Hi, I actually found having a trackpad helps you out a lot when you try out an iPhone, at least in my case since the gestures seem to be rather similar. Not to forget the Practice Gestures thing in 3.1, of course. Accessing that will be as familiar to you as would Keyboard Help in JAWS or Window Eyes on Windows. It provides you information depending on the gesture you perform on the touchscreen, letting you know exactly what it does. It also has hints now to let you know how to use an item, which Snow Leopard implemented as well which is quite handy for new users.
Regards, Nic On Oct 1, 2009, at 11:58 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > JP, the sensitive touchscreen is here. Snow Leopard equipped Macs > now have a touchscreen that recognizes the sensation of two or more > fingers touching the screen at once. Different actions are executed > depending on how many fingers you use. This is true both on the Mac > and on the iPhone 3GS. > Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe > Rykiel > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:11 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression > > Dear Christina, > if I had to choose today I think I would go for an iPhone. I'm very > happy with my Nokia for now and I think that the touchscreen > interface is as disconcerting as it is seducing. But one thing you > should consider is that if you want to get the same features from a > Nokia, including the GPS and a text-to-speech software, it would > also be more expensive than the iPhone. > Now, about waiting, I would say it depends on how patient you are. I > waited for windows XP to get me a PC and I'm very glad I didn't have > to go through all the pre-XP nightmare. I also think that folks who > will start using the Mac with snow leopard will be very lucky. > I read in an article that Apple was working on some new kind of > touchscreen with sensitive feedback. I don't know how far they've > been, but that was in some computer magazine a year ago so it's no > secret. That would be nice wouldn't it. > Cheers, > JPR > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christina > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:45 PM > Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression > > > Hi, I'm considering getting an iphone. I've never had an accessible > phone. The only thing I've ever been able to do with a cell is place > or answer a call. I'd like to be able to do more like use contacts, > calendar, and caller id. Since, you've switched from Nokia to iphone > would you go back? Do you feel you can do everything and more with > the iphone or are there some aspects and features of the Nokias that > you miss that I should consider? Are Nokias and the third party text > to speech software compatible with the mac? I'm also wondering if I > should wait until next summer to purchase an iphone. I wonder what > features and such apple is working on for the phone next year. > > Thanks, > Christina > On Oct 1, 2009, at 2:47 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > I come from the Nokia world myself, and i have found no problems > > phoning folks while out and about. With some training, you should be > > able to master the virtual keybord quite well and as for phoning, > > there's at least 3 ways of doing it. 1: use the dial pad, a little > > slow in the beginning, but it works. > > 2: use your contacts list, it's reachable either by itself by going > > into contacts or by pressing the "contacts" button from the phone > app. > > 3: use voice control, works both with numbers in your address book > and > > numbers not yet there. > > Hope this helps somewhat. > > /Krister > > > > > > 1 okt 2009 kl. 01.00 skrev Jean-Philippe Rykiel: > > > >> Dear all, > >> The first thing I saw, sorry, heard, was a demo video on Apple's > >> accessibility page. It was really impressive, and I already knew > >> that mastering such a revolutionary interface could not be achieved > >> in a day. > >> Well, never mind, I was excited enough to start calling shop after > >> shop in Paris to see if there was one available to try out. And so > >> here I was, this very morning, in a phone store in Paris, my hands > >> on this new magic toy. > >> I was glad I had read part of the instructions before I came, and > >> activating voice-over on the iPhone was quite easy, much to the > >> astonishment of the vendor. > >> I started fiddling and was soon surprised about how quickly I was > >> able to make friend with the objects on the object. It's really fun > >> to manipulate indeed. > >> Unfortunately, it was impossible to take the iPhone for a walk as > it > >> was stock inside a kind of anti-theft display case and so I tried > to > >> imagine how I would use the iPhone as I'm currently using my Nokia. > >> And that's where I think I found a limitation to this wonderful > >> interface. Don't misunderstand me, I absolutely admire the > technical > >> prowess, but you see, the first thing I need a phone for is to > phone > >> people. With a physical keyboard, it is actually possible to dial a > >> number while walking in the street and holding the phone in one > >> hand, same for SMS. The problem with the iPhone is that you can't > >> rely on tactile information at all, and I'm afraid that using > voice- > >> over for something as simple as dialling or typing text can only be > >> slower than using a physical keyboard. > >> So my bottom line is that the iPhone is probably a wonderful pocket > >> computer that can be used as a phone, but I don't see it as the > >> ideal tool for actually calling people. > >> This sensation I want to share with you only came after 15 minutes > >> of playing with the iPhone and I would love to know what someone > >> who's been using it for a longer time thinks . > >> Cheers, > >> JPR > >> > >> > >> > >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > >> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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