>> From the support material it looks like the Blackberry version is
>>> integrated into the message app so you can dictate directly into an edit
>>> field, so perhaps that is coming for the iPhone version. Maybe it's already
>>> here, anyone know?
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
>>> On 2012-03-26, at 10:30 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with Ricardo Siri is great for some things but for avoiding typing
>>>> Siri is not! Checking things, searching the web, and having fun Siri is
>>>> great, sending messages or emails Siri works perfectly about 50 percent of
>>>> the time. There is really no avoiding the on screen keyboard on a touch
>>>> screen device. I admit the touch keyboard is kind of a pain some times it
>>>> really is not as bad as most blind people would think. It is pretty good
>>>> and not very hard to type on. If a keyboard is necessary for you, the
>>>> iPhone is not for you...
>>>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Mary Scott wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am very interested to hear updates as to your satisfaction of the hone.
>>>>> I want one but I want to know if Siri
>>>>> really works well. I do not like usuing the keys to text and I want to
>>>>> know that I really can avoid it before getting one. MelOn Mar 25, 2012,
>>>>> at 10:11 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Awesome welcome to the crew! If you go to settings>general>accessibility
>>>>>> you will find an option to enable practice mode. If you do this you can
>>>>>> preform all the gesters and hear them spoken to you. Also if you
>>>>>> navigate to settings>general>accessibility the last option in this list
>>>>>> is the home button function for triple tap.. This is where you will set
>>>>>> voiceover to be assigned to triple tap of the home button. Hope this
>>>>>> helps...
>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Don wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just got an iphohne, can someone tell me where to find all the
>>>>>>> gestures, or send me a list of them. Also where do I go to set the home
>>>>>>> button to turn on and off voice over, I can't find it. Thanks Don
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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