[nabs-l] texting on the iPhone

Tue May 14 05:59:22 UTC 2013

Another option worth mentioning is connecting the braille note to the
iphone with blue tooth.  I send a lot of messages that way.  I also
dictate using Siri and love it.  I have sent emails that way, but it's
difficult to edit emails, so it's not my favorite.

On 5/13/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry.  I meant compact voice.  It's under settings, general,
> accessibility, and voiceover.  You have to scroll down to the options
> which include typing feedback, use pitch change, use phonetics and
> it's in that sort of cluster of options.  It does change the voice
> slightly, but even if you hate it at first like I did you can get used
> to it and it really does speed up the IPhone's response.
>
> On 5/13/13, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you mean compact voice?
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 12, 2013, at 10:25 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs
>> <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> How do you get compact mode?
>>> I'm looking on my new phone and under voice over I see no option for
>>> changing the voices or anything.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>> -----Original Message----- From: justin williams
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:54 PM
>>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] texting on the iPhone
>>>
>>> Is compact mode on the eye phone five?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
>>> Shelton
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:06 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] texting on the iPhone
>>>
>>> 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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