[nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen

[Kirt Manwaring]

Julie,
  I can definitely respect that, but you don't really have to know
where everything is on the IPOD touch screen to find it.  If yo flick
your finger across, it just goes around till you find the thing you're
looking for...and I've gotten pretty fast at it.  Even so, I can
totally understand why you don't like it, keyboards and buttons are
nifty and I'm sure they'll always have a place.  Even sighted people,
mostly, prefer typing on keyboards (just look at the bluetooth
keyboard boom with Ipads and iphones) so I'm not really sure they'll
ever go away.  As for notetakers, I think they'll always be an option.
 Although, with a bluetooth keyboard and a small braille display, my
ipod touch could do as much (if not more) than an Apex or a Braille
Sense.  But that doesn't change the fact that notetakers are very
convenient and lots of people will probably be using them for a while
because they're just so darn practical.
  Respectfully,
Kirt

On 5/31/11, Tina Hansen <th404 at comcast.net> wrote:
> This discussion on touch screens is indeed interesting. Personally, while I
> am pleased that access to touch screen interfaces has come a long way, I
> think that there will still be a place for physical keys and buttons. This
> leads me to a thought that's been floating around in my head for some time:
> is it possible to design a keypad accessory that can be programmed to
> communicate with any tool out there, much like a universal remote control?
>
> This discussion also has caused some to argue that voice recognition would
> be the ultimate solution, but the more I see what's going on, I'm not so
> sure that's going to be true. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
>
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