As this is a Talks and as I am a dedicated Talks user, I have to comment that the comments below are a good sell away from Talks. Now come on Talks developers don't let us dedicated users of Talks move away from Symbian and Talks. I have Belle on E6 and hope for further advancement in using that phone. There is the N8 which is a total touch screen running Symbian and Talks. We used to have Allan on this list who used that phone. -----Original message----- From: Christopher Chaltain Sent: 21/06/2012, 5:21 pm To: Talks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Talks] Two questions about getting a new cell phone
Yeh, blind people have used the iPhone, which only has a touch screen, as well as touch screen only phones with Android and Symbian. I myself now have an iPhone, and it's definitely usable by a totally blind person. You're running VoiceOver and you can navigate each screen by swiping or just moving your finger around on the screen. VoiceOver tells you what object has the focus without activating it. You activate an object by double tapping on the screen. There are a few different typing options, but you're basically using a on screen keyboard. I find it a bit similar to using a tiny little querty keyboard. You don't have the tactile feel of the keyboard, but you learn roughly where the keys are on the on screen keyboard and VoiceOver let's you know what key you're on. You can also attach a bluetooth keyboard if you want. There are a lot of other gestures to use on the iPhone, and there's a lot of good resources on the web and via mailing lists to learn about how to use the iPhone and which apps are accessible with VoiceOver. You could also stop by an Apple store, or one of the carriers that carries the iPhone, and play with it for a while. It does take some getting used to though, so you may want to spend more than a few minutes with it in the store before you decide if it's right for you or not. My only experience with a touch screen phone is the iPhone. Others can probably weigh in on their experiences with other touch screen phones. Since this is broader than just Talks, you may also want to take this question over to the accessible phones list. On 21/06/12 11:02, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy wrote: > I got my Nokia E52 back from repares and it turned out that the phone was > coroded. I'm considering getting a new phone and I have some questions about > this. > > 1. What phones are out there still that have a keypad, Symbian and wireless > capabilities? > > 2. I might get an Iphone. Has anyone with absolutely no sight used this or > other phones with touchscreens succesfully? How do you do this? > > I know that someone asked similar questions a few weeks ago, but I didn't > read those posts because I didn't need to. Because of that, I really > appreciate your patience and your answers. > Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
