[Blindtlk] What weird things does iOS 8 do to you?

Wed Oct 15 13:10:44 UTC 2014

With all due respect to Apple, they would not have released an operating
system in which dialing on the dial pad could lock on a number. This was
apparently identified by the Applevis folks. I know as a former programmer
that sometimes you decide what are show stoppers and what you will live
with, and this they simply decided to live with. Accessibility is still not
on par with getting out new features. It is not as important as security or
taking advantage of the market edge. I really like my phone, but I too am
disappointed to have upgraded so quickly. Someone has to test. I just didn't
think there would be so much of it.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alana
Leonhardy via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:05 AM
To: Serena Nickell; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] What weird things does iOS 8 do to you?

I should have waited until they fixed it. They will, but there's gonna be a
lot of unhappy blind people in the meantime. 
The hardware is great, it's the software that has problems...so many
problems. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 14, 2014, at 17:42, Serena Nickell via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've considered it.  Will Android work for someone who is totally blind
though?  If so what are some good recommendations?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Scott Spaulding via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Considered it, but couldn't find one with decent magnification like the
iPhone has.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Judy Jones via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anyone considered the jump to Android?  I did it from the iPhone and
haven't looked back.
>>> 
>>> Judy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Kendra Schafer via blindtlk
>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:51 PM
>>> To: Larry Wayland ; Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] What weird things does iOS 8 do to you?
>>> 
>>> Hi all!
>>> What type of iPhones do you have? I have an iPhone 4s and got an iPhone
5 a week and a half ago. My iPhone 4s is now a fancy iPod touch since its
retirement as a phone. I have found that my iPhone 4s has a prossesser that
is to slow to run IOS 8 very well. I can't browse anything on it any more
without banging my head on the wall even with the latest bug fixes. Voice
over still crashes at times. I mostly use it for reading books, multitasking
while I use my iPhone 5 and small tasks. I still watch sports on it with my
friends while my iPhone 5 is charging. My iPhone 5 is my mane technical
device. Speaking of my iPhone 5, I have found that IOS 8 works a lot better
on it. Voice over doesn't crash nearly as much as it still does on my iPhone
4s. SIRI works better than it does on my other iPhone. I can type better as
well. My iPhone 5 is also a lot faster than my iPhone 4s. I have noticed
that on my iPhone 5, while I'm in the middle of a text, it sometimes takes
me back to the preavius screen and I have to go back to my text to finish
it. Another bug is that when you dial a phone number, the number keys seem
to hold down after I stop touching them. I also have found my iPhone 5
playing music at randem. I find that last one the most annoying!!!
>>> Kendra
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 13, 2014, at 6:59 PM, Larry Wayland via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> When I try to answer a call mine starts playing music.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Alana Leonhardy via blindtlk
>>>> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 9:19 PM
>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] What weird things does iOS 8 do to you?
>>>> 
>>>> It's started changing settings without my permission. It's turned 
>>>> autocorrect off three times now. I guess it wants me to learn to spell.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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