In that case, if you don’t want any feedback from your Iphone while entering numbers, how can you tell where you are? You cannot hold the Iphone to your ear and dial digits. It just aint gonna happen. IF you want privicy, earphones is the only way to get it for sure. IF you don’t want that, than I wonder whether the Iphone is the best choice for you.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > Hi, > oh and I forgot an element, using no earphones whatsoever? > my phone is a phone, I hold it to my ear, I want the speech in my ear etc. > Thanks for your input, > it is not a matter of the computer voices not shutting up. it is a matter of > the iphone providing the equal of touch tone information that another system > recognizes. > wanted to clarify since this is a 100% deal breaker for me. > I do not want to require an ear piece every time I make one of these calls > when working between appointments. equally I do not want my phone talking in > a fashion where others can hear. > thanks for the wisdom. > Thoughts? > Karen > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Karen, based on what I understand you are saying, you should be able to do >> it. I used to have more problems with that, but that got corrected. Now they >> on screen keyboard comes up and you can hear VoiceOver while those awful >> computers are still talking and won't shut up. I have found it sometimes to >> be a little easier to use the earphones, but that's not essential. Like I >> said, this used to be a problem, and I think that's why you were told it >> couldn't be easily done. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> >> On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I read often that it is difficult if not impossible to dial in a >>> traditional way using an iphone. >>> here is a simple example. >>> Let's say you are traveling, you must dial a location, then a user number, >>> then an a password. you then must make a series of choices from a menu. >>> these choices change based on information presented. >>> I realize many of you use your iphone for a number of different things. >>> However, I am asking about this specific task. can it be done often with >>> changing flexibility and effortlessly? >>> Thanks, >>> Karen >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
