[stylist] overlay

Sun Sep 8 02:48:01 UTC 2013

That sounds pretty cool.

I am used to the flat screen now with my ipod, but it sounds like the 
overlay could be very useful.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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> The overlay is a thin plastic sheet that has dots for all the letters 
> except f and j--just the reverse of a keyboard. And it has a dot where the 
> send button occurs in messages, a dot where the back button and the cancel 
> button is and a dot in the miedle of the screen. I find it to be very 
> useful. It also hav five dots spaced across the bottom to hit various 
> things down the and a dot where the purchase apps button occurs in the app 
> store. So, let's see if I can actually describe where these dots are. 
> There is one in the upper left--not quite at the top. On the right there 
> are two of them in the upper part--one above the other. The re is the dot 
> in the middle of the screen. There are all the letter buttons and the 
> extra five in the lower part of the screen. Just abovethe  p keyis  the 
> one onthe  send button. It is no problem to use this with VoiceOver. No 
> interference what so ever. It's as thin as the ones that come withthe 
> phone, exceptit  has these dots. Barbara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 6, 2013, at 23:55, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> The touch screen technology isn't bad with voiceover, especially since
>> when using voiceover, you need to double tap in order to initiate a
>> function. So you just run your finger across the screen, hearing the
>> voiceover, and when you find what you're looking for, then you double
>> tap. Also, once you grow accustom to the lay-out, you know where certain
>> *buttons* are.
>>
>> How does an over-lay work? The buttons, or icons, can be moved, so an
>> over-lay wouldn't accommodate for this. I also wonder how it works to
>> double tap a smart phone buttons with an over-lay, and even if an
>> over-lay helps with the initial function, how does it work when going
>> into new screens? For instance, you find the phone button, but now you
>> have a new lay-out of buttons for calling and voicemail and looking up
>> info on a contact, etc. And each function, phone, text, internet, notes,
>> etc., has it's own screen, and sometimes the buttons are a little
>> different.
>>
>> I'm curious about the functionality of such an over-lay and how it works
>> with smart phones.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barbara
>> Hammel
>> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:19 PM
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>>
>>
>> The A T Guys sell an overlay that has tactile dots that can also make
>> the
>> screen not so daunting.
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert
>> Frost -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Vejas
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:23 PM
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>>
>> Hi Bridget,
>> I agree with you.  Before I had my i-phone, I had a flip phone. You
>> know, one of these ones where you just dial and text.  When I first got
>> my i-phone, I was intimidated too because I felt like the flip phone was
>> so much easier to use.  But I've found that this is much better and has
>> more capabilities. Vejas
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 19:56:07 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] OFF topic
>>
>> I love my IPhone.  It took an adjustment at first, but now I like it
>> better than any other phone I've used.  The lack of tactile buttons was
>> weird at first, but now the touch screen isn't much a problem. And it
>> seems to be the most accessible phone on the market right now. In
>> addition to the phone itself being accessible, there are several apps
>> you can download that are accessible like money readers, color
>> detectors, accessible GPS, magnification, bar code scanners, not to
>> mention the availability of sites like NetFlix and television
>> programming.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 3:38 PM
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>>
>> Hi folks, you are the biggest bunch of blind folks I know so I am asking
>> about cell phones and which one works for you best.  Feel free to write
>> me off list.
>>
>> attyrose at cox.net
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Atty
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