That has been very informative. But I think the reason behind why Noia ahs not yet done anything like Apple is tht Apple caught them off guard when they released IPhone. Since then Nokia have been playing catch-up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsa...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility
> > Honest opinion? You can definitely use IPhone because everything you > touch is spoken to you. So there is really no inherent reason why a > totally blind person cannot use it. Whether it's efficient is a > different question. I think this will depend on how good your spatial > imagination is and how well you remember layouts. The biggest challenge > for a blind person using IPhone, in my opinion, is being able to > guess/predict the layout of the screen that you are on. I have already > found that different applications will place things in different places, > e.g. tabs, status messages etc. > > What I do like about IPhone is the design behind the "home" screen. For > example, you can place your most important apps such as "search", > "stocks", "weather", "news" on the "home" screen and access this > information with just a single click (well, a double tap, to be more > precise). If Nokia made their widsets accessible, we would be in a much > happier "camp". But there are no signs of Nokia taking that direction > any time soon, so Apple is probably your better bet (even if it will > take another couple of IPhone software updates). > > In short, there is nothing better than trying IPhone yourself and seeing > whether this is an interface for you. Believe me, you will think of your > Nokia's straightforward navigation quite often when using IPhone. > > I will probably use my Nokia for quite a time because of the KNFB Reader > and WaveFinder for which we do not yet have any equivalents on the IPhone. > > Best, > Vic > > On 7/18/2009 9:59 AM, John Panarese wrote: >> >> I am totally blind and have no trouble using my iPhone. >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Managing Director >> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >> 9 Nolan Court >> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, t...@optonline.net >> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >> >> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, >> PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, >> DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED >> >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> On Jul 18, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Just wondering how many of you that are now using the Ipone 3gs, are >>> totally blind rather than the partially / Visually impaired users. >>> >>> The device to me sounds more like it's for a VI person than a >>> totally blind >>> person. >>> >>> I'm total and I'm trying to compare this for useage / accessibility >>> against >>> my Nokia s60 device. >>> And as I've only had a very quick play with the IPhone 3gs I can't >>> say I'm >>> fixed on it yet. >>> And I'm keen to hear how the totally blind users are getting on with >>> it. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Simonf. >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > >> > > > -- > > --- > I tweet about music and accessibility at http://www.twitter.com/vick08 > or check my site at http://www.victortsaran.com > --- > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
