[nabs-l] Special Type of phone

[Jewel]

Switches are devices intended for people with limited movement. They are like light switches in that one way is on and the other is off. For example, one switch could allow a quadraplegic with limited use of one hand to flick the switch up for yes and down for no. Adding an additional switch gives further options, because one switch has two options but two switches give up to ten options, such as up up or up down up. I don't know the specifics of using switches with the iPhone, but you could probably Google it. 
But if she is able to manipulate a keyboard, that might be an easier option. However, she would have to press up to three keys at once for certain commands. 
What if she had a case that held her iPhone up on her wheelchair and she used one hand to do the gestures? All gestures can be done with one hand, and there is also accessibility features that make it easier for people with limited movement to substitute gestures. Also, she could use a blue tooth ear piece for making calls. Plantonics makes good ones that you can speak commands to and press the button to interact with Syri. 
Jewel 

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> On Mar 6, 2014, at 8:52 AM, <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey!! Jewel!, this is Helga! What are switches? And how does switches work in order for her to text, write emails, and receive calls easily? Just curious! Do you think she can use a bluetooth keyboard in order to do all these things? Just wondering as well!! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and God bless!! :)
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jewel
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 3:59 AM
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> I think she should get an iPhone and use switches. She can use switches either with her right hand, or with her head. The switch method of using an iPhone has improved drastically.
> Jewel
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>> On Mar 6, 2014, at 2:17 AM, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi guys, this is Helga! How are you all? I just wanted to tell you that I have a friend who is on a wheel chair, who due to her illness, she can't really hold a phone with her right hand and she can't also can't move her left hand so well at all due to her illness. I can't really explain to you what her illness is, but just to let you know, she is not blind or visually impaired, she is actually sighted, but I would like to help her with this. I just wanted to ask you, what kind of phone, do you think a person who has this problem should get in order to write texts, emails, and answer calls easily? Do you think she should get an iPhone, or something like that? I'm just wondering, since I always talk to her on her home phone, and I ask her once, if she ever consider in getting an iPhone in order for me to text you, rather than just emailing you, and she tells me probably some day. Sometimes we email each other in order to talk, when ever we can't talk on the phone, but that is sometimes hard  to do, since we go away from the computer! I will really like to hear your opinion about this, and if you could help me with this, and give me some suggestions regarding this in order for me to tell her, I will really appreciate it a lot!! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!! :)
>> P.S. Just to let you know, I told her that I'm a member of this list! and that I was going to ask this question here! Thanks again for all your help you can give! ;)
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