Good morning, Alex. I have found the SpeedDots screen protectors to work, but if you introduce too many applications at once, that it can be more confusing. In the case of what you are describing, given the info I have, I would suggest the model without the qwerty keyboard dots on it, since this person has never used a computer, and therefor, probably doesn't understand where the keys are anyway. I would also suggest not using the dial pad unless it is absolutely necissary. Siri can dial numbers, of course, and entering touch tones may be a concept for later once the client has gotten used to activating things on the touch screen.
Just my thoughts, Scott On 4/17/17, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm working with a client who has never touched a computer and does not type > at all, nor do they use braille. Therefore, we're starting on an iPad, > because of the easy dictation, ability to touch the screen to explore it, > and so on. One difficulty is orientation on the screen. We're using the home > button as a reference, but that's not as good as having markers on the > screen, of course. > > My question is about Speed Dots screen protectors. I've never used one, so I > don't know if they would work. I know what they do, but with iOS, things > aren't always in the same place. For instance, the prompt to enter your > passcode when TouchID isn't an option has a whole different number pad than > the prompt to provide your passcode for an update, and entering a phone > number on the iPad actually presents the numbers keyboard, not a phone-like > layout at all. This client isn't using the keyboard, at least not yet, so > having dots on the keys won't be too helpful right now, but could be in the > future. And yet, some people find having reference dots helpful, so I'm not > sure what to suggest. > > For those who have used, or currently use, Speed Dots, are they really > helpful? Do the dots help even if they can be placed incorrectly for the > current application? Has anyone found it easier to just toss some tactile > dots on a screen protector, exactly where you want them? Thanks for any > thoughts on this. > > -- > Alex Hall > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
