In my opinion the best solution would be for her to try and use VO on her iMac.
Even if she ends up buying an iPad keyboard commands are essentially the same,
and if she is a low vision user she could probably use zoom along with VO on
the larger iMac display. If her iMac is relatively new it might have come with
an Apple bluetooth keyboard, which she can pair with her iPhone anytime if she
needs to compose longer emails etc.
On 15 Sep 2015, at 17:18, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Got an inquiry from an acquaintance who turns to me for computer advice. She
uses Voiceover on her iPhone, but is getting to the point where she needs to
stop squinting and use speech on her computer. She uses and iMac, so I
suggested she test-drive Voiceover. The other suggestion I had was to use a
keyboard with her iPhone, and she was wondering about an iPad because the
commands are familiar from her iPhone. She mostly uses her iPhone to read her
email, does some replying with dictation for input.
So I’m seeking wise councel to pass along, what would you do if you were a
Voiceover iPhone user needing to transition to speech output for more tasks?
I haven’t been able to gage her level of technical adventurousness, but my
spidey sense says I’ll be doing a lot of troubleshooting if she transitions
to Mac. I’ve never used a keyboard with Ios, how close to the functionality
of a Mac can you get for text input and manipulation? I’m thinking of more
detailed email responses and simple word processing.
Thanks,
Ian
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