[nabs-l] Siri was RE: I devices accessibility

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joshua,
I only know a little about Siri because my family uses it on their iPhones.
It’s a feature where you talk to it and it searches for certain
items or calls people. You can ask it to search for nearby restaurants and 
locations; also ask it for sports scores.

I also asked if it can be used with itunes as a way of asking the device to 
play your songs in place of using the tapping gestures.
Apparently, you can ask Siri for specific music too, based on some replies 
I've seen.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:37 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] Siri was RE: I devices accessibility

Hi Alexa.
Welcome to the list.
I've heard all kinds of talk about Siri, but I don't know much about it.
Could you please go into detail about it for those of us that have never 
heard of it, or don't know much about it?
Thanks, Joshua
________________________________________
From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Alexa Schwichow 
[ajschwichow at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:30 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I devices accessibility

Hello,
    I am an IPhone user. Yes, I can ask Siri to play me a certain song.
Also, I can dictate messages such as texts and e-mails using Siri. If you
want help staying oriented with the keyboard, SpeedDots makes tactile screen
protectors for IPhones, IPods, and IPads. I hope this helps!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:10 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] I devices accessibility


> 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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