I would guess in a lot of cases you don't even need an assistant to turn VO on for you when you are in a store. As long as the device on demonstration is connected to the Internet, just press and hold the home key, and ask Siri to turn on voice over -
Andy On 15 Nov 2013, at 04:19, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Brenda, > So, you don't have an Apple Store or a Mac store near you? How about a Best > Buy? Staples? Even Walmart? Lots of stores are carrying iPads these days. And > all you have to do is get someone to turn voice over on for you when you're > in the store. > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 14, 2013, at 8:15 PM, "meadowlark77" <meadowlar...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Oo! This is very interesting. I wonder what I'd actually think. Too bad I >> can't go get the feel of one with the screen reader running and so on. >> >> Take care, >> >> Brenda >> >> mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paula Hobley" <technological_gen...@paulahobley.com> >> To: "'OS X & iOS Accessibility'" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:45 PM >> Subject: RE: advantage of an iPad over an iPhone? >> >> >> Hi there >> >> I am totally blind and I have both. I use both for different things. I >> love using my IPad for reading, as the pages don't turn as often as they do >> on the phone, and the battery lasts a lot longer. I also use it for word >> processing when I'm out and about. I like the Bluetooth keyboard case for >> the IPad as everything just folds in on itself. I am not so fond of how the >> menus look in settings, I find it more difficult to conceptualise. I think >> it all comes down to personal preference. >> >> Cheers >> >> Paula >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith >> Sent: Friday, 15 November 2013 11:16 AM >> To: 'OS X & iOS Accessibility' >> Subject: RE: advantage of an iPad over an iPhone? >> >> As far as I can see there are no compelling reasons for a blind user to >> require an iPad in addition to an iPhone, apart from possible better battery >> life. >> The physical size of the iPad makes the onscreen keyboard larger but a cheap >> external Bluetooth keyboard on an iPhone will give a better keyboard >> experience anyway. >> >> If however, you have some useful vision then the situation is completely >> different and there are of course lots of advantages in having a bigger >> display area to look at. As I am not in that category nobody has ever been >> able to explain to me what advantage an iPad would have over an iPhone. At >> the margins there is apparently a version of Quick Office on the iPad which >> is accessible on that platform whilst it remains inaccessible on the iPhone. >> However Pages will meet most word processing needs and I do not routinely >> use Spreadsheets on a mobile device. >> >> So in essence the case for a blind user investing in an iPad in addition to >> a phone seem very tenuous to me. >> >> David Griffith >> >> David Griffith >> >> >> . >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of meadowlark77 >> Sent: 14 November 2013 23:40 >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: advantage of an iPad over an iPhone? >> >> Just curious. What could be the advantage, say, of an iPad mini overthe >> iPhone 5? I'm asking for a reason. I told somebody theother day that I use >> my iPhone like a computer, more than I do a phone. I told them i E-Mail, >> write files and so on and so on and so on. I take pictures, videos and so >> on. Their reply was, "you really need an iPad, so you don't have to use your >> >> phone like that." But do I? If I do, why? 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