[Nfb-krafters-korner] IPhone questions

Thu Sep 6 11:12:10 UTC 2012

Joyce;
E-mail, David Andrews and see if there is a list for eye phone users or check on the NFB site or ask on NFB talk list.

Saving this great imfo, for the future!
Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Terrence van Ettinger [mailto:terrencevane at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:17 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] IPhone questions

Hi Joyce,
To send a text message by voice, you hold down the big round button at the bottom until it beeps. Then you say, "Send a text message to <say phone number here>, then it'll ask you what you want to say. You hold the home button down again and speak the message content. Then it'll ask you if you're ready to send it. Hold the big round button down one more time and say, "Send." That should send your message.
You can actually use the notes app by voice too. You just say, "Note that ..." followed by the information you want to take note of.
To move from item to item on the screen, you have a couple options:
1) You can just move your finger around the screen and listen to what comes up.
2) You can flick with your finger to the right or left, and the iPhone will move forward or backward through the items on the screen.
3) You can also scroll through pages of list items etc. by flicking up, down, right or left with 3 fingers. If you 3-finger-flick up, the current contents of the screen will move upward off the screen and new material will move up onto the screen from below; the reverse happens if you 3-finger-flick down. If you 3-finger-flick left, the current contents of the screen move off the screen to the left and new content comes left onto the screen from the right. The reverse of this is true if you 3-finger-flick right. More often than not, though, you'll use the up and down scrolls, though left and right do come in handy on some web pages.
If you want to move straight to the first item on the screen, you can tap with 4 finggers at the top of the screen. Do the same at the bottom to go to the last item.
Once you've found something you want to activate, you double-tap.  
Note this doesn't have to be done in the exact spot on the screen where the item is located, you can do that anywhere once you have something selected.
If you ever try something and it doesn't work, feel free to call me:  
(661) 579-3498, and if that doesn't work, (907) 717-9783. You can run what you're doing by me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers.

HTH,
Terrence

On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:07 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> I am hanging my head in shame here.  My IPhone is still a  virgin.   
> Yep I
> had it for a year now and I still don't use it very  much.  It has not 
> one ap on it.
>
> I didn't know you can take notes on it!  I got the book for directions  
> for the IPhone and it is my fault that I read like maybe 2 or 3 
> chapters and gave up.  I actually brought it up to  Girl Scout Camp 
> with all those teenager counselors and asked them how to do a text 
> message by just talking the
> words.  They could not figure it out.  I have never text message   
> anyone.
> shameful expression...
>
> My husband has a droid, so he doesn't want to know anything about an 
> IPhone  or even take a look at it.
>
> I don't know what to do as I have brought it back to the Verizon store 
> and they don't know anything about the speech function.  Yep I got it 
> talking to me so that is a good thing.
>
> My kids don't live around me and they have IPhones and let me tell you 
> I am  not too popular if I drag my IPhone out at a family get together 
> and start  asking questions about it.
>
> I really need some basic training.  Any one out there willing to help  
> a
> beginner.  At least I know how to make a phone call with it.  I   
> can't hang it
> up if no one answers the phone.  I know how to turn it on and   
> off.  I can
> play music that I purchased from ITunes, but I have not plugged  it 
> into my
> computer and gone on ITunes where I have lots of music I   
> purchased.  I
> purchased and downloaded 1 album or maybe 2 and that is what  is on 
> the IPhone I actually bought one album twice so I would have  it on 
> the IPhone.
>
> I need some basic beginners lessons sooner then later as my husband 
> John says why should he pay the $30 per month for the internet 
> connection on mmy IPhone if I don't use it.
>
> Any help out there would be most appreciated.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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