I love Braille Screen Input and interactive notifications as well.
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On 21 Sep 2014, at 01:07, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:

> I love braille input, even though spaces aren't always recognized. I also 
> love interactive notifications and widgets, and (once Yosemite comes out) I'm 
> really looking forward to Handoff. The Alex voice is great, and I'm sad that 
> my 5 won't support it. It will also be nice to have Fleksy as a global 
> keyboard, though at the moment that isn't looking too good. Still, just the 
> potential for it to happen soon is closer than we've ever been, and in the 
> meantime the braille is still there. More rotor actions, the fact that 
> notifications no longer interrupt a say-all (except texts), and other small 
> changes are also great to have. Overall, since I don't use a keyboard or 
> braille display, I can live with the bugs that I experience, and I find the 
> benefits outweigh the problems. Plus, you have to figure that Apple 
> Accessibility got hit hard with bug reports, as well they should have. When 
> the bluetooth keyboard problems in iOS7 appeared in last year's initial 
> release, a fix was out within a couple weeks. I'd be amazed if the same thing 
> didn't happen again, perhaps as part of the October update that is said to 
> enable Apple Pay.
> On Sep 20, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Laura <laura....@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I know there have been some bugs, and I know there's been some upset, but I 
>> wanted to take a moment to recognise the good things in iOS8. 
>> 
>> I love the direct typing feature. I've been hoping for it for years, and I'm 
>> so much faster on both the iPad and iPhone as a result. I also love having 
>> Alex as an option, and having braille as a universal input will make it much 
>> easier to type in louder environments  
>> 
>> I'm not saying we shouldn't give them feedback about the bugs, or that we 
>> shouldn't complain if they don't listen, but we could also recognise the 
>> things they have done well. And it's also worth noting that a lot of sighted 
>> people are upset about the bugs in the current release. I'd be wary about 
>> reading too much into apple's commitment to accessibility based on the 
>> voiceover bugs in this release. 
>> 
>> Cheers. 
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
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