Hi Dominique, Welcome to this group.. I recently switched from a 4S to a 6S and didn't feel like I had much to learn except how to unlock my phone with my thumb. I hope you enjoy it here and together we can learn from one another. Take care. Connie
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Chip Orange <lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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