Cheryl, Just wanted to tell you, I really love your tag line at the bottom of your e-mail...Lamentations 3:21-23. I have turned to those verses many a time.
Thank you for being a light to others. God bless you. C ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl Homiak To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:45 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Age in and of itself means nothing. I am going to be 62 in July. Certainly age mixed with some other factors could be significant. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 5, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a "real" phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are "not good" about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are "not good" about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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