[Blindtlk] mobile phone

[Judy Jones]

Yes, having had a phone with a physical keypad in the past, I found my text 
speed to go way down, but, like anything new, with practice, speed will 
come.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Raquel Vega
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:22 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mobile phone

I do the same thing. smile
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Constance <satin-bear at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>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
>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>> 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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