You have a point about the touch aspect of these devices, except that, particularly with the iPad, which is now being toutted as a computer replacement, there is a good argument to be made for robust keyboard support. And if you're going to build it in, why not make it valid for all iOS devices? Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > I think the point people who heavily use Bluetooth keyboards or braille > displays is that they want to do as much as possible without having to take > the hands off the braille display or keyboard to touch the screen. In a way I > get this, but one must also remember that these are touch screen devices > which are primarily meant to be used with touch. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > SSEric > Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2016 1:13 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 > > Tom, maybe I am not getting your meaning, but how about using handwriting. > You can write the first letter and all apps starting with that letter will > show in a list. Not a Braille solution… > > Eric > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Tom Lange > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 8:03 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 > > Hi Jonathan, > Great blog post! As an avid user of Braille with IOS, I certainly agree with > your points regarding Braille support. I'd love to have some sort of > pronunciation dictionary. And amen to the idea of full access to the file > system on any IOS device; although I certainly applaud Apple's efforts to > keep its OS secure, I truly despise having to use iTunes to move stuff to and > from my iPhone and would absolutely rejoice if iTunes died a horrible and > painful DEATH! > Now, having said all that, I'd like to float a crazy idea to extend keyboard > support. Keep the derisive laughter, groans and flames to a minimum, please. > Like I said, this one may well be considered off the wall. Here goes. Sighted > people have the ability to glance at a screen full of icons, zero in on the > one they want and simply tap it. So, if VO is running and an external > keyboard is in use, why not enable first letter navigation on any home screen > or within a folder much like one has that capability on a PC? Ditto for long > lists of titles or artists in Apple Music, where, incidentally, I can't find > a table index. Further, if VO is running and an external keyboard is in use, > I'd like to see support for quick navigation keys in Safari or any place > where I'm viewing HTML content. Let me type h for heading, t for table, e > for edit box and so on and so on. While the rotor is certainly handy, having > to use it to first select an element type (link, heading, form element, et > cetera), then use the rotor to find the desired element is cumbersome. Does > that functionality exist with the current implementation of Quick Nav? If so, > great. > Like someone else mentioned, I'd also like to see a way to search for text in > lengthy articles or documents. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 2, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > > Hi everyone. 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