lol, so what are you gonna do, swipe to each function key and double tap, all while holding down appropriate modifier keys? :) no thanks, I’ll stick with my normal function keys. > On Jun 10, 2016, at 6:25 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Rumors be dammed. (smiles) Anyone who takes rumors that seriously needs to > step back and simply wait for the reality check. That is common sense. When > the first iPhone came out, who would have ever dreamed that a touch screen > could be blind friendly? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 6/10/2016 3:21 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> I’m sorry, but I don’t see this one a something I’ll change my tune about. >> If the rumors are indeed true, each key will have no tactile boundary for a >> visually impaired person to be able to distinguish from, thus making the >> touch bar a complete accessibility nightmare, unless they re-engineer OS X >> or whatever they’re going to call it next, so that the bar has some type of >> voiceover support built in. >>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 6:14 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sight (or shall I say, touch) unseen? How many times have we thought the >>> same of new innovative features that no one has even had hands on exposure >>> to? Then sang a new tune once we had that hands on experience? Many many >>> times. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> Many believe that we have been visited >>> in the past. What if it were true? >>> >>> On 6/10/2016 2:57 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>>> I think the touch bar is stupid, enough said. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus >>>> >>>>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> Rumor has it that the soon forth coming Mac book pros will feature a >>>>> touch bar instead of function keys on the keyboard. This raises an >>>>> interesting question. Assuming that Voice Over is turned off on any one >>>>> of the new Mac book Pros that a blind user goes up to, how is a blind >>>>> person supposed to turn on Voice Over if there are no physical function >>>>> keys but instead a touch bar? I think maybe I can guess. If a blind >>>>> person needs to turn on Voice OVer, it should be possible by pressing >>>>> VO+touch anyware on the bar and that should do it. Or else, triple tap >>>>> the bar to turn Voice OVer on. 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