Sharon,

The keyboard displays, when needed, on the screen.  You slide your fingers 
around and listen for letters or numbers, and then double tap it and that 
letter is put into the text line.  However, you can use a dictation feature 
and speak the words to be entered into the text line.  You can also use an 
external keyboard made for cell phones that is wireless or in other words, 
operates by blue tooth.  The speech and screen reader is built in and is 
working right out of the box.  A sighted person might have to navigate to 
settings and turn the speech to on but then you can tap with two fingers to 
turn speech off and on from anywhere you are operating, that is, whatever 
screen is displayed.  There are 3-fingered taps, flicking motions with the 
tip of your finger up and down, and other such finger features to allow you 
to navigate but it speaks everything you do and even explain some of the 
finger key commands, meaning, what that command is for and if you have to 
tap it a second time.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Your Posts about IPhone


> Hi Phil,
>
> Thanks for the info.  So there is no tactile keyboard for this phone? 
> That's disappointing to me, but I guess I'd learn quickly too.  Does it 
> have all the speech right out of the box, or do you have to install a 
> screen reader?
>
> Thanks again!
>