HI Dark, You said:
most sighted people cannot actually touch type at anything like a respectable speed, they just peer at the keys and press so aren't that much slower than with a conventional keyboard What do you mean about sighted people not being able to touch-type quickly? Am I completely misunderstanding you here? Thanks bunches! Cara --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/models/Cara-Quinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Mar 29, 2015, at 8:38 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: That is why I use dictation. the problem however devin is most sighted people cannot actually touch type at anything like a respectable speed, they just peer at the keys and press so aren't that much slower than with a conventional keyboard. I suspect keyboards will always be around in some form, even if just for taking notes or secretarial jobs simply because an accomplished typist will always be faster than someone using a touch screen, though as on ios, keyboard commands for actually using the operating system probably won't be around for that long. This is why I think it's going to fall into either using a keyboard for specialist text in put, dictation or touch screen. All the best, Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Prater" <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 4:56 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility? > Also, I think that if the touch screen is to be made the default input > device, I think screen readers have got to step up their imagining of how a > blind person would input text into the touch screen. Sure, braille input is > nice, but let's face a little bitty fact, braille is slower than typing. A > lot slower. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 28, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Shaun, >> >> That may be so, but we all know mainstream consumer products isn't >> concerned with accessibility for blind consumers. That keyboard which >> may in deed be the best access for a blind consumer is quickly and >> rapidly vanishing from the consumer space and is now a optional device >> rather than a mandatory one. Now days touchscreens are the primary >> input device for smartphones, laptops, tablets, and several other >> devices. >> So don't get to attached to your keyboard because I don't see it >> lasting for that much longer outside of an office environment. >> >> >> >>> On 3/28/15, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I agree, for us blinks, the best access is a keyboard, and that means >>> a computer at least for now. >>> as voice recognition gets better that may become another big form, >>> touch I am not sure about. >>> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
