[macvoiceover] Re: iPad and notetaking
- From: Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:55:26 -0500
The MS dynamic kb is really cool and I know that some Apple people have studied
it but, for no reason I know of other than priorities, they chose not to do
something like it for iPhone.
On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Joel Zimba wrote:
> I have yet to tr this feature in it's current implementation, but MobileSpeak
> has a dynamic keyboard mode. when you touch the screen, you are
> automatically touching the 5 or the H on the qwerty keyboard.
>
> I have seen this on the android and it has the virtue, especially on the
> dialler, of letting me dial without hearing if I have pressed the proper key.
>
> This would be a great addition to the iphone and terribly easy to
> implement... It would have to be done by Apple as it is a syste level
> thing...
>
> I think we have not yet betun to see how text-entry ca be done on the ipad.
> with it's size, I think hand writing and perhaps other solutions we have yet
> to imagine will be created.
>
> while I don't necessarily advocate this, Morse code can get to be quite fast.
> this wold be easily done on the iphone or ipad.
>
> with multi-touch, all kinds of things are boing to be possible. Remember, we
> are only seeing the first stab at this beast.
>
> Joel
> On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>
>> It doesn't have a physical keyboard, but I guess the on screen one will be
>> big enough for us to take notes reliably... I enjoy typing on the iPhone,
>> it's just that the keyboard is not big enough for me to type very fast when
>> I need to. But I can see myself typing quickly with a larger version of that
>> keyboard. Honestly, any device that I need to use in combination with some
>> kind of external keyboard is useless to me. I just don't like carrying extra
>> stuff. For example, having an external keyboard for a macbook just seems as
>> useless as it gets for my needs. I love my macbook's keyboard. And if I
>> don't like how typing works on the iPad, I will just not get one.
>> On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:55 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> do you think that when combined with a keyboard, the iPad will be useable
>>> for note-taking? The iPhone isn't really good for this because of no
>>> keyboard and phone ringing while you are note-taking could stop your
>>> writing. But right now I take an old Thinkpad T23 running linux to church
>>> to take notes and I usually take my braillelite too. If the iPad worked for
>>> note-taking, I'd have to have an earphone in one ear and give up braille
>>> until I can afford a Mac-compatible display, but it would be even more
>>> portable than my old Thinkpad, probably have better battery life, and I'm
>>> thinking will be less expensive than a Mac laptop.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>> "Let the words of my mouth,
>>> and the meditation of my heart,
>>> be acceptable in thy sight,
>>> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
>>> (Psalm 19:14 Bible KJV)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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