Ahh. I was having difficulty with the double-tap where sometimes I ended up moving focus elsewhere rather than tapping. The split tap was much more reliable.
CB Scott Howell wrote: > Actually the type of tap where you put one finger down and tap with > the other is a split tap. Double tap litterly means tap with two > fingers and there is a oh rhythm to it if you will. All and all it > really sounds impressive and I can't wait to get my grubby hands on > one. :) > On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> My manager and I went over to the ATT store yesterday to play with >> 3GS for the first time. We probably fiddled for about 30 minutes and >> within that time could do quite a bit of basic stuff. The first snag >> was getting VO turned on which required sighted assistance since the >> phones were cabled down at a kiosk and not hooked up to iTunes on a >> desktop. On another podcast there was a question about whether Apple >> has some kind of voice command to turn VO on but nobody knew if it >> existed or what it was. That said, once VO was on it took a little >> bit to get the hang of three finger flicking and to realize that >> double tap meant to hold on the thing you want to action and then >> tap with another finger. We also had to be careful with making sure >> we didn't hold the phone totally horizontal as sometimes it would >> flip into portrait mode, moving everything around. Typing was a bit >> difficult but improved as time went by such that it seemed like it >> would become quite usable given some practice. 30 minutes or so >> wasn't enough but it was already getting easier. Main thing was that >> the keys were very small in portrait so putting a thumb down flat >> covered several keys. Finger tips worked much better but finger >> nails didn't work. We actually launched a random 3rd party app >> called Dictionary which was already on the phone and it worked just >> fine, which was a nice touch since it probably predates VO on the >> iPhone. One snag was that when deleting characters in a text box it >> wasn't always obvious what characters were about to be deleted, but >> maybe we missed some cues in the somewhat noisy store. Anyway, it >> seems very positive that in only a short bit of fiddling around the >> universal access interface was usable and we could get stuff done. >> >> CB >> >> Victor Tsaran wrote: >> >>> I think IPhone 3GS is a wonderful tool for low vision people -- it is >>> the first truly accessible phone where everything is magnified. I >>> cannot >>> say that I would cash out for IPhone as a blind user though. But I >>> truly >>> appreciate Apple's pushing envelope with technology -- this is >>> something >>> I'd love to see more companies do. >>> Vic >>> >>> On 6/21/2009 10:50 AM, John Denning wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My wife who is a high partial has had an iPhone all along. So we got >>>> her a new 3GS phone Friday. I've not had a lot of time on it, but >>>> have >>>> had some. So far I'm impressed also. >>>> >>>> I need to read some instructions though. I can turn on the Zoom, and >>>> invert. But I believe there is a way to easily jump between various >>>> settings. Like is there a gesture to switch between inverted and >>>> normal? I know how to zoom in and out. >>>> >>>> Trying to get my employer to spring for the phone since I'm required >>>> to have a mobile phone. They one they got me is NOT at all >>>> accessible. >>>> I can make the text a tiny bit larger is all. So get me this real >>>> off >>>> the shelf solution. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 20, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I played with the iPhone that was on display. Wow, ... I was >>>>> shocked. >>>>> It felt like a natural use, expecially in Calculator. >>>>> >>>>> I love the phone. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
