BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Hi all, I am running a 4S and set out to add a contact today. This is the first I had had to add since installing the latest firmware, 8.2. Again, as in previous builds of the software, I discovered that the basics were just awful! I was using an Apple keyboard and again started to get

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I agree it takes some practice and getting used to, but I wouldn't say it's quite difficult for the blind. I'm also not sure why the blind are more used to making very large movements as compared to the general population. On 04/01/2015 06:01 AM, David Chittenden wrote: I am sorry. I do not

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread David Chittenden
I am sorry. I do not use a keyboard. I do all my data entry using the onscreen keyboard or braille entry on the screen. Practice will improve your onscreen skills. Remember, it takes very tiny movements of the finger. This is quite difficult for blind people to master as we are used to making

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I do much better with small movements. I like the IPhone much better than my wife's IPad. On Apr 1, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I agree it takes some practice and getting used to, but I wouldn't say it's quite difficult for the blind.

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 12:01 PM Subject: Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN! I am sorry. I do not use a keyboard. I do all my data entry using the onscreen keyboard or braille entry on the screen. Practice will improve your onscreen skills. Remember, it takes very tiny

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread RobH.
NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN! Hello everyone. I do much better with small movements. I like the IPhone much better than my wife's IPad. On Apr 1, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I agree it takes some practice and getting used to, but I wouldn't say it's quite

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread RobH.
Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:41 PM Subject: Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN! I agree it takes some practice and getting used to, but I wouldn't say it's quite difficult for the blind. I'm also not sure why the blind are more used to making

Re: BASICS NOT WORKING WELL AGAIN!

2015-04-01 Thread David Chittenden
Unfortunately, the reasons congenitally blind tend to make larger movements than the sighted are not well understood in the available research. My speculation has to do with haptics with haptics feedback compared with haptics with visual feedback for the sighted. That said, it is well-described