[nabs-l] I devices accessibility

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Ashley,
Most modern Braille devices including Braille Notes and Braille
displays can pair with I-devices without much effort. You can then use
the Braille device as both keyboard and Braille display in many cases,
and typemessages in either contracted or uncontracted Braille and have
it translated.
You can also use Siri to type texts and emails although I've never
tried using it for music.
Many Apple users, blind and sighted, choose to buy keyboards to pair
with their I-devices if they don't already have a Braille device.
I can type on my touch screen by activating touch typing in VoiceOver
and then dragging my finger around the screen until VoiceOver says the
letter I want. To enter the letter I lift my finger off the screen.
However, though I can do this I find  it slow and prefer to use Siri
or my RefreshaBraille.
Arielle

On 1/27/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Many of you have I devices you communicate with now; I’ve seen many messages
> sent from i-phones, ipod touches and a few ipads.
> I have an ipod  and am struggling with the touch screen and staying oriented
> on it.
>
> My family and I were wondering how blind people most often interact with
> their i-phone and I touch. I see many messages written from these mobile
> devices, yet I know the touch screen keyboard is rather small and even for
> sighted people it can be challenging to use.
> So I was wondering about your experiences with these devices.
>
> Do you use the touch screen and voice over all the time? Do you use siri to
> perform functions? Can siri activate your itunes collection? I mean can you
> ask siri to play a certain song and it searches for it and plays it?
>
> How do you type
> regular messages and text messages? Do you use a braille display with it and
> if so, which one? Can you type in braille and something translates it and
> then sends it out on your i-device?
> What computer functions do these devices have? Does it have a word
> processor, presentation application and spreadsheet?
> I know the Ipad has pages; not sure about the others.
>
> I know the Focus 14 display came out from freedom  scientific recently and a
> few friends have that paired with their i-phones. I also know the braille
> pen can be paired with it too.
>
> Finally, which aps are most helpful? Is the barcode reader one useful? What
> does i t cost? What is the difference between Look around Me and Navigan ap?
>
> Thanks for letting me know.
>
> I’ll write my ipod gesture questions next message.
>
> Ashley
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