Hi, Thanks to all of you who gave us feedback after visiting an Apple store> I have one question. Although you could not hear voiceover because the watches were set to be demos, was there any opportunity to hear anything from the watch's speaker? Knowing Apple products, the speaker is probably clear, but, since the watches are small, I wonder how clear.
Myrna -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Graham Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm not disappointed but am looking forward. Hi, I also visited my local Apple store in Liverpool today to see the new watch. I normally wear a Seiko braille watch and I am also lucky enough to own a Tisot vibrating watch. The Apple watch is significantly lighter than my Tisot watch and around the same as the Seiko. It isn't that much bigger than the Seiko but is smaller than the Tisot. I have to say on first impression I was impressed, more than I was expecting to be. I liked the Apple watch version with the Melanese strap preffering this to the link version which costs a good deal more. I don't know how much it will do for my life to be honest but I'm looking forward to finding out. One thing I can say it will be great to have a watch that my sighted piers might actually want to own as well as a watch that can do all the things that theirs have been able to do in various ways for years. Oh and it was very comfortable to wear and as someone who is very keen on fashion I shall not have any worries about being seen with it. Kind regards Graham Sent from my iPad > On 11 Apr 2015, at 18:16, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hello. > > Just got back from the Apple store, after a Taxi ride, train ride and a 45 > minute walk. > > So the representative took me to the table and bought the selection of > watches to me. > > Before I felt the watches, I asked him if he could enable voice over for me. > He told me that all the watches were demos and there was a set demo program. > He said that Accessibility was not on these watches. When I asked him why, > he said he could not tell me. > > So first of all, I took the silver sports watch in my hand. The watch was > very light. In fact, it felt like a normal sighted watch, something that a > woman would wear. The 38 Millimetre watches are for women. I thought it > very elegant and for the fact that I could remove the straps myself without > having to go to a jewellers was a plus for me. If a strap was broken for > instance, you'd pay at least £3.99 to get another strap. I also felt the > melanese bracelet. I asked if one could buy the bracelet if you had a sports > watch and they said yes. I then felt all the straps and the stainless steal > watch. That I thought was definitely for a man as it was heavier and > thicker. The person told me that it was thicker because of the crystal > saffire glass. > > My only disappointment was that I could not hear voice over. > > The person who said that the steal watch felt like a toffee, I could > understand that and I'd not go for that model. > > I'm going to purchase the Silver sports watch along with the Bracelet. > > For those of you who are not in favour of the watches, do not have to buy. I > know someone who said to me that they were not going to buy the watch, but > low and behold, is getting the watch now. I knew he would. > > Now I've seen the watch, I'm looking forward to mine. > > I'm not mad on Apple products but like Apple because of the accessibility > built in. If I were sighted, I'd have a choice of what I could have as my > gadgets but for the fact, I am limited as to what I can have, i.e. a Braille > watch, or a normal conventional talking watch. I had a Braille watch for > than 20 years but they would always go wrong, perhaps because of my hair or > my dog's hair, I don't know. > > I hate the conventional speaking watch because of the voices. If Alex is on > my Apple watch then I'll be pleased. > > Just one more thing to ponder, can you pair a braille display as the watch > has bluetooth! > > Kawal. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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