[nfbwatlk] FW: Dan's tip for January 15 2013, (Resources for learning how to use the iPhone and VoiceOver)

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From: dan [mailto:dthompson5 at mchsi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 6:16 AM
To: dan
Subject: Dan's tip for January 15 2013, (Resources for learning how to use
the iPhone and VoiceOver)

 

Resources for learning how to use the iPhone and VoiceOver

wWhile this list may not cover all available sites or access to information
regarding I-Devices, it is a great start for a beginner or seasoned user.

Have a great week!

There is a book you can purchase for $22 in an electronic format (you
download it after 

buying it) called Getting Started with the iPhone and iOS5 for Blind users
(an update is 

being prepared for iOS6, but most of the information is still correct).
This book is good 

because it is written by blind users for blind users.  You will probably
want to go right to the 

second section, though, instead of starting out in the first section, which
is about setting up 

the phone using iTunes. Here is the link for the book.  Please note it has a
drop down list 

where you will need to choose the format you want it in (it defaults to
Braille):   

http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IPHONE-IOS5.html.    

 

In the Apple iphone manual, there is a section on navigating with VoiceOver.
The iphone 

manual is one of the Bookmarks in Safari. (Bookmarks is like Favorites in
Internet 

Explorer).  You can also access it on the internet at 

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf. The part on
VoiceOver is in 

Chapter 32, page 115.   

 

Performing tasks with Siri saves a lot of time and work, because it cuts out
a lot of navigation.  Here is an article about what all you can say to Siri:


http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/14/what-can-you-say-to-siri-in-ios-6/. 

 

You might like to try a tactile overlay on your screen.  They are available
for purchase from 

a company called Speed Dots.  You can also put some small bump dots on there
to mark 

important spots (we know that ones called Loc-Dots work), or use brailled
dymo tape cut 

into little pieces.  MAB has some that you can come in and try and/or
purchase.  The link to 

Speed Dots is http://speeddots.com/shop/index.php. 

 

The Carroll Center has tutorials on using VoiceOver on their website:  

http://carroll.org/video-tutorials/voiceover-screen-navigation-on-the-iphone
-4s/

 

http://carroll.org/video-tutorials/gestures-with-voiceover-on-the-iphone-4s/


 

A website called Apple Vis has a bunch of info on how to use the iPhone and
on apps that are being used by people with vision loss:
http://www.applevis.com/. 

 

There is an app you can put on your phone called VIA that reviews apps for
the visually impaired.  Search for it in the App Store.  

 

There are lots of websites, blogs, and podcasts where iPhone users describe
how to do things using VoiceOver.  To get podcasts on your iPhone, go to the
Podcasts apps and 

search for podcasts on the iPhone and VoiceOver.  

Examples are 

Today in iOS, 

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/tii

 

iBlindTech Democast, 

http://www.iblindtech.com/

 

Triple-Click Home

http://tripleclickhome.com/

 

Adaptive Technology Snippets from New Zealand
http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/members/useful-resources/adaptive-technology-snippet
s

 

Tech Access Democast.  You can also find iPhone related podcasts under 

http://techaccessweekly.com/ 

 

Hadley Seminars and Braille Institute.  

http://www.hadley.edu/ 

 

seroTalk | A podcast and interactive blog on the accessible digital ...
<http://serotalk.com/>  world and I-Devices

http://serotalk.com/

 

There are email listservs you can join, such as the Viphone group and the
Support for 

iDevices group.  An archive of the VIPhone group is at http://www.mail-

archive.com/viphone at googlegroups.com/.  If you want to sign up for their
listserv, go to 

www.groups.google.com, and search for Viphone in the search box. There will
be a link on 

the site with information about how to join the group.  To join the Support
for iDevices 

listserv, go to 

http://gatewayfortheblind.com/mailman/listinfo/idevices_gatewayfortheblind.c
om and fill in 

the required information. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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shadow of the Almighty. 

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in whom I trust. 

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