[vicsireland] Re: "iPhone from the blind" post
- From: "Darragh" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:38:02 -0000
Tim,
From what I gather from their brief press release, they mean to use moon to
show the objects on the screen as their constantly changing. Speaking the
feedback is one thing when the buttons aren't moving all over the place but
when you have to find the buttons first then another way needs to be devised.
I thought they'd actually just do something with TTS so that as you moved over
the screen with your finger it would sspeak the element you were on. when you
wanted to activate it, you'd just double-click it.
But, it's a step in the right direction ad that's reason enough to be happy.
Darragh
Blog and Linux accessibility walk-through's: www.digitaldarragh.com
-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Tim Culhane
Sent: Mon 19/01/2009 10:30
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: "iPhone from the blind" post
Hi,
They have to be joking? developing an alternative interface for the iPhone
and then use a system used by practically nobody?
Having said that, I've not heard how this skin works. Why do you mean
moon, or even braille letters on a keypad, when presumably it is either
a modified querty keypad or phone keypad. None of us have braille on our
phones or computer keypads.
As long as you can learn the keybord and there is speech feedback for
input and output, then surely this would work?
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darragh
Sent: 17 January 2009 19:10
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: "iPhone from the blind" post
Excelent
I saw this on http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=2416 a few days ago too.
Looks very interesting, although I don't know if I'd like reading moon.
Put the briefest of blog entries up on Thursday over at
http://www.digitaldarragh.com/post/Accessible-iPhone-for-the-blind-is-availa
ble.aspx
Glad your still reading.
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Declan Meenagh
Sent: 16 January 2009 18:15
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] "iPhone from the blind" post
Hi Everyone. I've just wrote a post about the suggested iPhone case which
would help blind users access it. I'd appreciate any comments on the post,
here's the link:
http://declan06.blogspot.com/2009/01/accessible-iphone.html#links
Thanks and have a good weekend,
-Declan
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