Hi guys When I started out thinking about an accessible phone, I never dreamed that I would get a device that would have a GPS like BlindSquare on it and that I could get a restaurant menu on it with a braille display. I never dreamed of a program where I could take pictures of an item in my refrigerator or a can in my cabinet and find out what the thing was. When people talked about the camera, I remember thinking "Well, who cares!" I remember Johnathan you doing a podcast or some kind of presentation for Freedom Scientific talking about braille displays with an iPhone and I was sitting there thinking about what a stupid idea this was to have a braille display hooked up to a phone of all things. I remember saying to myself: "Why would anybody want music, email, etc. on a phone of all things?" Of course, guess what I have on my iPhone these days! I just plain flat didn't get it what things I could do with an iPhone. I kept thinking of it as a phone instead of a little bitty computer with the ability to make phone calls. I have a blind friend who has decided she will an iPhone eventually, but she doesn't get yet either. She keeps saying to me: "Well, I can do all that right now." I guess she won't get it either until she gets one herself. She would love BlindSquare, but she doesn't know it yet. It's a case of finding out you wanted something you didn't know you wanted until you got it.
Regards, Gigi On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > *grin, seriously addicted grin. > On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock <filmchenelle1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> >>> Hello everyone, >> >> I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first >> purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone that >> I knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access to a smart >> phone where I could text, send email or instant messages let alone >> download music and video content. Without having sighted assistancevery. >> So when I had my brand new I phone inside of my hands. I was so elated >> with joy I did not know what to do with myself at first. >> Now I cannot ever see myself with out one. Now I not only have an I phone >> 4. s. But I have a makdck book pro and a time capsule along with an I pad >> mini and and finally I have a Apple TV. That Is how invested in all >> things apple that I am at the moment. >> For the record I will never go back to the Windows operating system ever >> again as long as I live. >> Sincerely, Chenelle >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
