[nabs-l] I devices accessibility

[Sarah]

First off, I use Siri to send most of my texts and emails.  And 
yes, if you ask Siri to play a song and it's in your collection, 
she will.  For example, if you have a playlist called partymix, 
just say, "Play partymix.  and it will start playing immediately.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:10:51 -0500
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