Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-04 Thread Sarah Alawami
What we are asking is a blindness feature. I believe in having equal access and if that involves touching abutton then so bee it. Now saying all of that I have contacted apple accessibility regarding this so we'll see. On Aug 4, 2010, at 12:36 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: > why would you not want

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Thurman
why would you not want to contact apple accessibility? there is no reason you shouldn't be able to do vo commands if it's a keyboard that would make me even more interested in the I phone or I pad especially if I could put the i pad i my backpack and have the keyboard in front of me on a taple

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes they are, but at least on the iPad you can use Pages, Numbers and Keynote etc On 31 Jul 2010, at 17:00, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > It my be prohibitive to add the functionality but it sure would be awesome. > > I wonder if the IPad and the bluetooth keyboards are just as limited. > > Kev >

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
The only thing you can do with a bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone is enter text into a text field. Sadly you can't control the phone or move around the non text fields. This is a real shame as I expected to be able to use the iPhone the same way I use my Mac with a keyboard. My keyboard does

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Sarah Alawami
They are. Sighteed people can look at the screen and touch what they want and then move there hand back to the keyboard to continu typing. I'm not sure contacting apple accessibility is a good idea about this. S On Jul 31, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > It my be prohibitive to add t

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Sarah Alawami
I believe you can navagate through edit fields but you cannot navagate through or too apps. You cannot use vo commands but editing is much easier. I just about hurt myself pinching the crap out of about 5 lines as I kept turning the router. lol! S On Jul 31, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Aman Singer wrote:

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Kevin Mattingly
It my be prohibitive to add the functionality but it sure would be awesome. I wonder if the IPad and the bluetooth keyboards are just as limited. Kev On Jul 31, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Aman Singer wrote: > Hello. > In my experience, with several keyboards, the answer is no. You can > navigate

RE: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. In my experience, with several keyboards, the answer is no. You can navigate through text, but cannot navigate either between apps or between controls, to the best of my knowledge. If anyone has better information and instructions on how to do any such navigation in the phone itself

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Kev, I don't have a bt keyboard on my IPod. But from what others who do have them have said, the answer to your question about navigation on the IPhone is no. The keyboard's functionality seems to be limited to working within a text edit area and some media functionality. You can't move from