If your hands go numb, I'd expect moving around the screen to be heard.
My hands go numb, and I have to use an external keyboard to type.
Eden
On 11/14/2014 7:56 AM, Deidre Muccio wrote:
Hello all
I am finally getting ready to enter the new world of advanced
technology, as best it suits us as visually impaired individuals.
According to my sister who has an old I Phone 4s, the
I Phone is the only phone to consider in terms of voice over and
accessibility. She loves hers and has had no trouble with the apps she
uses. However, reading posts in the last day since I’ve joined is a
bit alarming.
I don’t know if one of the issues with an update that
renders Safari troublesome is something quirky that occurred with a
recent update or has to do with Safari and voice over as it’s existed
for awhile now.
What I will need in a smart phone are features that allow me to do
everything possible with just a tap or swipe. I do not want to type
numbers or letters. In addition to being totally blind, my fingers are
often numb to the point that I cannot identify clothing, numbers on a
phone pad, etc. I can move my fingers I just can’t identify things
easily when they are numb. If I have to type on the surface of the
phone and search out letters, I will likely be doing myself no more
good than if I were typing.
I need to keep an appointment calendar. I need to keep records and set
memos and reminders.
I need to be able to do E Mail by listening to
incoming posts and by dictating outgoing posts. I’m not interested in
texting. Currently I use Outlook on a desktop PC.
I need to do Internet searches, read PDf files, shop,
log onto Face Book, download Bookshare, NLS, Blind Mice movies,
Newsline magazines and Newspapers. I might want to check out offerings
on Hulu.
I’d like to be able to easily access audio only
archives of various podcasts of political radio personalities.
Skype works well I hear and some camera features work extremely well
on the I Phone with voice over.
I was working on a novel this summer and had to stop
because typing was aggravating the carpal tunnel. I understand that a
dictation program akin to or by the same people who designed Dragon is
part of the I Phone. Does it work for more lengthy word processing?
Beyond that depending on whether or not I buy
something through a company like Verizon as opposed to buying minutes
I would want to use GPS.
I don’t have any help here from anyone that is using
features specifically useful for a blind individual. My tolerance for
fumbling, lags in information coming up, buggy software is very very
low. I’m certainly capable of learning if given proper instruction and
by that I mean in person instruction by a savvy user. I doubt I’d have
the patience to teach myself using a reading a manual or help files
type approach. Just being honest here! I don’t have a lot of hope that
anyone from the Verizon store will know what I need to know in terms
of the voice over features.
I hope to find someone in my area who is using their
phone well and can demo for me.
I hope many of you here will tell me to go for it.
Deidre in western Mass
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