[macvoiceover] Re: iphone 4s
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:13:27 -0600
When I was learning my iPhone someone gave me good advice. Pick on ething to
learn on the unit to get used to the keyboard. For me it was replacing a
straight up cell phone I did some texting on, so it was using the phone just as
a phone, then soon adding in use of the keyboard, and then on to web browsing
and texting. It didn't take all that long. I stayed away from adding a zillion
apps and tryign to learn them the first day I had the phone.
I also found it helpful to find someone who already knew it to ask.
I also found that it works much better in practice than it does in theory, and
just having it explained wasn't enough.
Cheers,
Ian
On 2012-03-26, at 11:47 AM, Mary Scott wrote:
> I don't understand how a blind person can learn to be accurate on the touch
> screen keypad without going crazy. Is it possible or are people going crazy?
> On Mar 26, 2012, at 12:49 PM, 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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