[macvoiceover] Re: iPad and notetaking
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:30:33 -0500
You think so? I don't like it very much right now. But I've only had the
feature a day so my mind could easily change.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> 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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