[access-uk] Getting Started with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users!

  • From: Colin r. Howard <colin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:08:37 +0000

Greetings,

Hope this is of use to us in the UK.

From: "Tony Grima" <agrima@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:05:05 -0500

Getting Started with the iPhone
An Introduction for Blind Users
By Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau
In braille, eBraille, ASCII text/Word, and DAISY formats, $18

The iPhone. You know you want one.

You can use your iPhone to check email and Twitter, listen to music, listen
to radio programs from faraway places, read eBooks, verify your walking or
driving location, pay bills and transfer funds, monitor the weather across
the planet, time recipes, awaken to the alarm clock, be reminded of
appointments, exchange text messages, play a wide variety of games, play the
auto harp and ocarina, fight with a light saber that makes different sounds
as you move your hand around, scan bar codes, make multi-track recordings,
cure a headache - even to make and receive telephone calls! You'll be blown
away by the power and flexibility of this device. To be able to do so much
with a gadget that fits into a pocket is absolutely amazing. And it's
accessible out of the  box!

In Getting Started with the iPhone, authors Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau
show you what's possible on the iPhone and get you up and running.

The book is divided into four main parts. Part 1 tells you what you need to
know before you can start using your iPhone: advice on purchasing an iPhone
and getting it ready to use.

In Part 2 you'll turn on your iPhone and begin to use it. You'll explore the
home screen, configure basic settings, make phone calls, and type using the
on-screen keyboard, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a braille display keyboard.

Part 3 goes through the wide variety of apps that come with the phone, and
shows how to purchase apps, music, and other fun content.

Finally, Part 4 includes a journal Anna wrote as she learned to use the
iPhone. It will give you an idea of what it's like to use an iPhone and how
you might go about learning new apps.

Appendix A compiles all the gestures - specific ways of touching the iPhone
screen. Appendix B includes answers to frequently asked questions, and
Appendix C lists resources you can use to learn more. 

Read the complete table of contents at:
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IPHONE.html


While this book focuses on the iPhone, most of it also applies to the iPod
Touch, and much of it applies to the iPad.

And don't forget - in honor of Louis Braille's birthday this month, order
anything before February 4th and you'll be automatically entered to win a
basket of Louis goodies. Order by phone, fax, mail, or website, and you
could win!


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