*Yes *It *Is! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Gormley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:32 PM Subject: Re: Is the iPhone accessible?: was RE: EchoLink is available for the iPhone, and this brings up a question on my part. > the iphone is accessible. Not all the third party apps are you'll just > have > to try them one at a time and find out. 730 pat kk3f > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:15 PM > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Is the iPhone accessible?: was RE: EchoLink is available for > the iPhone, and this brings up a question on my part. > >> and the 32Gig, Ipod touch, with latest firmware, 3.whatever/soon to be >> upgraded to 4.0 does most if not all that the IPhone does, with A Wi >> Fi Connection-the IPhone also has Wi Fi capability that's independent >> of its' phone network. >> There's a learning curve, but I've had mine a week, and it's way more >> accessible than you might think. Different but definitely learnable >> and useable. Danny >> >> On 5/10/10, Kevin Minor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Hi Blake. >>> >>> The accessibility of the iPhone depends on how comfortable you are with >>> doing things differently. It uses a touch screen, which, at the >>> surface, >>> seems pretty daunting. Apple, however, has implemented something called >>> VoiceOver right into the operating system, so you don't have to buy any >>> fancy screen reading software for it. For a sighted user, all they do >>> is >>> look at the screen, touch the spot that they want to activate, and the >>> iPhone does what the user wants. VoiceOver does things a little >>> differently. You can either move your finger on the screen over the >>> thing >>> you want to activate, or you can do what is known as a left or right >>> flick, >>> which is like flicking a bug off the screen of the iPhone, and it >>> announces >>> the link you have focus on. If you have your finger on the item, you >>> can >>> tap another portion of the screen to activate it, or you can remove your >>> finger from the screen and do what is known as a double tap, which means >>> you >>> quickly tap the screen twice. You don't have to do this hard on the >>> screen. >>> It is, after all, a touch screen. >>> >>> I personally find the iPhone quite useable. So far, I've mainly used it >>> to >>> listen to major league games, as well as listen to music I've loaded >>> onto >>> it. I've tuned into internet stations, and they sound great, and what >>> makes >>> it nice is you're not stuck in one spot to hear the audio from sites. >>> If >>> you have a 3G or EDGE connection, you're good to go. It's a bit tricky >>> to >>> enter text into the iPhone, but I'm slowly but surely mastering that, >>> and >>> I >>> also would appreciate the app that lets you input text using CW. >>> >>> Oh yeah. Did I mention that you can use the iPhone as a phone as well? >>> <grin> >>> >>> Hope this all makes sense. For $300 U.S., the iPhone, in my opinion, is >>> a >>> nice piece of equipment. >>> >>> Have a good day, and don't work too hard. >>> >>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>