[blindLaw] Using Work Phone, is a Blue Tooth Keyboard Worth Getting

[Sybren Hoekstra]

Yep, it’s an app designed to allow blind people to use a standard keyboard on the screen with relative speed. I find it pretty useful for shorter emails and texts. Though I don’t know what countries it is available in, and if memory serves me, you are not in the US?

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> On Nov 17, 2019, at 11:22, Gerard Sadlier via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Flick type keyboard?
> 
>> On 11/17/19, Sybren Hoekstra via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> The flicktype keyboard app can also be very helpful, Especially if you are
>> running around Corte a lot and don’t necessarily have a surface to put down
>> your phone to use a physical keyboard or braille screen input.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 07:45, Aaron Cannon via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use my phone extensively with work as well, and I use braille screen
>>> input to great effect. It's a little slower than using a keyboard, but not
>>> by much, and it means one less thing for me to carry around.
>>> 
>>> I agree that dictation is a terrible idea. When I see people using it in
>>> professional settings, it makes me cringe. Unless the person is meticulous
>>> in correcting the errors it makes, it's glaringly obvious. And
>>> unfortunately, unless one is using braille, it's very difficult for a
>>> VoiceOver user to be meticulous in correcting dictation errors.
>>> 
>>> Aaron
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 00:03, Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw
>>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I use my iPhone with a variety of Bluetooth keyboards, from small folding
>>>> models to full sized mechanical setups. I have found that an external
>>>> keyboard dramatically improves productivity when working with a phone. I
>>>> can basically perform most computing tasks from an iOS device, and while
>>>> you certainly won’t be redlining a multi-page document on one, you’ll be
>>>> able to work with email, rough drafts and web research with ease.
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2019, at 9:55 PM, Gerard Sadlier via BlindLaw
>>>>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a work iPhone. I am not very quick at typing on the iPhone
>>>>> screen and I wonder if others have found a keyboard worth using with
>>>>> their phones or how you use your phones?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am a little dubious about using dictation, for a number of reasons.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ger
>>>>> 
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