[Blindtlk] mobile phone

[Constance]

I text all the time using the touch screen and anyone familiar with keyboarding can be quite proficient at it. For writing very long documents or emails I have A portable keyboard.  

Constance Canode 
Sent from my I-phone 

On Aug 25, 2013, at 6:20 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> I think texting except for information ("I'm going to be late" etc.) is a
> waste of time and, in my view, damned rude during state conventions etc. I
> want *everyone's* attention on the speakers, not on twiddling with their
> devices. Multitasking is a myth! Else why have "don't text and drive"
> campaigns?
> 
> Just my $0.02-worth.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin
> williams
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mobile phone
> 
> I really want to text more than anything.  I listened to parnell digs text
> during the state convention.  Using that touch screen for texting in my
> opinion  is way to slow.  For other stuff I wouldn't much care; the gestures
> would do fine, but I am a texter; and I don't like people hearing what I
> would tell seery.  I would just get impatient with the texting part; I don't
> care to talk on the phones.  Sery would work just fine if I was at home, but
> out in public, I would be annoyed at that touch texting from what it
> appeared to me.    Selecting stuff with the gestures would be alright.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:25 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mobile phone
> 
> Justin:
> 
> In my opinion, the iPhone 5 is still the most accessible smartphone on the
> market although various Android phones are becoming increasingly accessible.
> The website you're looking for is <www.atguys.com>.
> 
> However, I'm going to have to disabuse you of a couple of notions. First,
> although that miniature keyboard is cute and useful, it's not for the
> faint-of-heart or the beginner as it is small and some keys do double-duty.
> IMO you'd be better off to start with using a full-size Apple Bluetooth
> keyboard; you can keep it in its box when not in use and it fits nicely into
> a backpack.
> 
> The second notion is that you can use a keyboard in place of learning the
> iPhone's VoiceOver gestures; you cannot. Some of the phone functions cannot
> be done using only the keyboard. Better in my view to get the NBP books on
> the iPhone and just plunge in, telling yourself that you're going to learn
> those gestures before you eat your next prime rib dinner or buy yourself a
> beer or whatever it takes for you to stay on-task of learning the gestures.
> In other words, there is no easy way out. This goes double for android
> phones. They're often more geeky than iPhones are in connecting devices. Or
> so I am told by people whom I respect.
> 
> I'm not trying to change your mind so much as I'm telling you that your
> expectations are unrealistic. Keyboards are great and have their place but
> they won't substitute for buckling down and learning your phone.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin
> williams
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 12:30 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: [Blindtlk] mobile phone
> 
> Good afternoon.  I am about to get another phone in the next couple of
> weeks.  Is the eye phone five the most accessible and app friendly, or are
> their others which I should consider.  Also, I would like an accessible blue
> tooth keyboard to go with the phone for texting in public places.  I've lost
> the web site with the 44 dollar keyboards which were available due to
> several computer changes in the last several months.  Can anyone give me
> that site for the mobile phone keyboards, or recommend another?  Before
> anyone starts asking about use of a blue tooth keyboard for the mobile
> phone, please respect that I have made a personal choice, and that I will
> learn the gestures in time, but I'm not interested in pressuring myself
> while I am in school.
> 
> Thank you for your answers.  
> 
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