Hi Dominique,
I think you will only have to learn the few new extra abilities you might make use of when you switch to a newer phone: for instance, one I can think of is the “hey siri” command, which you can speak out-loud without holding down the home button, and then follow it with a command to Siri. Another is that you can just lay your finger on the fingerprint reader, and the phone will unlock, without you having to press the home button. And there’s the 3d touch capability where you can move your finger to an icon and slightly press on it to get menu choices, rather than starting the app. This one takes a little more practice, but then a lot of blind people feel it’s not of much added use, and so don’t use it. My point being, like the other responder, I agree you won’t have much to learn. I too am fairly new to the Iphone world, only having had mine for perhaps a year now. I really would recommend the books written especially for blind users of the Iphone (the “Getting Started” book by Anna Dresner was to me the most helpful of all of them, as it assumed you absolutely were starting from knowing nothing at all). Some of the other books were just updates to blind users, showing how to use what was new with the latest version of IOS. Their titles weren’t exactly clear on this, and I bought one accidentally thinking it was for beginners (something to pay attention to). I always seem to have some else which needs to be done, so learning about my Iphone always seemed to be pushed to “later”, that’s why I like the books, where I can pick up where I left off. Hth, Chip Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dominique Farrell Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 11:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: New member Hi all, I’m a new member from Dublin, Ireland and am an iPhone user for it will be two years this Christmas that I got my 4S, and am in the process of saving for a 6S, and am just wondering will I have much to learn then? I never used an I Device before then and all my phones were keypad, so it took a lot of getting used to, but I persevered and was determined to succeed and accomplish what I wanted to achieve! Thank you. Dominique & my amber Lab/Retriever Irish Guide Dog Opal. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
