Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hello. The first question is true, using Siri, you can dial numbers, and send text messages is possible using your voice. I don't believe there is a keyboard scrictly for dialling, however. Hope this helped. On 2013-06-26, at 12:55 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > I do not want one truth

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Eugenia Firth
I know exactly what you mean since back in 2010 I was determined I was not going to get a phone without buttons. However, now that I have my iPhone, there is no way I'm going back. It just takes some getting used to. You can use the onscreen keyboard for dialing. Good luck with your choice. Reg

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Talks or mobile speak recommend button phones which they support. Regards Cheree Heppe Sent from my IPhone 4S On 26/06/2013, at 9:55, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi folks, I do not want one truth be told. My goal is a phone with buttons, and while some remain available from my

RE: If I really must get an iPhone...

2013-06-26 Thread Paul Hunt
mpare with the versatility and functionality of an IPhone. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheree Heppe Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:30 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If I really must get

RE: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Jamie Pauls
Dierckens Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:59 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone... Hello. The first question is true, using Siri, you can dial numbers, and send text messages is possible using your voice. I don't believe there is a keyboa

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Alex Hall
I thought the same thing as you: I can't use a touch screen phone - I can't feel the numbers, so if I can't hear, I can't do anything with it. However, two things have helped me: 1. You can save everything to contacts on your phone, then just tell Siri to call a contact name. You can also add c

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, I appreciate your take. This is just the sort of discussion I wished to avoid as you are not me, your communicating patterns are not mine, and I respect your choicewhich has absolute zero to do with my own. I asked the question based on what I desire...and sought nothing else. I resp

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Karen and all: In response to your question … can I do everything by voice? That question cannot be answered given that everything is really a broad category. You are able to dial numbers and send messages by voice. you can set reminders by voice. however, even with a button phone you can

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Alex Hall
I'm sorry if I came off as disrespectful. My point is that, based on your original email, your outlook on the iPhone seemed to closely match what mine used to be. I therefore offered the tools and options that have helped to alter my outlook to demonstrate that what you see as possible limitatio

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Chris Gilland
riginal Message - From: "Eugenia Firth" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:25 PM Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone... I know exactly what you mean since back in 2010 I was determined I was not going to get a phone without buttons. However, now that I have my iPhone, there

Re: If I really must get an iPhone...

2013-06-26 Thread Chris Gilland
e bottom line. You gotta do what works for you, not what everyone else tells you! to use. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Paul Hunt" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:36 PM Subject: RE: If I really must get an iPhone... Hello everyone. I agree with Gigi here. It&#

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
I did, I asked, if I have no other choice, i. e. cannot get one of the two blackberry phones with buttons and spoken input that my provider also offers, can I find an application that strictly only and simply lets me dial the phone, or if for some rare reason send a text message via voice. I

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Chris Gilland
I agree, but just complaining about I can't use it and won't use it doesn't solve anything! Kerin, please be more specific, with all due respect. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:18 PM Subject: Re: If I

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Just to say that I'm going to try an Android tablet because I like learning new things although I'd not give up my I mac or I phone. I just want Apple to bring forward new ideas and I've hear that Android has improved a great deal. I hope that Apple will do something new with the I phone altho

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
There is another alternative, However I don't know how easy it would be for you to get. The RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind people) here in the UK sell talking phones with buttons. I have only seen it since I work for the organisation but this simple phone will let you write texts and

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Karen, If you're still on fido, they have the lg google nexus 4. It's rather iphoneish but it's half the price and does all the same things. You can buy a mini bluetooth keyboard for it. I'm looking at them on ebay right now because I want one. Between that and a handsfree you could do m

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, Have you tried a braille display? It sounds like braille would make your IPhone experience even better if you can get access to it. By the by, Don't look now, but android accessibility is on the sergence. It is definitely in place to give IPhone a run for it's money at this point, thoug

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Good call, I forgot about that one. Vision aids in Toronto sells something like it though I'm not sure how feature rich it is. You could call them and ask. Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Alex Hall
I did not mean to suggest that "all blind people are the same". As I said, I simply misread your original message, reading into it something that was not there, and I apologize for that. I definitely know where you are coming from when you say grouping people hampers individuality and that every

Re: If I really must get an iPhone...

2013-06-26 Thread Kerri
y and functionality of an IPhone. > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheree Heppe > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re:

Re: If I really must get an iPhone...

2013-06-26 Thread Marianne Denning
gt; > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheree Heppe > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone... &

Re: If I really must get an iPhone...

2013-06-26 Thread Chris Gilland
on a wifi network then it just falls back to your celular internet data usage. Chris. - Original Message - From: Marianne Denning To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:07 PM Subject: Re: If I really must get an iPhone... Karen, you can dia

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread Eugenia Firth
Matt Dierckens > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:59 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone... > > Hello. > The first question is true, using Siri, you can dial numbers, and send text > messages is possible using your voice. &g

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-26 Thread ppowells09
On Behalf Of Matt Dierckens Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:59 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone... Hello. The first question is true, using Siri, you can dial numbers, and send text messages is possible using your voice. I don't believe the

Re: If I really must get an iphone...

2013-06-27 Thread Eugenia Firth
This will, of course, increase the size of > the phone. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt Dierckens > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:59 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com