Hi all, I've listened to the stereotypically high nose sounding reviewer of the iphone on BBC, and there are two things i've noticed:
-He praises the web very much, and his experience is to that level because he is low vision, not totally blind. -He also congratulates Apple's efforts for a technology which, and he admits it, is still wobbly. The voice control Now the first mention sums up his bias, as if one is low vision, one can still go about the screen and find things. IN which case, for this gentle sir, is feasable on all smartphones. Also, all his comments against Apple are based on amisanthropic response to what his desires were at first. In that i mean that he really wanted the device but it felt short of his wine critic's expectations. Not short enough to lambast Apple and throw the iphone in the bin live on radio, but this says something interesting with twin blades as arbiter. It says that this man sees through marketing lines, and wishes for more advances for the accessibility options. Its actually not a negative, as his voice is one of many different ones, and Apple doesn't decide its vision based on an only partially impaired ball buster from bbc. SO it's still in some ways, constructive and permits more efforts from a company which, after all, sells its products rather expensively, makes a very good margin, and can most probably afford to increase their accessibility section. A podcast from a winge at the periphery of a continent won't either galvanize to stop doing assistive solutions for mac users. Apple Now for voice control, that is the least used feature on the iphone for me. I can seriously care less. I used the first generation iphone with ispeak, while gathering my contacts on itunes. Yes, i was using the 2g iphone as a normal phone, being totally blind. How? by using braille dots on the screen. And i used voice control for calling people. When i received a call, all i had to do is a short swipe at the bottom of the screen near the home button. For text messaging, i found iphone pc suite, and it worked fine. The phone was fine for me, for my needs at that time. But i digress. What i meant to say here, in a converging opinion, is that everyone has different needs and wants from a device. I for one, made the equation by weighing the pros and cons, and i am sticking to the iphone. Also, by using it more, so as many other VI users, it shows apple that we appreciate their efforts and wish them or encourage them to do better, either as blind fans *no pun intended* or as tech-savvy enthousiasts, or even as simple consumers who like the concept of non clutteredf devices. For instance, to get as dirty as this bib boaster, i don't like small keyboards because, living in a hot country, the keys tend to get sticky and accumulate a lot of organic and non organic crap around the creases. A swipe on my pant or shirt, or kleenex is all i need with the iphone. I have a problem with the battery life and such, but i'm more than happy to accomodate with waiting, charging, or switching from 3g to non 3g depending on the occasion. Well, it seems as though i wrote a novel again, but this is what i think about this rubbish talk on bbc. The guy should just be a bit more eye-opened, since he can still perceive light and colors, it seems though that he is darkened just by the fact that everything is a complete blur in his vision, rather the the other extremes, sighted, or totally blind and imaginative. There's no real happiness in being half-assed, so i don;t blame the guy. These opinions are just mine, and i don't mean any offence to anyone. I just don't like subjectively driven journalism, where the subjectivity isn't even funny to listen to, leaving you with a ball of spit in the mouth because there's simply too much nonsense, rigid thinking, or a paycheck that falsifies the whole sincerity of the subject. best Yuma --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
