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Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

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Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

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Post by rgoodwintx »

joshdance wrote: post #2

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

VoiceOver, among other features I believe: https://www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/voiceover/

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Post by hcarvalhoalves »

joshdance wrote: post #2

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

Siri "Launch the X app"? I gather the rest of the UI can be used with gestures. See a user flicking sideways in the video.

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Post by davidrusu »

joshdance wrote: post #2

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

Maybe they are using Siri to launch apps

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Post by johlindenbaum »

joshdance wrote: post #2

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

You should try VoiceOver and the gestures that come with it, it's mind blowing how well it works. I've found plenty of usability improvements that are really easy to make so that VoiceOver works flawlessly in apps I've worked on.

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Post by LTheobald »

rlpb wrote: post #7

Are there any legal consequences if a blind person is helped crossing the street and gets hit by a car?

Yeah, I saw that and just thought hell no. I'm partially sighted & there's no a chance I'd let someone guide me across a road via video chat on a 3G connection. I'd go as far as saying that's quite an irresponsible use to suggest on your home page.
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