The funny thing about this is that though you try to black out the screen for privacy purposes, people will still bug you. The exchange goes as follows:
"its off," I'm sorry, are you referring to me? "Yes, your screen is turned off." At this point I have to decide whether I say "thank you for telling me, " or I explain to them what the device is doing and risk offending the person by trying to prevent them from trying to peak at my iDevice's screen. I usually just thank them. <Smile>. Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:11 PM Subject: RE: Screen curtain! Hi Jose, As Gerado already pointed out, it is simply a means for privacy since as a blind person you can't always be sure that somebody isn't looking at your phone from a few feet away. The screen curtain actually does nothing to brightness, it simply artificially blacks out the screen. There have been claims that using the screen curtain saves battery, but this is not correct. I at one point asked Apple Accessibility and received a reply stating that use of the screen curtain does not improve battery life. If you don't have sighted people using your phone you can turn brightness down to 0% which actually will save you battery. Keep in mind that this simply means the backlight is turned to 0% and it is still possible to see and read what is on the screen although it is much more difficult especially in bright light. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jose Lomeli Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Jose Lomeli Subject: Screen curtain! Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- 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. 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 http://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 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. 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 http://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 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
