I will agree with damien's point about access.
it is true that even a pc with the best screen reader is not of the same
level of access, ie, effortlessness as a sighted user would experience.
for example, I am right now checking my mails. I have to look at (ie listen
to supernova tell me), the title, subject, sender etc of each as I arrow
through them, deleting some, replying to others etc. A sighted user could
skim read all the mails on a page in a short space, and delete spam or
unnecessary mail very much more quickly using the mouse, simply by virute of
the screen overview.
So, access technology is not currently, even on the best system the equal of
what a sighted person does, and I expect the Iphone is in the same catagory.
That being said, unfortunately there isn't a choice. As said with the
windows 7 debate, microsoft are going for inconvenient, flashy interfaces
with no way of changing their look or feel, simply because they are
motivated only by the acquisition of prophit and nothing else, however,
failing a massive change in world policy there's not much we can do about
this, other than try what workarounds are! available and try to promote more
access.
i'm in fact quite amazed any sort of screen reading exists for touch screens
at all, since I would've expected the same response as I myself got when
requesting more accessible menue updates for the Wii from Nintendo, ----
there aren't enough visually impared people to make us money developing it!
So, all we can do is live with the workarounds, try and promote access, and
get what good use we can out of what is there.
That's why I myself will be getting an Ipad or Iphone hopefully in the near
future.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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