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You used it in french then? French is my 2nd language i ahve been learning it since i was six years old i like the french voic On 1 Oct 2009, at 00:00, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Dear all, > The first thing I saw, sorry, heard, was a demo video on Apple's > accessibility page. It was really impressive, and I already knew > that mastering such a revolutionary interface could not be achieved > in a day. > Well, never mind, I was excited enough to start calling shop after > shop in Paris to see if there was one available to try out. And so > here I was, this very morning, in a phone store in Paris, my hands > on this new magic toy. > I was glad I had read part of the instructions before I came, and > activating voice-over on the iPhone was quite easy, much to the > astonishment of the vendor. > I started fiddling and was soon surprised about how quickly I was > able to make friend with the objects on the object. It's really fun > to manipulate indeed. > Unfortunately, it was impossible to take the iPhone for a walk as it > was stock inside a kind of anti-theft display case and so I tried to > imagine how I would use the iPhone as I'm currently using my Nokia. > And that's where I think I found a limitation to this wonderful > interface. Don't misunderstand me, I absolutely admire the technical > prowess, but you see, the first thing I need a phone for is to phone > people. With a physical keyboard, it is actually possible to dial a > number while walking in the street and holding the phone in one > hand, same for SMS. The problem with the iPhone is that you can't > rely on tactile information at all, and I'm afraid that using voice- > over for something as simple as dialling or typing text can only be > slower than using a physical keyboard. > So my bottom line is that the iPhone is probably a wonderful pocket > computer that can be used as a phone, but I don't see it as the > ideal tool for actually calling people. > This sensation I want to share with you only came after 15 minutes > of playing with the iPhone and I would love to know what someone > who's been using it for a longer time thinks . > Cheers, > JPR > > > > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
