[Electronics-talk] the I phone and jaws

Thu Dec 17 13:57:51 UTC 2009

Hello Dewy,

I would like to make several suggestions.

First, if you visit
www.apple.com/accesssibility there is a wealth of infomration on the IPhone 
and VoiceOver.

Also, if you are looking for the accessibility options for the Iphone, you 
need to double tap the settings icon located on the uper right-hand portion 
of the screen.

Then, go to general and you will find the accessibility option.

Also, there is a good IPhone e-mail list
viphone at googlegroups.com

Dave, you are right in that I find entering text to be a slow process in the 
IPhone, but I am working on practicing to improve my speed.

I also found it to be rather cumbersome to enter text on my Nokia E71 phone.

Liz
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shaw" <tshaw2007 at hotmail.com>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] the I phone and jaws

>
> eh, you get used to the keyboard. Even without there being any tactile to 
> feel I have gotten to where I can almost always go straight for the right 
> key on the screen and its ok if you miss by a lil because it doesnt press 
> the key unless you double click after touching it. there are apps you can 
> download forthe fun to enter the text via speech, and I have a feeling 
> Apple will do something eventually about the lack of external keyboards 
> because there are so many peopel gripping about not being able to use any 
> blue tooth keyboard with the device. I did see a youtube video of a key 
> that jurry rigged a blue tooth keyboard to work with it but it seemed like 
> alot of work.
>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:41:06 -0600
>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> From: dandrews at visi.com
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] the I phone and jaws
>>
>> Liz:
>>
>> While I don't have one -- everybody I have talked to about the iPhone
>> says that text entry is a little slow. That may ultimately be its
>> big drawback for blind people -- although I don't find 2/abc 3/def
>> particularly fast either.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 08:55 AM 12/15/2009, you wrote:
>> >Hello Dewey, the difficulty you are having is between ITunes and Jaws, 
>> >not
>> >the IPhone itself.
>> >
>> >I assume you are using iTunes 9 with Jaws 11?
>> >
>> >The registration is not easy, but it's doable.
>> >
>> >I registered mine by opening ITunes, then going to the devices tab where 
>> >it
>> >shows the IPhone.
>> >
>> >When entering your name and so forth, tab to each field and hit the down
>> >arrow before entering each item. I believe the phone's serial number is
>> >already filled in for you.
>> >
>> >Also, wehn using the iPhone, give yourself a lot of time to master the 
>> >touch
>> >screen with the various gestures that are outlined on Apple's 
>> >accessibility
>> >page.
>> >I still have my Nokia E71X because there are some functions I havent'
>> >figured out, such as the IPhone's maps feature. i have Wayfinder and 
>> >Talks
>> >on the Nokia, so it's a good backup.
>> >
>> >I think one has to have a lot of patience to work with the IPhone, but I
>> >find it to be quite useable and fun, and I feel like I'm on an equal 
>> >footing
>> >with my family and friends, most of whom have IPhones. We can share
>> >conversations about apps and so forth.
>> >
>> >I'll be honest though, I am still having a hard time entering text 
>> >quickly
>> >for e-mails, contacts and so forth, bubt I need to practice more.
>> >
>> >Hope this helps.
>> >
>> >Liz Campbell
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey-bradley at att.net>
>> >To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:57 PM
>> >Subject: [Electronics-talk] the I phone and jaws
>> >
>> >
>> > >I just got my I phone, for the life of me I can not get the thing
>> > >registered, I am trying to use jaws11 and Itunes9
>> > > I was able to get my first and last name put in, but It stopped 
>> > > reading
>> > > the other fields, I have never seen anything like that before ever.
>> > > Is this one of these things to were it's not accessable without 
>> > > sight??
>> > > I knew it was to good to be true, all this stuff everyone is saying 
>> > > about
>> > > the I phone being accessable to the blind, there always has to be
>> > > something that wont work.
>> > > I know there was some talk on the list a while ago, but if anyone has 
>> > > any
>> > > ideas on getting this thing working could you get ahold of me.
>> > > I know that Itunes says that they perfer window eyes 7.1 with the
>> > > software, well we all know the problem in solving that problem.
>> > > I'm at the point of takeing this thing back.
>>
>>
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