[Electronics-Talk] iPhone SE / was Re: Introduction

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 1 14:37:31 UTC 2017 

In july the iphone se at our verizon store in oklahoma city was $400, and 
then about a month or so after that, I think it was at target that we saw 
the se again and it was about $500 there, So it is less expensive than the 
other iphones.

Arlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Linda via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 1:37 AM
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] iPhone SE / was Re: Introduction


> Hi Jenny,
> The iPhone SE is the 4 inch version, same size as the iPhone 5 and 5S. The
> screen size got bigger with the iPhone 6. The SE is a lot cheaper too,
> about half the price of the iPhone 8. I miss having a smaller phone and am
> seriously thinking about getting the iPhone SE.
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:34 PM Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk <
> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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