would you clarify the trick in handeling volume? I am attempting to raise the vo volume while on a call so I can hear the keys to perform touchtone requirements. You may have information I have missed. thanks much larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Jurgensen" <asquare...@gmail.com> To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Cc: <viph...@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:59 AM Subject: Re: Crossposted. My first look at the iPhone 3gs. Thoughts and obsurvations.
> > Hi, > > By using the Volume control while VO is pseaking your volume for VO > can get quite loud. I had the same experance and was glad I remembered > this trick. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 8-Jul-09, at 9:37 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: > >> >> I just got back from the Green Hills Apple Store in Nashville Tn. >> My intention was to go and look at the iPhone, and probably walk out >> with one if I liked what I saw. However, due to the lengthy process of >> making a purchase, the apple store stopped selling iPhones about an >> hour and a half before they closed. I showed up 5 minutes after this >> cutoff time, but was encouraged to look at the display model as long >> as I liked until close. Upon enquiring about having a sales person >> turn on Voiceover, they called on another rep who had more experience >> with Vo. Turns out, he has some form of visual impairment, which >> causes him to have to use the zoom feature. He knew right where vo >> was, and turned it on for me. Now, the journey begins. >> >> My immediate observation was that of many other people. Vo is too >> quiet, even with the volume cranked. In a store with a great deal of >> background noise, I found vo somewhat hard to hear. Should have >> followed my gut instinct and brought a headset along with me. >> >> My first 10 minutes with the phone was met with some uncertainty. I >> was successfully able to explore the phone and open several apps. >> However, I found the sensitivity of the touch screen a bit strange. >> While dragging my finger along the icons, some would open at random. >> At first, I found myself quite lost inside of the apps I was opening. >> However, I soon found a consistent pattern to how these apps are laid >> out. Once I realized this, I was better able to navigate around >> several apps. I was soon successfully able to dial my own phone >> number, making my cell phone ring in my pocket. Then, using my cell >> phone, I was able to call the display model, answering and ending said >> call. In the iPod app, I was able to choose a playlist and start it >> playing. I was able to then pause, advance to next track, etc. I even >> found myself able to locate the transport button I wanted without >> thinking. I guess that's where muscle memory really starts to come >> into play. I was not, however, able to bend my head around how to drag >> a slider, such as the icon that allows you to advance through a song. >> I think there was a tutor message, which would have given me those >> instructions, but I accidentally interrupted it, and was unable to get >> it to tell me again. >> My cursory glance of mail yielded few results. I saw the messages, was >> able to open one and sort of read it. However, I was not fully able to >> bend my head around it's layout. I couldn't find the compose button, >> and I didn't understand the relationships between the message and the >> mailboxes. I would assume that the mailbox list would be on the left, >> and the messages on the right. I thought that's how it would look, but >> I'm not sure. >> Safari was a bit interesting as well. I didn't spend but a few minutes >> looking at it, and was a tad confused because I saw part of a web >> page, along with bookmarks. I wanted to try and enter in a website to >> not only look at something familiar, and have an excuse to type. I was >> not able to find the button to enter a website, however, I did find >> the Google button and began entering in info into the search box. I >> tried to type some search terms, but kept making tons of errors. >> However, I could understand the concept of typing, and could easily >> see that more time taken to practicing would yield much better >> results. >> >> >> Final thoughts. >> In short, I get it. Voiceover is implemented in such a way that there >> are few concepts to understand. Once these concepts are understood and >> applied to all apps, your only learning curve is figuring out where >> things are on the screen in any given app, and just the general >> operation of the phone itself, which is mostly built on logic. I feel >> like a week of working with the phone would get me pretty much up to >> speed. It wouldn't be that much of a learning curve to stunt my >> productivity. My only concern is the fact that I can definitely dial >> faster on my nokia n82, and easily locate a contact, using quick >> letter navigation. I know that the dial pad will take some time on >> the iPhone. It's just one of those things that's going through my mind >> as I'm making this decision. The store opens at 10 AM tomorrow. I >> could easily go in and get one. Am I ready? Not sure. Should I wait >> till september for the possibility of an iPod touch? Again. Not sure. >> However, I don't really like the idea of having 2 devices on my >> person, when an iPhone would do the trick for everything. Hmmmmm. What >> a quandary. I'll keep you all posted. >> >> Reeves >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
