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

[Karen Rose]

I am at the other end. I can either live nowhere run my psychotherapy practice without an iPhone! In fact I am so dependent on the damn thing that I have an extra one in my safety deposit box – LOL

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> On Mar 28, 2017, at 8:08 PM, Mark Tardif via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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!!!
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> 
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: kaye zimpher via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head
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> 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
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> 
>> 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
>> 
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