[nabs-l] accessible phones

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Ashley,
The iPhone screen reader, VoiceOver, helps with touch-screen
navigation by voicing every button you touch. You can drag your finger
around the screen until VoiceOver says what you need, and then touch
the screen with a second finger (a "split tap") or tap your finger
twice quickly on  the button to select it ("double-tap"). You can also
flick the right-hand side of the screen to move the cursor from one
screen element to the next. Once you have used the phone for a while,
you will remember where many things are on the screen; for example,
when I am on the home screen, "Phone" is in the lower left and
"Messages" (for texting) is on the upper left.
HTH,
Arielle

On 9/15/12, Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My phone reads all settings
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 14, 2012, at 21:56, "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There were tons of menus that the ENV3 didn't read. It read contacts I
>> think, but messages, a lot of the settings etc it wouldn't read. There was
>> also no way to find out who texted you if you happened to miss the text.
>> On 9/14/2012 7:32 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
>>> Tyler,
>>> Oh, that is why the haven isn't completely accessible.
>>> I know people who used the en V 3 and it seemed accessible. It would even
>>> read you text messages and allow the user to text and read the menus so
>>> you knew the missed calls.
>>> Unfortunately, the EN V 3 is not produced anymore; I wanted to buy one
>>> last time I needed a phone, and learned it was not produced.
>>>
>>> I heard the haven isn't made anymore either. But if it is, gloria might
>>> want to explore that option.
>>> If you just need to make calls, you do not need all the menus read.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Littlefield, Tyler
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:58 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones
>>>
>>> I know the Haven is, and I think that might be. But it's not really
>>> "accessible." it reads the messages if you hit space, and it reads the
>>> fact that you got a message as well as minimal prompts, but it doesn't
>>> read much of anything else. I had an ENV3 for a while, and it worked the
>>> same way.
>>> On 9/12/2012 7:58 AM, Gloria G wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I am checking out phones. Has anyone heard of the LG My Touch Q? If so,
>>>> is it accessible? I talked to the carrier which is Teen Mobil, but I
>>>> have had situations in which the carrier will say something is
>>>> accessible or has speech capabilities and they do not and vice versa.
>>>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>>> Gloria
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