Richard,

My wife has one and I've used it several times to listen to baseball games. 
It's certainly not as easy as a totally tactile keyboard but I was able to 
work it reasonably after some practice.  It's the kind of thing you have to 
live with and use constantly before you can become proficient on it.  I've 
no doubt that many people will be much more comfortable with tactile keys. 
Lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:58 PM
Subject: off topic cell phones


> Hello;
> I think this was mentioned previously but never saw a reply.  Any =
> totally blind folks out there using the dreaded i-phone?  My nephew just =
> got a new improved one so I took a look.  Never got to the point that I =
> could even make a call never mind txting or the internet.  Apparently =
> someone sells a braille overlay for the screen which may or may not =
> help.  There must be some secret that neither of us knew about.  Never =
> did figure out how to "flick" as opposed to tap or double tap.
> I hate buying a phone and buying a speech program which will certainly =
> require periodic updating.  This sounded ideal even if I didn't use half =
> of the features and there are folks that left me feeling it was very =
> usable.  I sure didn't feel it was easily used after seeing one.
> If anyone has some words of wisdom feel free to reply off list.
> Richard