[Electronics-Talk] Introduction

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 1 09:18:00 UTC 2017 

It's a smaller size i phone and from what I understand, it's the same as the 
i phone 6. I'm not sure if I'm remember this right, possibly someone knows a 
little more about it than I do. I'll find out if I'm remember this right and 
I'll write back here and let you know.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Introduction


> What is an iPhone SE
>
> Jenny
>
> Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snow.
> Lies the seed that with the sun’s love,
> In the spring becomes the rose.
>
> “The rose” Bette Midler
>
>> On Nov 30, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Roanna Bacchus via Electronics-Talk 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> My family and I are you smart phone. I use voice over on my iPhone to do 
>> everything that you just described in your message and I love it. Hope to 
>> hear from you soon.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Nov 30, 2017, at 11:16 AM, Arlene via Electronics-Talk 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, Roanna, welcome to this group. You'll really learn a whole lot here, 
>>> and sometimes it could be a real mixture of things, from what items are 
>>> the most accessible to who takes to certain items  and  others would 
>>> rather the other type of items, very much in the same sort of catagory 
>>> and both accessible in their own way. Just like in everything, everyone 
>>> has their own ways of doing things, and they have a set items they make 
>>> use of. Listening to all of it is quite interesting. One set of items 
>>> would be, for example smart phones and the feature phones, the flip 
>>> phones and there are some bar type phones with buttons both accessible 
>>> in their own ways. I think a majority of visually impaired individuals 
>>> have smart phones, just as everyone else does, and included in these 
>>> phones is a screen reader. So one can navigate on the screen as anyone 
>>> else can. In some cases it makes other items in the house more 
>>> accessible, such as having things like an instapot, also some crockpots, 
>>> working different things in one's house whether it be your thermostat or 
>>> lights and other things. Doing email, going on the internet, listening 
>>> to books, music and the radio on the phone, apps to be able to connect 
>>> with someone to find out a description of an item that you need a bit 
>>> more information about, other useful apps for scanning text, bar codes, 
>>> gps, color identifier, and so much more. Then there's those feature 
>>> phones that are flip phones or bar type phones, the phones that have the 
>>> buttons, that have the text to speech included in the phone, which isn't 
>>> exactly like the screen reading software in a smart phone, but makes it 
>>> possible to navigate the phone with the buttons and many of these phones 
>>> do talk everything in the menues in the phone. Personally for me, what I 
>>> use is some of the different feature phones that I'm very confortable 
>>> with. As I'm able too I'll get more of these type of phones so I could 
>>> see what the phones are capable of and see what types of things that I 
>>> or anyone else can do with these phones. Of course, as in everything 
>>> certain phones are better than others or rightfully so a bit better 
>>> because the aspects of the phone may be a bit more advanced. Such as 
>>> seeing a difference in how a number of these phones work and what they 
>>> had in cluded 3 years ago, verses now presently. I think I'm going to do 
>>> some audio recordings about these phones. While there's so much more you 
>>> can do with a smart phone, with these feature phones, Besides navigating 
>>> with the phone for the settings, to type in new contacts, writing a text 
>>> message, I could use the calculater, I could use the calendar on some of 
>>> them, I go on the internet with them, some of the phones are a bit 
>>> better than other phones. 2 of the phones that are better for going on 
>>> the internet that are quite new phones, probably as new as from last 
>>> year are the sim mobile for at&t and the alcatel for t-mobile. Not 
>>> everyone is as crazy as I am, I like to explore and try everything I can 
>>> do with it, including going on the internet, which a number of people 
>>> wouldn't even think about doing or wouldn't care about, and possibly 
>>> wouldn't be interested in using something like the calculator. It's just 
>>> enough phone for many individuals to be able to have a phone to use as 
>>> just a phone, from easily dialing a phone number to navigating the phone 
>>> with the text to speech included in the phone, to be able to write a 
>>> text message, go into your contacts to either look up a phone number 
>>> which takes no time or when you're going to type in a new contact or 
>>> write a text message. As far as smart phones we have a modo g android 
>>> phone, which neither one of us have really got the knack of using and we 
>>> really want to learn. We're going to get the android book from national 
>>> braille press which should help in our learning, tremendously. One of 
>>> these days when we could afford it we'd like to get i phones. We have 
>>> looked at both the i phones and  the android phones at the store, with 
>>> the sales person putting the screen reader on. One time we saw that 
>>> little i phone the s e I think it's called, which seemed pretty easy to 
>>> navigate, and the phone was a really nice size being small and being 
>>> small enough to put in a pocket. Everyone differs to much of an extent 
>>> of how they use anything for that matter. For a smart phone we would 
>>> want to have the scanning apps, the color identifier, possibly the gps, 
>>> one  of those apps in case we needed something described, for us not so 
>>> much for reading books, and listening to the radio or tv, but that's 
>>> some of what we would use. Having the internet and email handy on the 
>>> smart phones is great as well. Hopefully in time we'll get use to the 
>>> smart phones, but I'll never stop using the feature phones because they 
>>> are just as usefull in their ownway. It's amazing, the topic of the 
>>> phones is such a big topic. Then there's other things we write about 
>>> here, sharing information about what appliances are more accessible, 
>>> such as Roger recently told us about his stove and dryer that are both 
>>> quite accessible, which was good for us to know about since we need a 
>>> new stove. we write about our experiences with some of the tvs that have 
>>> the speech included in them, also share ideas about how to do certain 
>>> things, whatever comes up for someone, even if it's something like 
>>> finding the best ways for labeling something, which a number of us have 
>>> our own individual ways of doing things, that one could figure out and 
>>> hear what is the closest way they would feel confortable in doing 
>>> whatever it is. As I said we all vary in either our skill or what we're 
>>> plain confortable with, and that goes for anything, with so many 
>>> possibilities. Feel welcome to asking any questions you have, and share 
>>> any experiences you have had.
>>> Arlene
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "roanna bacchus via Electronics-Talk" 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "roanna bacchus" <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 1:22 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear Members,
>>>>
>>>> My name is Roanna Bacchus, and I am currently seeking employment that 
>>>> will allow me to utilize my braille skills and degree.  I love learning 
>>>> about accessible electronics that the blind can use on their own.  I 
>>>> joined this list so I can share my experiences using accessible 
>>>> electronics.
>>>>
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