Will,
The iPhone is going to be a staple of Apple's for years to come. It's
a platform, like the Mac OS is. It isn't going to vanish any time in
the foreseeable future, and to suggest it will is silly.
Josh de Lioncourt
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"The rich declare themselves poor,
"And most of us are not sure,
"If we have too much,
"But we'll take our chances,
"'cause God stopped keeping score."
Praying for Time--George Michael
On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:07 AM, william lomas wrote:
Hi all,
Whilst I appreciate fully the efforts, by the time it appears
though, it is probable that Apple will have a new product out to
replace the IPhone, so what is the point?
will
On 26 Jan 2009, at 18:34, Chris Blouch wrote:
It's just a research project at University of Washington AIM
(accessibility interaction mobility) research group.
http://depts.washington.edu/aimgroup/mobility.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/wobbrock/pubs/assets-08.pdf
Could be a while before this appears on an iPhone near you.
CB
David Poehlman wrote:
well, Id didn't send a text message, it didn't make a phone call.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Eickmeier" <[email protected]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: iPhone Accessibility
Wow, the iPhone sounds totally accessible from what I've heard in
this
video. Is this something that Apple is eventually doing to make it
accessible? If so, hats off to them yet again.
On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
The Youtube demo is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496IAx6_xys
There video is not described but basically the screen is blank and
everything they touch gets announced as their finger drags over the
iPhone's surface. Then a second finger is used to gesture that you
want to do something with thing just announced. Slick. Wonder when
this will move out of the labs.
CB
Victor Tsaran wrote:
Also, if you search for a university research project called
"Sliderule", you may just find something interesting. There is a
also a video demoing this technology on Youtube.
On 1/9/2009 10:01 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
Not sure if you all are familiar with these three articles
regarding
iPhone / cellular accessibility. These are courtesy of a post on
another
list.
"Here is something that I saw last month about a possible solution
for
the current iPhone.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/silicon-touch-an-iphone-case-for-the-visually-impaired/
Here is something that's been around for a while but doesn't
seem to
have developed much.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/25/apple-envisions-tactility-on-touchscreen-keyboards/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/06/nokia-shows-off-haptikos-tactile-touch-screen-technology/
"
Thanks,
Everett
