[Ohio-talk] Do You Want The iPhone 4 From Verizon Wireless?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheri" <salbers1 at cinci.rr.com>
To: "'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <cindis at fuse.net>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Do You Want The iPhone 4 From Verizon Wireless?


> Hi Cheryl, Everett and Everyone Else,
> While I have had the iPhone for 2 years now, I do not profess to be an
> expert on it. What I can tell you is that it is completely accessible. 
> Yes,
> it is a touch screen, but the Accessibility Setting called Voice-Over 
> solves
> that problem. It allows one to touch anywhere on the screen and have the
> phone announce what icon, menu item, text, etc. you have pointed to. it 
> that
> was an item you wanted to select, you would then "double tap" anywhere on
> the screen and it will open that operation.
>
> All text messages are read to you and available to review whenever you 
> want
> to listen again. Your outgoing messages can be listened to as you write
> them. Writing them is done with a on-screen qwerty keyboard. It works on 
> the
> same premise of selecting an operation. Tap the keyboard area to find your
> letter, "double-tap" it to enter it into the text area.
>
> I use the Calendar, Alarm, Timer, Voice Memo, Notes, iPod, Calculator and
> Safari to go on to the internet. The possibilities are endless with all 
> the
> Apps you can download. Who knows which of those are accessible and which 
> are
> not, but there are there for the picking!
>
> I am not familiar with the Braille overlay, but it would only apply to the
> bottom row of Icons which do not change from page to page if you have
> multiple screens. There are only four of these icons.
>
> Also, this Verizon iPhone has not been changed in any way from any other
> iPhone on the market. It is merely adapted for the Verizon network.
>
> I hope this has helped!
>
> Sheri
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Everett Gavel
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 1:35 PM
> To: ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Do You Want The iPhone 4 From Verizon Wireless?
>
> Hi Sheri, and all,
>
> I have not been reading *every* post on the iPhones, I admit.  Mainly
> because I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $200 for any phone, above and
> beyond the monthly charges for a 2-year contract (smile).  I am interested
> in the accessibility and especially the Net capabilities, though, and will
> likely have one someday soon.  I'm curious as to the real accessibility of
> it.  It's a touch-screen.  Does it really speak ALL things?  And also, is
> that Braille overlay for the screen I heard about awhile back, still
> available?  I think Solona was selling it, but heard that very recently 
> the
> person behind Solona was sick and unable to do the Captcha stuff on their
> own, since no one ever stepped-up to help when volunteers were asked for.
> So, is Solona still able to sell and mail-out those Braille overlays for 
> the
> iPhones?  Anyone know?
>
> Thanks for the details, Sheri.  It's appreciated.
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ... On February 3rd 2011, Verizon Wireless will be offering the iPhone 4! 
> It
> will be available online for pre-orders to current Verizon customers ONLY 
> on
> a "first come, first serve" basis. The cost will be $199 with a 2-year
> contract. This can be done on Verizonwireless.com.
>
>
>
>
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