Hi Deidra,
My one comment is that while you can do a lot with SIRI and your voice, you will not totally get around tapping, swiping and typing on the screen. At least I would make sure you get your iPhone from an Apple Store where you have a 30 day return policy in case it is not what you expect. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Deidre Muccio Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 7:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: prospective buyer 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 -- 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 <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto: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.
