[Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

[Judy Jones]

Thank you.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?


> 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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