[Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

[Mike Freeman]

The only irksome drawback -- and it's irksome, not lethal -- is that it's
hard to navigate telephone systems with menus within menus that require
entry of multiple digits after dialing the initial telephone number unless
one uses earbuds. The reason is that when using VoiceOver, a proximity
censor determines whether the telephone is up to one's ear or lying flat (as
to dial) in order to know whether to activate the speaker or have all sound
output come from the slot toward the top of the phone that is the earpiece
when talking on the telephone. This system doesn't always work flawlessly
and the phone occasionally switches between earpiece and speaker at the
wrong time or doesn't switch fast enough. However, as one uses the phone,
glitches in this system become less of a problem and using earbuds solves
the problem completely. Moreover, occasionally when one answers a telephone
call, the system seems to hibernate for about twenty seconds where one
cannot hear the caller nor the caller hear one. However, this also seems to
be a function of that proximity censor and holding the phone positioned
properly against the ear solves the problem most of the time.

While annoying, this system is a trifle compared to the vast accessibility
one gets with the iPhone.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 7:28 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

I've heard so much favorable press about the iPhone - does anyone on the
list who uses one find any drawbacks to using it, other than the learning
curve?

Judy
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