[Social-sciences-list] An Inquiry About Technology and Vision Loss

[David Andrews]

I am not sure what you mean by "use the iPhone verbally."  If you 
mean Siri, the voice-activated assistant, you can't do everything the 
phone does with Siri.  The iPhone does have a built-in screen reader, 
VoiceOver.  You do have to learn to use the touch screen, and it is 
frustrating at first.  It takes a couple weeks, or more to get 
comfortable for most people, and a few things are always awkward like 
entering numbers when on the phone, but for most things it works 
exceedingly well.

There is also a screen enlargement application called Zooms.

Dave

At 10:22 AM 6/30/2013, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>   I was wondering if anyone here can help me out a little. I am 
> working with someone who is interested in gaining information about 
> the usability of the iPhone and vision loss (e.g., its usability, 
> and whether you can do everything on it verbally, especially with a 
> touch screen). I know the iPhone, especially G4 is supposed to be 
> quite usable, though I had no success personally:), and thus am not 
> going to be able to personally give useful info from my own 
> experience. Relatedly, this person is interested in the advantages 
> and challenges of switching from a PC to a Mac as a screen reading 
> software user. In other words, what is the learning curve like, 
> what are the benefits of switching to a Mac when one is visually 
> impaired and a user of both ZT and JAWS... Any information others 
> here can provide would be much appreciated.
>With very warm regards,
>Christine
>Christine M. Szostak, PhD
>Psychologist, Instructor, and Professional Consultant
><http://findingthevision.wikidot.com>http://findingthevision.wikidot.com
>http://researchconsulting.wikidot.com
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