[nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
Darian Smith
dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 03:22:07 UTC 2011
Hi Phil,
Can you tell us a little more about your research? what is it for?
what do you hope to do with what you find out? I'm simply curious, as
this seems to be a rather informal survay.
Aside from apple products, I have not used touch screens, but I
like them just fine, when they work. about a very very small
percentage of the time, I've noticed the I phone freezes and voiceover
shutsdown. I have only had this happen maybe four times over the past
year and some change, but it has.
Aside from that, I like it alot.
Buttons are a nice thing because mostly, you can find a non-visual
way of trouble-shooting a problem should it come up on a phone, or
notetaker, etc.
Darian
On 5/31/11, Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ask the Verizon people to activate the "all readout" option and let you
> listen to it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Rania Ismail CMT
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:53 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>
> When looking at it in the store before deciding to get it how do you get
> used to it sinse you have a short amount of time in the store?
> Rania,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Serena Cucco
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:45 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>
> Hey Rania!
>
> Oh yeah ... I can actually enter contacts using the number pad myself!
> You've gotta learn the correct letters that correspond to each number on the
> phone. Haven't tried texting yet, but I'm sure it'll be a snap!
> Serena
> P.S. What's your cell number? (off list, of course)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Rania Ismail CMT
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:37 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>
> Is the Haven easy to use? I am thinking of upgradeing to it my self.
> Rania,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Serena Cucco
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:19 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>
> Although I have never seen an iphone or any other touch screen phone, they
> seem too visual for me from the way you guys are describing them. Spacial
> relationships aren't my thing. Also, as someone else said, I want my phone
> to be simply that, a phone, not a substitute for a computer. I just got the
> Haven today. It rocks!
>
> Serena
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie McGinnity
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:17 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>
> Hi guys.
>
> I find this topic very interesting. A few months ago our access
> office was given an iPad to try out, so our assistive tech person let
> me and a friend use one. My friend had it first, and she understood
> it almost immediately, but I hated the thing. I tried it out, but I
> couldn't understand the interface. The lay out was just too visual
> for me. I kept hitting the wrong thing on the screen, and it took me
> 10 minutes just to type my name. I suppose that with practice, I
> could get used to it, but I don't want to have to relearn an interface
> when I already understand the technology I'm using. In order to use
> this device, you need to understand where everything is in relation to
> everything else on the screen. You can't just memorize a couple
> keystrokes. I know this works for people, and I think it's great that
> these things can be made accessible; however, I personally do not want
> one and hope that using keys and buttons will always be an option.
>
> I use a braille note Apex, and I really love it. I have a Samsung
> Haven because I had a bad experience with a smart phone, which,
> incidentally I lost at last year's convention. :) I love my Haven,
> and I really don't want another smart phone in the near future. I
> like my cell phones to be phones. I also don't think that smart
> phones will replace braille notes, at least not for a while.
>
>
>
> On 5/31/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, forget what I said about not needing notetakers, we will need
>> them for the braille keyboards and the accessibility they
>> provide.
>> Apologies,
>> Josh
>>
>> sent from my Apex
>> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:28:08 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>>
>> There are two types of touch screens: accessible touch screens
>> and inaccessible touch screens. It's as simple as that. Apple
>> devices are accessible and in my opinion there's nothing more
>> efficient for a blind person to use. The interface is generally
>> pretty consistent across applications and things just work. I
>> find the small touch screen on the iPhone extremely convenient
>> because I can operate it with one hand most of the time, which is
>> helpful when I'm walking with my guide dog or anything like that.
>> Everyone has different opinions on this,but I personally don't
>> see the need of a notetaker. There are very small bluetooth
>> keyboards out there which unfold and are very nice to type on. I
>> have one of those that I use with my iphone, and it's a lot
>> smaller than any notetaker and does lots of things which a
>> notetaker can't do. I do think that if I was a braille display
>> user I would probably have a different opinion on this. I love
>> reading books in Braille etc, but I just don't need it when I'm
>> working on a computer.
>> In a nutshell, I use my iPhone by itself most of the time, and I
>> use the keyboard if I need to take notes or write long documents.
>> I can just keep my phone in my pocket and use the keyboard to
>> type in class etc.
>>
>> On May 31, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Philip S wrote:
>>
>> Thanks guys for your feedback. Please keep 'em coming.
>>
>> For those of you who have both notetaker device and SmartPhone,
>> do you
>> see your SmartPhone taking over the role of your notetaker
>> device, or
>> is your SmartPhone simply an addition rather than a substitute
>> to your
>> notetaker device? Why or why not?
>>
>> Josh, you said iPod's touch-screen is easier than SmartPhone,
>> why is
>> that? Are you referring to iPhone or Android?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> On 5/31/11, Hannah Furney <hannahgf11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi. I received an Ipod Touch in February as a gift. I really
>> like the
>> touch screen.
>> I also have a BrailleNote Classic. I really like taking notes
>> and writing
>> documents on my BrailleNote.
>> Thanks,
>> Hannah
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Philip S
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:19 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm doing research and am curious to know your thoughts on touch
>> screen.
>> How do you feel about touch screen as more and more devices
>> adopt this
>> interface? Do you love it, embrace it, hate it, a pain in the
>> rear, or
>> something in between...? Please share how you feel about it and
>> be as
>> thorough as you wish.
>>
>> Also, what kind of notetaker, PDA, mobile devices and mobile
>> phones do you
>> use now?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Phil
>>
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