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

  • From: MJ Williams <matthewjwilliams101@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:43:30 +0100

Speed dots, that's it.  I thought it was rubber.
Do they help?
At 14:54 10/09/2014, you wrote:
Hi,#

I don't know of a rubber one.  Are you talking about SpeedDots?  I don't use
it, but some love it.

All the best

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
MJ Williams
Sent: 09 September 2014 02:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems

By the way, does anyone use the tactile rubber overlay with their iOS
device?  i hear it makes the experience of interacting with the touch
screen a lot less painful.
Matt

At 00:19 09/09/2014, you wrote:
>Certainly if I put it on charge and as it comes on it definitely vibrates.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "MJ Williams"
><matthewjwilliams101@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:09 AM
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>
>
>>That's very interesting. Has anyone else tried this? I think it's
>>worth experimenting.
>>Matthew
>>At 00:0rt1 09/09/2014, you wrote:
>>>Just jumping in on this discussion and thread.  I think it is here
>>>that there was mention of the lack of vibration on the iPhone in
>>>turning it on. I find that if I have the phone on a firm surface
>>>and turn it on it vibrates.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 8:21 AM
>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Carol,
>>>>
>>>>Try it when you have sighted help.  I bet you're not holding the button
in
>>>>quite long enough first go.
>>>>
>>>>This is one area of the iPhone that is shamefully
>>>>inaccessible.  It wouldn't
>>>>have hurt them to make it vibrate when it's time to release the
>>>>button, like
>>>>they do with Android phones.
>>>>
>>>>All the best
>>>>
>>>>Steve
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
>>>>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Sent: 07 September 2014 15:55
>>>>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>>>
>>>>Can only add, Jackie, that my iPhone, mysteriously perhaps, has
>>>>never booted
>>>>for me on first boot, even if i count really carefully, add or subtract
a
>>>>sec or two whilst holding in the button. I always have to boot the
second
>>>>time!
>>>>
>>>>Carol P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To:  access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>CC:
>>>>Date: Friday, 5 September 2014 11.38 pm
>>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>No, you've missed nothing.  Android vibrates, but not Apple.
>>>>>
>>>>>All the best
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
>>>>Of
>>>>>Jackie Brown
>>>>>Sent: 05 September 2014 18.31
>>>>>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top 3 iPhone accessibility Problems
>>>>>
>>>>>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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>>>>>ists$org
>>>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC-Licence changes?
>>>>>
>>>>>Do Virgin have the same level of accessibility as Sky Steve?
>>>>>
>>>>>Kind regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul
>>>>>  Twitter: @paulleake1
>>>>>
>>>>>paul.leake@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: ";Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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