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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thought you may be interested in this. maybe
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Subject: Cell Phone accessibility for
free<BR>><BR>> Looks like we might have a fully accessible phone here for
no extra cost!<BR>> Let's hope it is as good as it sounds.<BR>>
Glenn<BR>>>><BR>>>> The following information comes from
Apple:<BR>>>> <BR><A
href="http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html">http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html</A>
<BR>>>> <<BR><A
href="http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html">http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html</A>><BR>>>><BR>>>>
The same VoiceOver screen reader made popular on the Mac is now
a<BR>>>> standard feature on the iPhone 3G S. It's the world's
first<BR>>>> gesture-based screen reader,<BR>>>> enabling you
to enjoy the fun and simplicity of the iPhone even<BR>>>> if you can't
see the screen.<BR>>>><BR>>>> What makes VoiceOver on iPhone
truly remarkable is that you<BR>>>> control it using simple gestures
that let you physically interact<BR>>>> with items on screen.
It's<BR>>>> easy to learn and fun to use. Instead of memorizing
hundreds of<BR>>>> keyboard commands, or endlessly pressing tiny arrow
keys to find<BR>>>> what you're looking for,<BR>>>> with
VoiceOver, you simply touch the screen to hear a description<BR>>>> of
the item under your finger, then gesture with a double-tap,<BR>>>>
drag, or flick to control<BR>>>> the
phone.<BR>>>><BR>>>> VoiceOver delivers an experience unlike
any screen reader you've<BR>>>> ever used before. Traditional screen
readers describe individual<BR>>>> elements on the
screen,<BR>>>> but struggle to communicate where each element is
located or<BR>>>> provide information about adjoining objects. This
contextual<BR>>>> information is very important<BR>>>> but
typically filtered out by other screen readers. For example,<BR>>>>
"off-screen" models used by traditional screen readers to<BR>>>>
represent applications and web<BR>>>> pages intentionally strip away
contextual information and<BR>>>> describe web pages as a list or menu
of items. But with<BR>>>> VoiceOver on iPhone 3G S, you'll
experience<BR>>>> something entirely
new.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Because VoiceOver works with iPhone's
touchscreen, you interact<BR>>>> directly with objects on the screen
and can naturally understand<BR>>>> their location and
context.<BR>>>> So, when you touch the upper-left corner of the screen,
you'll<BR>>>> hear what's in the upper left corner of a web page, and
as you<BR>>>> drag your finger around the<BR>>>> screen,
you'll learn what's nearby, providing an amazing new<BR>>>> sense of
context and relationship between the items you hear.<BR>>>> For many,
VoiceOver on iPhone<BR>>>> will provide, perhaps for the first time, a
true sense of how<BR>>>> things appear on screen, not just descriptions
of what they are.<BR>>>><BR>>>> You'll hear descriptions of
every item on the screen, including<BR>>>> status information such as
battery level, Wi-Fi and cellular<BR>>>> network signal levels,
the<BR>>>> cellular network provider, and time of day. It even lets
you<BR>>>> know when the display changes to landscape or
portrait<BR>>>> orientation, and when the screen is<BR>>>>
locked or unlocked.<BR>>>><BR>>>> The speaking rate is
adjustable so you can set it to a speed that<BR>>>> best suits your
listening ability. VoiceOver uses distinctive<BR>>>> sound effects to
alert you<BR>>>> when an application opens, when the screen is updated,
when a<BR>>>> message dialog appears, and more. And, when Voiceover
is<BR>>>> talking, the volume of background<BR>>>> sounds and
music are automatically lowered, "ducking" under the<BR>>>> voice, so
you can clearly hear what VoiceOver is telling
you.<BR>>>><BR>>>> It speaks your
language<BR>>>><BR>>>> VoiceOver includes built-in voices that
speak 21 languages<BR>>>> including Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese
(China), Chinese (Taiwan),<BR>>>> Dutch, English (US),
English<BR>>>> (UK), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German,
Italian,<BR>>>> Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese
(Brazil),<BR>>>> Portuguese (Portugal), Russian,<BR>>>>
Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), and Swedish.<BR>>>><BR>>>>
Getting started<BR>>>><BR>>>> VoiceOver is built right into
the iPhone 3G S. There's nothing<BR>>>> extra to purchase or install.
All you need is the iPhone 3G S,<BR>>>> iTunes 8.2 or later, and
a<BR>>>> Mac or PC. You can activate your iPhone and enable
VoiceOver<BR>>>> without sighted assistance using iTunes with a
compatible screen<BR>>>> reader like VoiceOver included<BR>>>>
in Mac OS X and GW-Micro Window-Eyes(r) for Windows XP and<BR>>>>
Windows Vista (sold separately). When you activate iPhone using<BR>>>>
iTunes, you can enable VoiceOver<BR>>>> on the iPhone to start using it
right away. Sighted users can<BR>>>> also enable VoiceOver for you
directly on iPhone using the<BR>>>> Accessibility menu in the
Settings<BR>>>> application.<BR>>>><BR>>>> How it
works<BR>>>><BR>>>> With VoiceOver enabled, you'll use a
different, but simple set of<BR>>>> gestures to control the iPhone. For
example, instead of tapping<BR>>>> to click a button or
select<BR>>>> an item, you tap to hear a description of the item you
touch and<BR>>>> double-tap to click or select
it.<BR>>>><BR>>>> When an item on the screen is selected, a
black rectangle called<BR>>>> the VoiceOver cursor appears around it.
The VoiceOver cursor is<BR>>>> displayed for the
benefit<BR>>>> of sighted users with whom you may be sharing your
phone. When<BR>>>> you prefer privacy, VoiceOver includes a screen
curtain that<BR>>>> turns off the display so no<BR>>>> one can
read it without your knowledge.<BR>>>><BR>>>> In addition to
touching and dragging around the screen, you can<BR>>>> also flick left
and right to move the VoiceOver cursor precisely<BR>>>> to the next or
previous<BR>>>> item on the screen-no matter how big or small it is.
By<BR>>>> flicking, you have precise control of what you hear even when
it<BR>>>> might otherwise be difficult to<BR>>>> place your
finger on it.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Entering
Text<BR>>>><BR>>>> When you're typing text, such as an email
message or a note,<BR>>>> VoiceOver echoes each character on the
keyboard as you touch it,<BR>>>> and again to confirm
when<BR>>>> you enter it. You can also have VoiceOver speak each
completed<BR>>>> word instead of and in addition to individual
characters as you<BR>>>> type them. A flick up or<BR>>>> down
while typing moves the insertion point cursor left and right<BR>>>>
within the text so you can edit a word just as easily and<BR>>>>
precisely as typing a new word.<BR>>>><BR>>>> To help you type
more quickly and accurately, iPhone features<BR>>>> word prediction and
suggests the correct spelling when you type a<BR>>>> word incorrectly.
With Speak<BR>>>> Auto-text enabled, you'll hear a sound effect and the
suggested<BR>>>> word spoken automatically. You can just keep typing to
ignore<BR>>>> it, or press the space key<BR>>>> to have iPhone
type it for you.<BR>>>><BR>>>> The Rotor<BR>>>> Two
fingers touching a Multi-Touch trackpad and a<BR>>>> counter-clockwise
arrow indicating how to enter a rotate gesture.<BR>>>><BR>>>>
VoiceOver features an innovate new virtual control called a<BR>>>>
"rotor." Turning the rotor- by rotating two fingers on the
screen<BR>>>> as if you were turning an<BR>>>> actual dial -
changes the way VoiceOver moves through a document<BR>>>> based on a
setting you choose. For example, a flick up or down<BR>>>> might move
through text<BR>>>> word by word. But when you choose the "character"
setting, each<BR>>>> time you flick up or down VoiceOver will move
through the text<BR>>>> character by character -<BR>>>>
perfect when you're proofreading or editing
text.<BR>>>><BR>>>> You can also use the rotor to navigate web
pages. When you're on<BR>>>> a web page, the rotor contains the names
of common items, such as<BR>>>> headers, links, tables,<BR>>>>
images, and more. You select a setting, then flick up and down<BR>>>>
to move to the previous or next occurrence of that item on the<BR>>>>
page, skipping over items<BR>>>> in
between.<BR>>>><BR>>>>
Applications<BR>>>><BR>>>> VoiceOver works with all of the
built-in applications that come<BR>>>> with iPhone 3G S, such as Phone,
iPod, iTunes, Mail, Safari, and<BR>>>> Maps. So, you can
place<BR>>>> and receive calls, surf the web, text and email your
friends,<BR>>>> check your stocks and the weather, and much, much more.
Apple is<BR>>>> also working with iPhone<BR>>>> software
developers so they can make their applications VoiceOver<BR>>>>
compatible.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Voice
Control<BR>>>><BR>>>> In addition to gestures, you can use
your voice to play music and<BR>>>> make a phone call. Just press and
hold the home button, listen<BR>>>> for the audio prompt,
and<BR>>>> speak the name of the artist, album, or playlist you want
to<BR>>>> hear. You can pause, play, change tracks, even shuffle
your<BR>>>> music.<BR>>>><BR>>>> When you want to
make a call, speak the name or telephone number<BR>>>> of the person
you want to call. iPhone 3G S understands 21<BR>>>> different
languages.<BR>>>> Zoom<BR>>>> Two iPhones. The iPhone in the
background is displaying the<BR>>>> weather application. The iPhone in
the foreground shows the<BR>>>> weather application zoomed
200%<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> While many iPhone
applications let you zoom in and out specific<BR>>>> elements such as
images in Mail, or webpage columns in Safari,<BR>>>> Zoom lets you
magnify the<BR>>>> entire screen of any application you're using to
help you see<BR>>>> what's on the display. Zoom can be enabled on
iPhone 3G S using<BR>>>> iTunes when you're setting<BR>>>> up
the iPhone, for yourself or someone else, or later, using the<BR>>>>
Accessibility menu in the Settings application on the
iPhone.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Zoom works everywhere, including the
Home, Unlock, and Spotlight<BR>>>> screens-even with applications you
purchase from the App store.<BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>>
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