I'd suggest checking out the article at http://www.fedoraoutlier.com/handwriting-in-ios-7-2/ to learn more about this feature. Obviously, it's another option for text input which some might find useful or faster in some situations than using the virtual keyboard. You can also use it on the touch screen to search for apps on the screen, such as the object locater feature in Voice Over.
BTW, since this is one of only many options I don't think Apple is forcing anyone to do anything, just as before, no one was forcing the sighted to learn braille.
On 09/19/2013 09:49 AM, Jamie Prater wrote:
Hi, point taken and highly valid but I'm not arguing. I pray and hope the bluetooth support for braille displays hasn't gone away but I'm all for the handwriting thing, but if you can type on a screen, where does handwriting on a touch screen come in? For the record and for yours and others' general information, I did attempt to learn to write the full alphabet in print symbols and used to know some cursive letters by feel and did learn to write my name but can feel regular print capital letters even though I've never seen anything, but how does this work? I see no way for raised drawings to appear on a touch screen and how can it help sighted folks? Can it help us write our own checks independently? This has been an ongoing problem I'd love to see solved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RobH." <bobsh51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:16 AM Subject: accessible-iOS Re: handwritingI commend Apple for this one, forces blind to join the sighted world with writing those understand, insteadof us trying to force them into ours with Braille. Ok, slight overStated, but Apple didn't need a braille specialist to do this, and it has a wider market; but we are a part of that.... it's not a bad thing to learn to write in aisighted way, you might need to communicate with a sighted person without all this technology. There must be tutorial material for those that have never written in sighted symbols, and the rest will remember them well enough. Given how some are struggling with Braille apps anyway, and a good many late to blindness never learned Braille anyway; so learning this is hardly going to be any worse than that. The wider market? those with motor skills that can't hit the teeny virtual keyboard buttons for example. They might manage this easier. JMO, and all valid, whatever else you might think of it. Rh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Prater" <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:57 PM Subject: accessible-iOS Re: handwriting What purpose does handwriting serve on an Idevice? I can't upgrade yet and am very curious. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris H" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:28 AM Subject: accessible-iOS Re: handwritingGo to a text field double tap on it to edit then use the rotor and you should see handwriting. On 19/09/2013 05:24, olga Petrovic wrote:hi people,i'm interested to know how the handwriting is working? how i can activate it?i have listened to Ricardo's podcast, but now i cannot remember.any help will be greatly appreciated thanks a lot, Olga Typed with BrailleTouch Sent from my iPhone With questions, concerns or issues not related to the topics discussed on list please email the list admin to: beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx, or on skype at betoa221, or on twitter: betoa221 To subscribe to the list send message to accessible-ios-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subscribe on the subject line. To unsubscribe from the list please send message to accessible-ios-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. 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