[Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Feb 19 23:03:08 UTC 2012


Oh, you mean like the voice commands feature on the Haven which 
one time when I said "Call Mom, mobile 1," it thought I said 
"Call Mom, mobile 4" and told me there was only one number 
associated with her contact, which was the mobile 1 number? Yeah; 
those voice command features can't always be trusted as reliable, 
although I've found Siri to be more responsive and more reliable 
than a lot of other speech recognition software, when testing it 
on my parents' and my friend's phones.  I wonder how reliable 
Dragon Dictate is; has anybody on this list used it?

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:46:50 -0700
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

Neither am I.

Judy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?


I don't have the 4S yet but even if I did, I think I'd only use 
Siri for
 amusement.  I'm not very keen on voice recognition software for 
dictating
 documents.

 Mike


 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf Of Mari Hunziker
 Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:16 PM
 To: Blind Talk Mailing List
 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

 Those with an iPhone 4G Siri version, isn't it easier to speak 
to Siri
 using
 your voice commands and heave Siri deliver the text instead of 
having to
 physically type each letter into the keypad?
 Thanks,
 Mari Hunziker

 On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Bryan Schulz
 <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

 hi,

 it works great for just calls and texting.
 i have to wait for the speech to respond to move on to the next
 letter/menu choice.
 on the samsung haven, speech is included.

 Bryan Schulz

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Judy Jones
  To: Blind Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:52 PM
  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?


  How is the Samsung working for you, what speech engine and what
 operating  system?

  Judy

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net
  To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:38 AM
  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?


 hi,

 the samsung only has one speed.
 can you make the i-phone voice react faster or slower?

 Bryan Schulz

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ray Foret Jr
  To: Blind Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 2:25 AM  >  Subject: Re:
 [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?


  In my case, when I make a call on my Iphone, the keypad stays
 exposed.
 Now, when you have it set for touch typing, as I do, and you 
need
 for what  > ever reason to generate a sustained tone, the trick 
then
 is to swipe the  > screen until you hear the digit you wish, 
then,
 what you do is you double  > tap and hold that place on the 
screen.
 This is because, as we Iphone  > users know, with touch typing, 
you
 move one finger around the screen and,  > when you hear the 
character
 you wish, lift your finger off and that  > character will type 
in
 right away.


  Sincerely,
  The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

  Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

  Skype name:
  barefootedray

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  facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1



  On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

 Marsha et al:

 If a given site -- like a pharmacy or a bank -- has a set of
 menus one  > goes  >  > thru in a given sequence wherein one is
 expecting the same results, one  > can  >  > insert pauses into
 numbers dialed and one can put such a number into a  >  > 
contact so
 one can dial the whole sequence all at once and get to the  > 
menu
 one desires.  I do this with conferencing systems where I know 
the
 numbers  >  > and passcodes will stay the same.

 Mike


 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:
 blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
 Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:16 PM  >  > To: 'Blind Talk
 Mailing List'
 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] iPhone drawbacks?

 Judy,

 My husband would say that he can't make calls on the Iphone to
 save his  >  > life.  I don't have this issue, but it does all 
take
 practice.  His  > thought is  >  > that the Iphone is not really 
for
 making and taking phone calls, but  > all the  >  > other extra 
it
 does.

 Marsha


 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:
 blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Judy Jones
 Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:28 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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