Indeed braille must never die, but Apple is keeping it alive better than any other mobile phone maker in the market. I suspect that when tactile touch screens become feasible, Apple accessibility will be the ones to turn the iPhone itself into a braille display of sorts.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Shaf <shafpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Braille must never die. > Audio cannot and will never be comparative to braille, no matter how > hard anybody tries. > > > -Shaf > >> On 8/21/2015 7:10 PM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone wrote: >> Abysmal! >> >> I've written them a number of times ... >> >> Suppose they want us all to give up needing Braille! <Smiles> >> >> A real pity! >> >> I'd like to see the VI community as a whole write something appropriate >> about the two areas where Apple fail, IE., Braille translation and >> displays; and iTunes (specifically in Windows). I know you manage it >> well enough, Jonathan, but many of us struggle and one of the main >> reasons is because of the frequent changes made with which some cannot >> keep up. We just learn enough, bungle around the screen to get the job >> done ... then it's altered again, and often not in our best interests. >> Lots of folk I know just don't use it at all, unless they must; but >> that's no fun and not the way I personally would like it to be. >> >> OK, enough said! <Smiles> >> >> Carol P >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Jonathan Mosen <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org> >> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2015 7:05 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Pre-orders open for iOS 9 Without the Eye >> >> Hi Carol, yup, I am seeing no improvement of any significance. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >>> On 21/08/2015, at 10:44 pm, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com >>> <mailto:%27carol.pearso...@googlemail.com>' via VIPhone >>> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Jonathan, >>> >>> If you're able to answer this one: Are you still of the opinion >>> that working with the Braille display (specifically lagging) will >>> not improve with iOS9? >>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* Jonathan Mosen <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org> >>>> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2015 6:18 PM >>>> *Subject:* Pre-orders open for iOS 9 Without the Eye >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, I'm very pleased to let you know that pre-orders are >>>> now open for the next edition of the popular iOS Without the Eye >>>> series. >>>> Apple’s iOS, the mobile operating system powering iPhone®, iPad® >>>> and iPod Touch®, will experience a significant and exciting >>>> revamp with the release of >>>> iOS 9. Despite the fact that Apple has focussed on the stability >>>> of the operating system this time around, there is more that’s >>>> new than many people realise. >>>> That’s allowed me to produce a comprehensive new book on iOS 9 of >>>> roughly the same length as its iOS 8 equivalent. >>>> >>>> "iOS 9 Without the Eye” is ready to be released on the same day >>>> Apple releases the operating system. >>>> >>>> When you master all of iOS 9’s potential, your iOS device will >>>> become an even more powerful tool. Make the most of what iOS 9 >>>> has to offer. 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