The iPhone is an extremely efficient, productive, and pleasant phone to use. There is nothing inherently inaccessible about touch screens, per se. That's just a common misconception, as Apple has now proven. The blind, despite what some may say, are perfectly capable of using touch screen technology if given the right tools. Twenty years ago, many said the blind couldn't use GUI efficiently either. But, of course, we do quite nicely today. Touch screens were out of reach before the iPhone, by and large. Apple has created a whole new paradigm that is just remarkable.
Definitely join the VIPhone list, and check out the iPhone related resources at http://www.lioncourt.com including a review of the iPhone 3GS with VoiceOver. :) Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provider is an owl… Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt Music: http://stage19music.com Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com Blog: http://lioncourtsmusings.blogspot.com GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:59 PM, a radix wrote: > Hello, very interesting thanks! I will join the viphone group sinc > eI dont want to clutter this with stuff that is covered somewhere > else. But, even if the vo says something when you are on a cetain > spot of the touchscreen (menu bar for example) isnt it difficult to > GET there? I mean I do not think there are any tactile orientation > facilities so you still have to find the actual right spot on the > touchscreen to access the buttons or whatever. > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Jurgensen > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 1:48 AM > Subject: Re: (new) iphone accessibility? > > Hi, > > VoiceOver uses the Touchscreen with an impresive new blindness > technolgoy. You can read about it more at the Google group VIPhone, > which is for this phone and is for the blind and run by the same > people as this group. > > http://groups.google.com/group/VIPhone/ > > viphone-subscr...@googlegroups.com > > The phone uses touch screen gestures as well as the touch screen's > ability to use a finger to float over buttons and have them read. I > really enjoy the phone. Every time I use one I am amazed at the ease > of use. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 16-Jul-09, at 4:36 PM, a radix wrote: > >> Hello again, I just joined and am now browsing the group archives >> so to speak and I came across a lot of mention too the iphone which >> surprised me. I know the new model has built-in voicover but it >> still uses a touchscreen (not even just a scrollwheel with some >> buttons, I know that that can work from my 5.5g imod and rockbox >> experience but a full touch screen) so I was rather sceptical. I >> know there is some kind of voice recognition software inside but >> how far will that get you and how good isit? I once heard it on an >> old nokia and was NOT impressed. >> >> I am very interested in this iphone sinc eI can get a new phone in >> october, havebeen using the nokia 5`19 classic with talks. Talks >> does not support too many applications though. >> >> My brother will probbably get this phone in a few months too (he is >> sighted though) and sinc eI am an audiophile it is good to know >> that according to a few of my head-fi acquaintances the sound >> quality is very good too. >> >> Thanks in advance for any information, >> >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >> >> >> > > > > > > Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. > Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com > Versie: 8.5.387 / Virusdatabase: 270.13.16/2241 - datum van > uitgifte: 07/16/09 05:58:00 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
