[nabs-l] texting on the iPhone

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi all,

I have an IPhone and have used the touch screen for everything.  (I
have a 4 so I don't have Siri or dictation until I get an upgrade).
There are a few settings you can change on your phone to make using
the touch screen on the IPhone much like the experience a sighted
person has, and it makes the process a lot less tedious.

1.  Change the typing mode to touch typing by going into messages,
double tapping the edit field to bring up the keyboard, and making the
roter motion until you hear it say typing mode.  Swipe up or down with
one finger till you hear touch typing instead of standard.  Touch
typing allows you to input letters by just touching it and lifting
your finger off of the screen.  Voiceover still announces the letter
your finger is over, but instead of double tapping to select it you
can just lift off.
2. Change voice over to only speak characters, or nothing at all in
terms of feedback.  I like having characters spoken to me so I can
hear if I make mistakes, but having it speak words can slow it down.
3.  Change the voice to compact mode.  I resisted this for about a
year and a half, but it really does speed up your phone dramatically.
I've found it has a big difference on how fast I can touch type, and
now the time it takes me to send a text message is comparable to some
of my slower sighted friends.  It's not quite the same since we still
have to hear what we're doing, but it's about as fast as we can get by
using the touch screen.

Hope these help.

On 5/12/13, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening, no, dictation is separate from Siri. The software is built
> directly into the operating system.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 12, 2013, at 7:55 PM, "Ian Perrault" <iperrault at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>       Hi Patrick
>> Texting on the IPhone is great. Yes, you can buy a bluetooth keyboard, I
>> have one. But you can also press dictate, and just dictate your text
>> messages. Or, you can feel around the keyboard, and when you find the
>> letter you want, double-tap it and it will be inserted. Tedious process,
>> but with auto-correct it can be duable.
>> Ian
>>
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Kaiti