Maybe she wants you to pay attention to her instead of the phone. I am not ashamed to be blind. We ride on the bike trail and you wouldn't believe how many walkers are out there with their headphones on and the music so loud I can hear it as we go by. We try to honk to let them know we are behind them and I don't think they even hear it. Keep on using the headphones.
On 5/27/13, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think headphones or, a bluetooth earpiece calling attention to a persons > blindness is absurd. lol. tens of millions of these things are sold world > wide, I'm fairly certain it is not just blind people buying them. haha. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On May 27, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Lisa belville <missktlab1...@frontier.com> > wrote: > >> I really don't get this thing with some sighted people raggin on us about >> how we choose to listen to our phone in public. If using mobile phones in >> public weren't such a huge deal Plantronics, etc. wouldn't be selling >> millions of headsets/earbuds world wide. I can't tell you how many people >> have almost run me over because they were yakking on their phone and using >> two hands to do something else, and this isn't just referring to being hit >> by vehicles. I get it, the world isn't blind and we need to understand >> that, but I think some people take their desire to conform a bit too far. >> And frankly, in a situation like this, my safety and comfort come before >> those concerns. I'm waiting on my Aftershoxz bluez headphones to come in >> precisely so I can use my phone in public and still be aware of my >> surroundings, this means I won't have to yell at people who can't >> understand me or be oblivious to people around me. I got an iPhone so I >> could take advantage of all it offers, and I don't really care what people >> say about the style of my headset. I'm using two mainstream items to >> interact with the sighted world, and that's as good as they're going to >> get from me. >> >> Lisa >> >> >> Chocolate is the answer... who cares what the question is! >> >> Lisa Belville >> missktlab1...@frontier.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Baracco" <w...@socal.rr.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:49 PM >> Subject: Re: Listening to Voiceover >> >> >>> My wife really gives me a bad time when I wear a headset in public, >>> saying that it is really inappropriate, and calls attention to my >>> blindness, as if the cane doesn't, and I can't believe that she doesn't >>> notice all of the people who use their cell phones everywhere. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Finley >>> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:44 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: Listening to Voiceover >>> >>> Bryce, your colleague was way out of line. I just asked my sighted >>> husband >>> about it and he made the following observation Sighted people are seen >>> constantly holding the phone up to one ear while using the other hand to >>> write with a pen. Maybe they are taking notes on the phone call; maybe >>> writing a grocery list. >>> Why would what you are doing look any weirder? My personal preference is >>> to >>> plug in the iPhone ear buds and put one in one ear and listen to what I >>> am >>> typing. Butt's not because of appearance, it's because of preference. >>> >>> Sieghard makes a great point about a bllind person tapping along with a >>> white cane or having a dog lying under the table;... Your colleague eeds >>> to >>> take a hike. >>> >>> >>> Sandy >>> >>> >>> >>> ----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Sieghard Weitzel >>> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:26 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: Listening to Voiceover >>> >>> Hi Bryce, >>> >>> Also keep in mind that just because one colleague thinks it looks weird >>> and >>> unprofessional it doesn't mean everybody thinks that. It may also look >>> unprofessional in certain situations to try and find your way around by >>> tapping along with a white cane or at least some may say that it is. In >>> any >>> case, whether it is or isn't is in my opinion beyond the point, you do >>> what >>> you have to do. I prefer a headset but if I didn't have one and had to >>> type >>> a message I'd have no problems holding the phone in whichever way allows >>> me >>> to do so. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Brice Smith >>> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:33 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Listening to Voiceover >>> >>> Thanks, Raul. You touch on the reason I started this; the whole "holding >>> the >>> phone up close to the ear and tapping away." This is what I've naturally >>> preferred, but a colleague pointed out how weird and unprofessional it >>> looks. It's not something I had thought about before and I was kind of >>> caught off guard. It does make sense how odd it probably looks to hold a >>> phone up chest level or next to your cheek or ear and type, though. >>> >>> I do not have hearing problems at all. Still, at least for me, I've got >>> to >>> have the voice near my ear when typing because when using touch typing >>> it >>> can be difficult to really hear Samantha in a lot of environments >>> without >>> turning the volume up. These are the only times I wish the iPhone had a >>> physical keyboard. >>> >>> Finally, the speakers on the iPhone 4s are kind of bad, anyway. When I >>> was >>> using a Mophie Battery Juice case the speakers faced up which made the >>> sound >>> clearer. >>> >>> Just some observations. >>> >>> Brice >>> >>> On 5/25/13, Raul A. Gallegos <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, to add to this discussion what I do is use a single-ear headset >>>> like the Plantronics M50. I just recently purchased the Samsung HM1700 >>>> and am liking the volume on it better than the M50, but I haven't >>>> found a comfortable fit for it yet. So, still on the fence about that >>>> one. I find that the single-ear headset is good for me because I can >>>> pull it out right away if I need total hearing with both ears, but at >>>> the same time it's not jammed in my ear totally covering it in case I >>>> need it either. For phone calls the M50 sucks in my opinion, but for >>>> all the other pros it offers I still think it's the best single-ear >>>> headset. If I need something covering both of my ears I will either >>>> use the Motorola >>>> S11 headset which wraps around the back of your neck, has great range, >>>> and has great sound with playing music in both ears. It has a slightly >>>> annoying delay which I'm not too proud of, but all Bluetooth headsets >>>> have this delay. Some are just worse than others though. The M50 and >>>> the >>>> HM1700 are ok, but the S11 isn't the best. >>>> >>>> I try to avoid using wired connections because I like all that >>>> radiation flowing through my skull and because since we are all going >>>> to die some day, why not die cord free and happy? I don't have Apple >>>> earpods, and I'm not sure if I will get them since I have a bit of >>>> choice of things already. yes it's more to charge, but I also have a >>>> 3-in-1 charger usb cable with the standard usb end on one side which >>>> plugs into a usb charger wall plug on one end, and the other end has >>>> either a 30-pin for iPhone 4, and then it has a lightning plug for >>>> iPhone 5 and newer, and lastly, a Micro USB for the headsets or an >>>> Android >>> phone. >>>> >>>> Since I usually carry around a extra battery pack from new Trent which >>>> holds either 6000 or 12,000 mAH depending on the one I use, I'm good >>>> with not running out of juice if I'm around places I can't connect to >>>> a wall. >>>> >>>> Lastly, if I don't have all my gadgets with me, I will hold the phone >>>> close to my ear like I'm making a phone call and tap away that way. We >>>> live in a sighted world and so I try to not appear to be socially >>>> inept, however many sighted people do worse things, and we just don't >>>> know about them because we can't see them. So, that helps me not worry >>>> too >>> much. >>>> >>>> Hope that helps. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>> Immature: A word boring people use to describe fun people. - Sheldon >>>> Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>>> >>>> On 5/24/2013 11:28 AM, Brice Smith wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm curious to know how you all listen and use your phones when >>>>> you're out in public. Do you use earbuds and an earpiece, or do you >>>>> turn the speech down low and do your best? >>>>> >>>>> In noisy environments most people can just look down at their phones. >>>>> If you use speech, you want to be able to hear the speech without >>>>> everyone else hearing it or becoming distracted by it, too. Sometimes >>>>> I'll just hold the phone up toward my shoulder/ear and type/text so I >>>>> can keep the volume down real low for privacy, but this looks really >>>>> odd and unprofessional. I've thought about grabbing an earpiece or >>>>> earbuds, but I usually forget, or it's just something else to charge >>>>> and keep track of. >>>>> >>>>> What works for you? >>>>> >>>>> Brice >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> --- >>>> 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. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> 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