[nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head

[Mark Tardif]

I had an iphone for about a day, and for various reasons I was just 
disgusted.  First of all, the person who sold it to me at the store didn't 
even realize that Boice Over was a standard feature, and I kept coralling my 
sighted neighbor and getting on the phone with Verizon to work through 
problems, and I finally just disgustedly asked them to help me reprogram my 
old phone.  Never regretted it, either.  Never surrender!!!



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: kaye zimpher via nfb-talk
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:32 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Cc: kaye zimpher
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head

Oh, but you shall surrender, and once you do, you will wonder why you never
did before. lol
All kidding aside, I was very much against the touch screens when I got my
first Iphone. I could barely make a call, and in truth, the darn thing sat
on my desk for almost a year before I really got in to it. Once I did
though, I could not live without it. That phone does everything!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tardif via nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <jsoro620 at gmail.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head


> I'm still a stuborn probably soon to be lone soldier against the touch 
> screen hordes coming to conquer and spread their tyranny.  Even if I am 
> the last man down, I will never surrender!!!
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Joe via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 8:47 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; 
> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Joe
> Subject: [nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head
>
> In the battle between touch screens and tactile buttons, the touch screen 
> is
> quickly becoming the reigning champion. It's not that I can't see the
> advantages of touch screens. Less moving parts means less maintenance and
> all that, but dammit, it used to be I only had to worry about touch 
> screens
> where warming food was concerned. Slap a tactile dot here, a Braille label
> there, and I could conquer the basic operations of a microwave.
>
> Once while on travel for work I met the enemy at a fancy hotel. I strolled
> from the hotel registration desk to the bank of elevators as if I was a
> frequent guest of the swanky resort. I even hit the bank of elevators on 
> my
> first try like the super blind traveler that I was, but then the elevator
> doors whispered open. I walked in and reached for the familiar panel of
> buttons with accompanying Braille numbers. Only, the travel gods felt I 
> had
> enjoyed enough arrogance for one day, because instead of neat rows of
> buttons, my fingers skated across a smooth panel.
>
> Read and comment on the rest of the article here:
>
> http://joeorozco.com/blog_a_double_tap_to_the_touch_screen_devils_head
>
> Best,
>
> Joe
>
> --
> Musings of a Work in Progress:
> www.JoeOrozco.com/
>
> Twitter: @ScribblingJoe
>
>
>
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