[optacon-l] Re: IPhone

  • From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:29:22 -0400

Also, it looks like you can give your iPhone some reading functionality with 
the freescannerapp.com/saytext option.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anne Robertson" <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:48 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: IPhone


> Hello Dan,
>
> I've had my iPhone for just over a year now and have used my Optacon to 
> read parts of screens that are not read by VoiceOver.
>
> In some apps, this just doesn't work at all, but in others it works very 
> well.
>
> Using the Optacon with the iPhone would be too cumbersome on a regular 
> basis, but for adjusting settings, for a GPS app for instance, is one way 
> in which the Optacon has proved invaluable.
>
> I actually posted about this a while back.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:35 PM, Dan Tevelde wrote:
>
>> I just got an Iphone.  I wonder if the optacon could be used to read the
>> screen?  This would onbly work if the screen curtain is turned off.  This
>> means anyone can see what you are doing even if the voiceOver 
>> screenreader
>> is running.  Has anyone tried this?
>>
>> Dan
>>
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