[Electronics-talk] Tactile screen protector

Tue Dec 22 16:01:43 UTC 2015

 hi all',

 i bought and threw away one of these within a week of purchase during convention 2012.

I have only a little useless lightvision but do not regret throwing that annoying screen protector away.

I flick and tap to any buttons easily.   i touch type. on the keyboard using two fingers with my phone held at an angee so I can slide my fingers if I need to.  With my version of touch typing my pointer gets characters on the left side of the screen.     while my middle finger gets the right side.

Experiment with your product.  Daon't be afraid to be different from your sighted friends and family.

Just my two cen'ts.

Diane

On Dec 22, 2015, at 6:52 AM, David Evans via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Dear Chip and all,

I have and use the screen protector overlay from "A T Guys" and I am totally
blind.
I find that it halps me find buttons when I am in a "Q" and voice over is
talking and so is a menu message that makes it hard to find the button for
the option I want.
The question is, who did you get the phone f?, You or the sighted persons
who may still be able to deal with your overlay.  Who's phone is it and who
needs the overlay more, you or them.
No mater what, most sighted people can deal with the overlay and any
distortion is presents.
The overly makes it eaier for us to find buttons and keys on the screen
which is something the sighted do not have a real problem with.

Just my opinion.

David Evans and GD Jack.

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-talk
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 3:12 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Christopher Chaltain
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Tactile screen protector

I have the advanced tactile over lay from SpeedDots, and I'd be surprised if
it was noticeable by a sighted user. It only has 13 dots on it, and they're
mostly clustered around the sides. My wife and other sighted users who've
borrowed my phone never complained.

I have an iPhone 5 from my employer, without the tactile overlay, and even
though it isn't necessary, I do find it useful, and I do type a bit faster
on my 4S with the tactile overlay. I'd recommend it myself, but if you're
worried about sighted users not liking it then don't bother.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Chip Orange via Electronics-talk <
electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Tracy,
> 
> I too thought about getting one, but my wife (who is sighted, and who 
> wants to share my phone for now) did some research into the opinions 
> of others who can see, and tried herself to examine the effect based 
> on web posts and pictures, concluded that these tactile overlays 
> create a significant distortion of the image for sighted users.  
> Wanted to pass this along in case it applied to you.
> 
> I can't say how much they may help you, but I've only had my phone for 
> a little more than a month, and I don't feel like I need any aid in 
> locating any icon.
> 
> Chip
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chip Orange
> Florida Public Service Commission
> Computer Systems Analyst
> 850-413-6314
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:13 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Tactile screen protector
> 
> I have the tactile screen protector from Speeddots.com for my iPod 
> Touch, and I like it.  I picked the more "advanced" option, which has 
> fewer marker dots.  I found the dots useful to orient myself, 
> especially at first.  I don't have one for my iPhone, but I think about
getting one.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mary jo Seiler via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:47 PM
> To: Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Mary jo Seiler
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible tablet
> 
>   Can someone tell me the best accessible tableet to purchace.  I am 
> thinking of purchasing a tablet and get get a tactical screen 
> protector for the I pad air but not sure how well that would work. Thanks.
> mjseiler at consolidated.net
> 
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