Category: Cell Phone Talk
A family member has already just bought one for me, not sure when I'm getting it but probably not too long from now as an early Christmas gift.
I have posted about wanting an iPhone and being nervous about using a touch screen for the first time. In that thread a few recommendations were made.
1. A case with a Bluetooth keyboard.
My question to that is, which kind should I get so that I can do heavy typing the way I like but not lug around a brick? I can learn to use the tactile keys like the sort found on a cell phone with a pull out keyboard as long as the keyboard is cordy (Easy to feel and differentiate between keys).
2. I was told there are tactual dots that can be placed on the screen.
My questions regarding that are: Who makes those? Can I get them on Amazon?
3. I have also seen tactile screen protecters mentioned, what kind should I get, are they on Amazon, ETC?
Thanks in advance for the advice guys.
teaching both to new users even seniors I suggest you take a swans dive direct into the touch screen world. A BT keyboard is nice, I have one and it works well with android and IOS but when your starting out remove any excuse or method that allows you to avoid the touch screen. You took your first step, asking those like me who have been using a touch screen before IOS became a viable platform. Conrades and welcome to freedom, no matter my favorate platform choice IOS or :) android you just join the world of getting your full freedom back.
You can get the screen protectors from atguys.com
The phone is really easy to get use to. Relax, and you'll be fine.
Thaks guys. Everyone tells me I'll be fine, buyt I've had bad luck with touch screens on Android. One thing I don't understand is if you touch every icon and it read it outloud and then you have to select it by triple tapping or whatever, would texting or typing be a huge drawn out ordeal?
android you do not tripple tap nor do you tripple tap I phone. I am not sure what screen reader you used on android that caused you to tripple tap, oh, weight, I for got moble accessibility has you triple tapping to access the menu when your in their home screen. Sorry for got about that, I do not use that peace of hog wash home screen any more. Any way back to the Iphone, I am just asking you the original poster to relax, read the boards hear on I phone topics and use that pupply every day you can its a tool that will help you get tasks done on your own.
On an iPhone you set it as you like.
Example. You can use one finger to feel the screen and listen to what is on it.
When you want to activate something you stop with the finger you are looking with, and touch the screen with another finger. That is the double tap. You are already having contact with your seeing finger, so when you add the second finger you open the item.
You also get an audio sound when the item is open.
There is a complete guide to how to work Voice Over, and a practice section on the phone, if you need to learn how things work.
Cosing something is as simple as pressing the round botton, or home key at the bottom of the phone. There are other ways to do it, but the manual will tell you this.
Now you can also have the phone set in some areas to touch typing, such as on emails, or text messages,, but that is something you decide.
Until you are comfortable with the phone, I'd leave it set to tap.
Some items or to do something require a tripple tap, such as if you want to remove an app, but again, you'll be use to the phone bbefore you are doing all this.
Apple provides a manual you can read on your computer. With that you can read, and try things out on the phone as you learn.
The descriptions are good and tell you exactly how to work things.
I personally have typing so that I glide my finger over the keyboard, and release when I hit the letter I want. The thing to remember is that you will never ever be as fast on a touch-screen as you are on a ragular keyboard, but this is true of absolutely anyone, blind or sighted.
I'm with the person who said it might be best, particularly at first, to just play with it and see what you can do. When I first got my 4s last year, I was briefly tempted to get a tactile screen protector with dots on it, but quickly learned general orientation of things, and now I get around all right. I was a little different than you only in that I'd never used a touch-screen at all...but my advice is to try and put your bad experiences in the past and give it a spin. Give it a little while, and if you really can't stick a straight touch-screen experience...well, you know where the tactile stuff can be found at.
Good luck.
You can also dictate things like text, emails, and such if the touchscreen is difficult.
Siri can be used as well.
I got to play with voice over on an iPhone 4, it was amazing! I am in love. iphone is for me, Android is not. Mobile Accessibility sucks.
I imagine the iPhone 4s will be even more awesome, it will be here next week hopefully.
Hi,
There are several bluetooth keyboard cases on the market. The trouble is that they are extremely variable for things like size of keys, key spacing, whether they have dedicated number rows etc. The other problem is that in the UK at least, very few shops stock them so you have to take a risk by ordering them online, so if you go down that road and you can't get to look at one in a store, it's best to choose a source where returning it will be easy if it's not for you. Note that the Apple store doesn't sell them, though it does sell standalone bluetooth keyboards.
You have various options for navigating and opening apps using the touch screen. You can slide your finger around the screen, but if you're worried about missing an item, you can flick left and right which in most situations will cycle you back and forward through each item on the screen. If you want to open an item, you can either raise your finger and tap twice (called a double tap), or leave your finger where it is and tap with another one (called a split tap). These do the same.
For text entry, assuming you don't use a keyboard, double or split tapping will work. As others have said, you can also slide your finger around the screen until you find the letter you want, then raise your finger to have it entered.
There are other apps that allow you to emulate virtual typing either in print or Braille on your touch screen, which are popular among some users. You physically tap the touch screen when using these, as though you were entering text on an actual keyboard.