[access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 23:39:59 +0100

Hi,

In other words, that message you just wrote was totally pointless <Smile>.

All teh best

Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Christopher Hallsworth
Sent: 05 September 2014 19:01
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems

Well, let's see if that is about to change in iOS 8. I decline to 
comment here not just because of the NDA but I in fact don't know myself.

Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu

On 05/09/2014 18:30, Jackie Brown wrote:
> This proves there is nothing definitive that I have missed, (smile).
Apple, let's have a vibratory or audible sound, please?  Glad it isn't just
me!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jackie Brown
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Hill <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, 5 September 2014 16.54
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>
>>
>>
>> Not perfect, but very simple.  I flip the mute on and off.  If the phone
>> doesn't vibrate, it's turned off.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
>> Jackie Brown
>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 3.42 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>
>> Perhaps this is just me, but I find it difficult to know whether my
iPhone
>> is off or on when I have needed to reboot it, say having been on an
>> aircraft.  Nokia handsets gave me a definite vibration when they turned
on,
>> as does my S4 Mini with Telorion.  But I never know whether I have held
the
>> power button in long enough for the iPhone, and therefore don't know if
it
>> is booting or not.  Is there a definitive way of knowing this without
seeing
>> the screen light up?  Other than that, I have no complaints about
>> accessibility of built-in apps and restoration etc.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jackie Brown
>> Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
>> thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>> Skype: Thejackmate
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
>> Barry Hill
>> Sent: 05 September 2014 13.20
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>
>> There are some apps that I've installed that have unlabelled buttons, and
>> one or two that are just impossible to use with VO, but accessibility of
the
>> iPhone itself seems to be just fine.  I've done resets and fresh installs
>> with no problems.
>>
>> The thing I do think could be better is accessibility of iTunes.  It's a
lot
>> better than it was, but it's still not easy.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
>> MJ Williams
>> Sent: 04 September 2014 19.52
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> This is for regular and experienced iPhone users:
>>
>> What would be your top 3 accessibility issues with the iPhone?  For
example,
>> are there instances where sighted assistance is simply unavoidable for
>> performing an operating system related task?  Can one reset the phone to
>> default factory settings without sighted help?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Matthew
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