[Electronics-talk] National Federation of the Blind andMotorolato Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind

[Baracco, Andrew W]

Basically, with speech enabled, as you run your finger across the
screen, you will hear menu items spoken.  To activate an item you tap
your finger twice quickly on the item.

 Then you will be presented with a new screen based on what that item is
designed to do.  You use the same method of moving your finger and
tapping to make things happen.  As you grow accustomed to the screen
layout, it becomes easier to find the item you are looking for. You
can't activate an item just by running your finger over it, so it is
difficult to do anything accidentally.

Andy
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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Riehl
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:48 AM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] National Federation of the Blind
andMotorolato Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind

Hi, christie. Actually, apple -- and some blind users claim -- that the
design of the accssibility of the I-phone makes it possible to navigate
the
screen. I haven't used one myself, so I'm going on reports and what I've
heard from a couple of friends. 
I have not heard mixed reviews of the 3rd-party software. I'd encourage
you
to go to 
www.afb.org and check out their unbiased reviews of the various products
for
making cellphones accessible. 
HTG  John  


John Riehl 

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of C Keen
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:29 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances;
david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] National Federation of the Blind
andMotorola
to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind

Any idea if this will include access to text messaging?
I have put off buying the 3rd party software because it has such mixed
reviews so maybe I will just wait a little longer.
The idea that the I-phone is accessible when you turn on their speech is
not
accurate.  Since it is a flat screen you have no clue where to touch it
to
do what you want it to do!  Obviously it wasn't a blind user that helped
them test that feature!

Christie


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