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iPhone number pad accessory (self.Blind)
submitted 5.307846932870371y ago by SpamThisUser
My friend recently lost his sight, lives on his own. His main connection to the world is via iPhone and Siri. This works fairly well for him, except for IVR phone-tree calls (Press 1 for this, Press 2 for that): Since there's no tactile feedback on an iPhone where 1 and 2 are, he struggles navigating those.
He was thinking of getting a Panasonic Link2Cell (a cordless phone that can link to cell phone) simply to use for navigating phone trees, but I thought I would check to see if anybody here has a recommendation that is a bit more portable.
Any suggestions?
He was thinking of getting a Panasonic Link2Cell (a cordless phone that can link to cell phone) simply to use for navigating phone trees, but I thought I would check to see if anybody here has a recommendation that is a bit more portable.
Any suggestions?
val_crow 3 points 5y ago
iPhone has a built-in screenreader called VoiceOver. As you drag your finger over the screen, VoiceOver will speak to you and describe what is under your finger. This should work in the phone app for your call tree example as well.
You can enable VoiceOver from within the settings app under General -> Accessibility
You can enable VoiceOver from within the settings app under General -> Accessibility
fastfinge 2 points 5y ago
Yeah, I just use my landline for those awful call trees. This might help if he can afford it, though:
http://smallqwerty.com/order/order_en.php
http://smallqwerty.com/order/order_en.php
Ramildo 1 points 5y ago
I use my landline phone which has physical buttons to interact with services that require me to press buttons during the call, because even with the screen-reader enabled it can be hard to listen what the screen-reader is saying while the recording is playing on the other side.
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