Hi, This is a timely topic I have had to deal with since making the transition from a high partial to a very low vision almost totally blind individual between 2007 and present. My iPhone 5S has become one of my favorite tools along with my I D Mate Quest. At first my rather large and over-inflated sense of pride hated the idea of needing help with menus at a restaurant as I was always the one who read the entire menu for all the other "blind" people at the table, laughs! Now I either depend on AllMenus or let the sighted dude tell me or look it up online whichever is faster or most efficient or most interesting or entertaining or a combination of the above. I am still saving for the KNFB Reader but I do know someone who has it and it does drive me absolutely batty when in a public place and 30 minutes later I can still hear 600 words per hour gibberish going on and everyone else including me has already moved on to something else a half hour ago.
On another list, not related to phones, we were discussing the idea that sometimes we as blind people need to have more than one tool in the toolbox. For example AllMenus, KNFB Reader, someone mentioned 4Square which I don't use but that is great if someone uses that. And I am sure there are others. Also while physically there some places have Braille menus. I like to look up the Menus online when possible and of course there are always specials that day they will tell you about if you ask. Here's a silly question? Does the KNFB reader read Chinese? Oh never mind most of those menus are in English anyway, laughing Lots! Merv -- 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/[email protected]/. --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
