[access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
- From: Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:40:00 +0000
The speaker on the iPod touch is smaller and less powerful than the iPhone and
therefore resulting sound marginally less tinny.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: 15 February 2011 04:09
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Andy.
Just to add to what has been said here, I strongly suggest turning on touch
typing mode. In this mode, once you've found a letter, simply let your finger
off the screen and the letter will be automatically inserted. This was one of
the first changes I made to my IPhone's settings and I haven't looked back
since. To change the setting, use the rotor to get to the typing mode setting
then swipe down for touch typing, this being in an edit field.
All the best, Ibrahim.
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From: ANDY COLLINS<mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:30 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Andy - Yes, you locate the letter, or where you think it is, then double tap
to enter it, so when you put your finger on the keyboard, VO will tell you
which letter you are on, then without moving that finger, tap another finger
twice next to your first one, and that'll do it. As with mobile phones, you can
turn on predictive text too.
Andy
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From: Andrew Shipp<mailto:andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Andy I wasn't to sure about the keypad haven't quite got the idea of
how it works properly yet. going back to see the chap on Thursday unless
you can answer the question for me. when using the touch screen for the
letters do you tap each letter twice to get that in the text message? this
is the only part I'm not to sure of.
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From: ANDY COLLINS<mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:31 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Andy -
I was already pretty sure I'd be ok with a touch screen, so went along to check
volume capability more than anything, as I didn't want to be disappointed. I
did have a little play with the touch screen, and was happy enough with it, and
don't see it as too difficult to come to terms with. All in all, I'm positive
enough and think I'll be going for it, just having a lingering thought on if to
go for the I phone instead, as my N82 is coming up to 3 years old now, and
won't have gps for much longer [not that I use it very much, but handy to
have...] Being honest about it all, I don't want to keep buying gadget after
gadget every 12 months, and given the uncertainty in the Nokia/Talks/GPS world,
wonder if an all-in-one, still with good storage capacity [in not as good as
the Touch in this area] might be worth considering.
Still scratching my head a bit -
Andy
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From: Andrew Shipp<mailto:andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:19 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Andy, thanks for this the music side was one that I didn't look at
myself. how did you find the keyboard? Andy S
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From: ANDY COLLINS<mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 4:20 PM
Subject: [access-uk] My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Hi Debbie and all -
Spent some time in my Apple store in Exeter today.
My experience with the IPod Touch was varied, bear in mind that sometimes I
use hearing aids, and sometimes not, and that my hearing loss is in the
higher frequencies.
I found the female voice on the touch to be rather thin and tinny in sound,
not sure if the tone can be changed, and in quite a noisy environment such
as the store, it was quite difficult to hear using my hearing aids. When I
tried headphones [I had taken along a pair of in-ear Sennheisers, and
another pair of over the ear noise cancelling headphones] I found the voice
was clear enough [no hearing aid for this test] but was disappointed by the
level of music volume for both pairs of headphones, it was ok, but given
that my hearing loss is in the high end, I need additional volume to fully
appreciate those frequencies, and I like music loud anyway, to get fully
absorbed in it.
I noticed that the voice over voice did appear to be capable of greater
volume than was available for music, and have wondered since getting home,
if this could have been because I tried to increase the music volume while
voice over was still talking, and thus increased the latter and not the
former. This makes my finding inconclusive. What I would say is, that I
think if the Touch was put through another system, say a docking system, or
home stereo, or even headphones with individual volume control, then there
will be enough umph, but maybe by themselves, just with standard headphones,
they may well pack less of a punch, but like I said, the voice over was
definitely loud and clear enough for me through headphones. I didn't try the
ones that come with the Touch, as I find included headphones are usually
inferior things anyway, so wanted my own pretty good quality ones.
For those familiar with the N82 mobile, I'd say that voice over and music on
the Touch, is similar in power to TALKS and music on the N82.
For those that haven't had hands on, the Touch is very thin and flat, but
bigger than I expected, being larger than the average mobile phones. While
there, I took a quick look at the Iphone too, and have to say I didn't
really like the feel of it in the hand, this is larger still than the Touch,
and heavier too than many modern mobiles. I didn't feel it felt very natural
holding it to the era because of it's broadness in width. In terms of build,
it felt like a backwards step to me, basically a rectangular frame around a
piece of glass, that felt a bit too long, and a bit too wide in the hand
when used as a phone, probably fine for texting etc.
All just my opinion and experience today, and not meant to encourage or
dissuade. Hope it helps in some way -
Andy
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