Hello Bobby
I'd say that most of us, when first purchasing an iPhone, were ready to
throw it out of the window in the first couple of weeks. Just play around
with it as often as you can and you will gradually get used to the gestures
etc.
I'm sure I am telling you stuff you already know, but many beginners find
the training app on Voiceover really useful. You will find this by:
Going to settings and double tapping
Swipe down to General and double tap
Swipe down to Accessibility and double tap
Under the Vision heading will be Voiceover and I am going to assume you
already have this enabled. Double tap on this.
Now swipe down to Voiceover Practice and double tap.
Try swiping right with one finger, (what does it say)? Swipe down from top
to bottom with two fingers (what does it say?) Double tap with one, two or
even three fingers (what does it say?)
There are a whole host of gestures with one, two, three and even four
fingers, and once conquered, they will make the iPhone much easier to use.
Once you've finished playing around, double tap done in the top righthand
corner. Use the scrub gesture (using two fingers quickly left and right) to
back out of each heading.
I don't know where you are going to study, but it might be worth asking the
local blind society if they have any iPhone classes or could put you in
touch with a v.i. iPhone user.
When I first got my own iPhone some five years ago, I worked my way through
the Anna Dresner book and found it incredibly helpful. Although it is a bit
outdated, the majority of it is still appropriate and I would be willing to
share the MS Word text if you felt this would help.
I belong to a local Creative Writing Group. Most of our lessons involve
writing a piece on the night and reading it back. I use a braille notetaker
for this. This may be more problematic for you if you are not a braille
user, but perhaps could be got around by using a laptop with speech and
earphones and then asking someone else to read back your finished piece.
I apologise for the length of this response.
Alison
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Bobby
Sent: 16 August 2019 16:34
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] newcomer
Hello,
My name is Bobby, I am blind and live in Dundee in Scotland.
I rely heavily on access technology to fulfill my daily needs.
I have 3 computers, a desktop pc with windows 10, a small notebook and a
laptop.
I use NVDA, and jaws for windows for access.
I also recently purchased a new Iphone, but am pretty hopeless at using it.
I'm an old-fashioned keyboard user, but guess I'll just have to percevere
with it.
I intend on attending classes in creative writing at Dundee University in a
few months, so any tips on what I would need would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Bobby
