[nabs-l] I devices accessibility

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

As Arielle said, touch typing makes using the on-screen keyboard much
easier and efficient.  To do this use the rotery gesture, (hold your
hand which isn't holding the phone perpindicular to the screen.  With
your index and midele finger perform the gesture of pushing one finger
forward and pulling one back at the same time to make like a spinning
motion of sorts.  Do this till you hear typing mode, then swipe one
finger down till you hear touch typing.  After this it's a good idea
to do the rotery motion one more time to avoid losing your setting if
you're not carefull with the gestures yet).  It's easiest to do this
in the messages app, you may have to put your cursor in the edit field
but I'm not sure.  Give it a try.
Even the primitive version of siri will play music or call someone for
you.  I use it all the time to play songs in my library, "Play insert
song of choice," or "Call home."  Since you have Siri you can also use
her to send emails, texts, and look things up from Safari without
actually using the apps themselves.
I just got a bluetooth keyboard case which is really nice because the
keyboard is always there.  I also have paired it with my notetaker
before and have found that to be really helpful.  If you want it to be
a little mini computer with word and excel functions use the apps that
were listed above but I would definitely use a braille display with
those to make it a little more efficient.  HTH.

P.S.  If you go into settings there is a voiceover tutorial where you
can practice your gestures.  It might be good for getting oriented.

On 1/27/13, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Arielle,
>
> All you have to do to use Siri for music is to tell it to play a
> certain song or artist.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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Kaiti