[Trainer-Talk] Very frustrated in training a newbie on iPhone

[Nancy Coffman]

One thing I sometimes do is use the back or palm of someone’s hand to show them the gesture. Emphasize things like how far the fingers need to be apart. Flaking is like trying to get dust or a bug off of the screen. Swiping is a little bit further in my mind.

I also use the look tell voiceover tutorial to give them some guided practice, and some signs of success.



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> On Jun 20, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Chip Johnson via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gerardo,
> As far as typing, I recommend that you use standard typing until he becomes comfortable using the on-screen keyboard because typing requires the deliberate gesture of double-tapping. It can get frustrating when a student is looking for a letter and, by lifting their finger slightly accidentally type characters.  I'm not sure if it's available in Mexico but the LookTel Voiceover Tutorial may be helpful. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 7:15 AM
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> Cc: Gerardo Corripio <gera1027 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Very frustrated in training a newbie on iPhone
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> I hardly post on here, but as mentiond to you guys before, I'm a tech instructor here in my area (though I haven't taken any formal classes on the subject, but I love technology, and because of my Educational Psychology major I'm confident this combo would be apt for this path); also it's important to work on whatever is available for us the blind here in Mexico! Anyway I'm starting with a 46-year-old newby to the iPhone, and got the questions of
> 
> Is there some sort of an established lesson plan for teaching the iphone I could follow? I taught him during our first meeting the basics of left&right flicks and double-tap gestures to interact with the phone screen, and left him homework to practice with; imagine to what degree that he was recommended use Siri for everything? I mean it amazes me how ignorant people are really!
> 
> When it comes times to teaching gestures, what's the best method for this? I tried hand over hand, but kind of felt weird (don't know if it's how we were seated or) so what's the best way to teach gestures? The sighted wife was there with us, thus she saw what I was doing, and she taught him, but it's not the same it feels like to me.
> 
> Lastly he's really ahving a hard time with the Pass code, and /or the Finger-print reader; I plan to deactivate these while he gets used to how it works.
> 
> So what would be the next steps? I plan to teach him next how to type on the keyboard, which I set up as Touch typing (where you look for the letter and lift up to type it)
> 
> Thanks for any tips you guys might have; it's getting very frustrating to be honest with this first experience!. But I'm the type never to give up. It makes me mad how ignorant people are: imagine the phone was used, and it was never formatted back to factory settings, thus today I plan to restore it and set it up as new. Thanks again for any tips/tricks. 
> I'm liking teaching one on one, but as I mentioned it's getting frustrating!
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