[Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Sun Feb 19 21:29:25 UTC 2012


Bravo. You're welcome!

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:19 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.

. . . And I tried it, works just fine, thank you for the reminder.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.


> Yup!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judy Jones
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 11:25 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.
>
> I remember now reading about that earlier last week; if I remember
> correctly, are the pauses denoted by commas?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.
>
>
>> Judy:
>>
>> As far as I am aware, your only option is to use earbuds, assuming you
>> wish to actively enter the information at the time you make the call.
>> However, you *can* set up a contact that will dial the bank's phone
>> number, pause, enter the account number etc. and, again assuming you
>> do much the same thing each time, you can enter the keystrokes with
>> appropriate pauses to get account balances etc. automatically. Then
>> you can just dial that contact and let it do its thing while you hold
>> the phone up to your ear. That's what I do when calling my local
>> Wallgreen's pharmacy to reorder drugs.
>>
>> Personallly, I don't care who hears what! I'm not sufficiently rich
>> for anyone's ears to prick up at my account balances.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Judy Jones
>> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 11:12 AM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] iPhone keypad question.
>>
>> Well . . . I bit the bullet and got the iPhone with my upgrade.  I do
>> have a question I haven't found an answer for.
>>
>> If using the iPhone, say, to call the bank, when wanting to input
>> account numbers, I find the keypad to be hidden, unless I hold the
>> phone away from my ear to activate the speaker.  However, then is not
>> private.  Is my only other choice the ear bud for audio privacy, or is
>> there a way to get the keypad to stay active while the phone is close to
> the ear?
>>
>> Judy
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