[Electronics-talk] Seeking Suggestions TO Improve Dial Speed

Fri Apr 20 12:47:25 UTC 2012

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Suggestions TO Improve Dial Speed

Hi, Kay and list.
I suspect I'll be sticking to split-fingered double tapping as I have gotten
very comfortable with having constant contact with the touchpad. The problem
with dialing a long string as numbers such a 16 digit account or billing
number is that precision seems to be required in finding the number quickly,
and a braille overlay that corresponds to the touch tone panel I'm sure
would prove very useful. I did have the braille overlay from AT Guys but the
adhesive bond wasn't very strong and it eventually fell off. I like the
suggested idea of putting some of these codes into the contact folder, but I
have doubts as to whether the 3G smartphone is capable of allowing use of
the contact folder while a call is in progress. I appreciate all suggestions
offered and would like to hear your thoughts on these observations. Have a
great day everyone.
Best regards,
Rob "Jayhawk" Tabor

-----Original Message-----
From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaye
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:41 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Suggestions TO Improve Dial Speed

I like the split tapping much better as well. the touch typing was just to
slow for me.

Kaye Zimpher
Check out my facebook at www.facebook.com/thekeeperoftime
I will show you the first time, and help you if you mess up the second time.

But the third time you are on your own, because that is the way the world
is.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:44 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Suggestions TO Improve Dial Speed

I tried the touch typing, and I probably need to give it a longer trial,
but I prefer the split tapping method myself. I like not having to lift
my finger off of the screen at all. For example, when typing the work
"week", I don't have to lift my finger from the screen to get those two
e's in their. I can just tap with another finger twice while I'm
touching the e key. Like the Apple documentation says, try the different
ways of typing and use whatever works for you.

On 19/04/12 14:01, William T. Miller wrote:
> Hey Rob, thought I'd send you a suggestion despite your college
> affiliation
> (I'm a little sore at Jayhawk nation after the NCAAs). It took me awhile
> to
> adjust to the touchscreen on my IPhone 4 but I've gotten much quicker over
> time. One adjustment that helped was switching to "touch typing" edit
> mode:
> 1. from the home screen, press the circular menu button once to go to the
> search page;
> 2. make sure the IPhone is in edit mode with the on-screen keyboard
> active;
> 3. make the two-finger dial twisting motion until you get to typing mode
> (sorry for the nontechnical gesture descriptions);
> 4. swipe one finger upward to switch to touch typing.
> (Step 2 will work from any screen if the on-screen keyboard is active.)
> Now you can drag your finger across the screen until you activate the
> character you want to dial, then simply lift your finger off the screen to
> dial the character that is active -- no double-tapping or two-finger
> gestures required.
> Hope this helps. And take it easy on UNC the next time we play -- you've
> beaten us twice in a row already!
> Tarheel Will Miller
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:37:26 -0500
> From: "Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Seeking Suggestions TO Improve Dial Speed
> on iPhone
> Message-ID: <000001cd1e20$cbf48980$63dd9c80$@sbcglobal.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Good morning all,
>
>
>
> Though I have generally conquered the touch screen technology of the
> iPhone,
> there is just one little albeit sometimes pretty steep hill to climb. In
> using teletouch services involving entry of a long string of digits on the
> dial pad, it seems nearly impossible to dial the numbers fast enough to
> get
> the info I am looking for without being timed out by the system, e.g., a
> 16
> digit account number to find out how much I owe in the current billing
> cycle. I do own and use the Apple Bluetooth qwerty keyboard but the last
> time I tried it with a teletouch service it did no good to try dialing on
> the keyboard numbers, so I had to try to move to numbers with the arrow
> keys
> and cord the up and down arrow keys to enter them one by one, and it still
> wasn't fast enough. I currently use a 3G iPhone. Any suggestions for
> wrestling the beast to the ground are well appreciated. Sometimes I miss a
> good old fashion keypad for dialing.
>
> TIA and best regards,
>
> Rob "Jayhawk Bob" Tabor
>
>
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-- 
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at gmail.com

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