[nabs-l] Blind folks and the IPhone

Anjelina anjelinac26 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 16 04:22:44 UTC 2010


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ignasi Cambra" <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind folks and the IPhone


> It is an excellent investment, and it is completely accessible. Every 
> single application that comes with the phone is completely accessible, and 
> in my experience, a huge majority of the applications I have downloaded 
> from the app store are accessible. For me, there is nothing more efficient 
> than an iPhone these days. It really allows me to browse the web or read 
> emails etc just as quickly as I do it on my Mac.
> It is a little hard to get used to the on-screen keyboard, and you will 
> type fairly slowly during the first few days or weeks. But after you get 
> used to it, it works great.
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jim wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lately, I've been seeing that the new IPhones have been coming out and 
>> have
>> become somewhat accessible, especially for blind folks.
>>
>> I am totally blind and am interested to hear from other blind IPhone 
>> users.
>> I am elegible for an upgrade from At&T, and I'm really tempted but want 
>> to
>> know if it is really doable and a good investment.  I want to hear your
>> experiences and pros and cons.
>>
>> Also, how did you learn and what sorts of tutorials or manuals did you 
>> use?
>>
>> Talk to me!
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim P
>>
>>
>>
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