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

Jack Heim john at johnheim.com
Wed Mar 29 16:47:18 UTC 2017


Years ago, I went into the Apple Store to ask about the accessibility of 
the iphone.  I had heard a lot about it but wanted to see formyself. I 
went in there and nobody knew how to start voiceover. But one of the 
"geniuses" tried to demonstrate Siri and the map function. He pushed the 
home button and said, "Where am I?" to the phone. No answer. Tried 
again, "Where am I?" Still no answer. He just kep trying and trying, 
frantically asking, "Where am I?" I literally left him there, asking the 
phone where he was. I was like, "Ah, I'll just be going now." He didn't 
exactly look like a genius at that moment. It really was hilarious but 
now I know he probably just couldn't get a GPS signal inside the mall.


On 03/29/2017 11:10 AM, Loren Wakefield via nfb-talk wrote:
> I guess it depends on how much you want to be with your peers in
> capabilities.  Yes, it is frustrating at first.  However, there is a logic
> to it.  And there is no way I'm going back to a phone I can't do anything
> with.
>
> Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Tardif
> via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:09 PM
> To: kaye zimpher; NFB Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Mark Tardif
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil's Head
>
> 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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