Getting Started with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users (IPHONE)

In braille (3 volumes), eBraille, ASCII text/Word, and DAISY formats, $18

The iPhone. You know you want one...

You can use your iPhone to check email and Twitter, listen to music, listen to radio programs from faraway places, read eBooks, verify your walking or driving location, pay bills and transfer funds, monitor the weather across the planet, time recipes, awaken to the alarm clock, be reminded of appointments, exchange text messages, play a wide variety of games, play the auto harp and ocarina, fight with a light saber that makes different sounds as you move your hand around, scan bar codes, make and mix multi-track recordings, cure a headache - and even to make and receive telephone calls! You'll be blown away by the power and flexibility of this device. To be able to do so much with a gadget that fits into a pocket is absolutely amazing. And it's accessible out of the box!

In Getting Started with the iPhone, authors Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau show you what's possible on the iPhone and get you up and running.

The book is divided into four main parts. Part 1 tells you what you need to know before you can start using your iPhone: advice on purchasing an iPhone and getting it ready to use.

In Part 2 you'll turn on your iPhone and begin to use it. You'll explore the home screen, configure basic settings, make phone calls, and type using the on-screen keyboard, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a braille display keyboard.

Part 3 goes through the wide variety of apps that come with the phone, and shows how to purchase apps, music, and other fun content.

Finally, Part 4 includes a journal Anna wrote as she learned to use the iPhone. It will give you an idea of what it's like to use an iPHone and how you might go about learning new apps.

Appendix A compiles all the gestures - specific ways of touching the iPhone screen. Appendix B includes answers to frequently asked questions, and Appendix C lists resources you can use to learn more.

While this book focuses on the iPhone, most of it also applies to the iPod Touch, and much of it applies to the iPad.

See also:
Google It! A Guide to the World's Most Popular Search Engine
Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin for Blind Users

Table of Contents

Introduction
Organization of this Book

Part 1: Buying, Configuring, and Loading Up Your iPhone
Purchasing an iPhone
Cases and Batteries
Enabling Accessibility and Other First Steps
Registering Your iPhone
Configuring and Syncing Your iPhone
- Syncing Email, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and Bookmarks
- Syncing Apps
- Syncing Other Types of Content
- Disconnecting the iPhone
Managing Content Manually
- iPhone Appearing as a Drive

Part 2: Getting Started with Your iPhone
Physical Description
- A Word of Encouragement
Getting Started
A First Look at the Home Screen
Using the Phone
- The Split-Tap
- The Rotor and Typing Mode
- Making Calls and the Call Experience
- Voice Dialing
- Answering, Ignoring, and Disconnecting Calls
- Voicemail
- Changing Home Screens
Settings and Several New Gestures
- Turning VoiceOver Off and On
- Practicing VoiceOver Gestures
- Moving to the Top or Bottom of the Screen
- The Scrub: Back Up a Screen
- Changing Verbosity and Voice rate
- Double-Tap and Hold
- The Accessibility Screen and Triple-click Home
- Highlights of the General Settings Screen
- The Settings Screen
Typing on the iPhone Keyboard
- Understanding and Locking Orientation
- The Onscreen Keyboard
- Punctuation, Numbers and Symbols
- How the Insertion Point Moves
- Moving to the Beginning and End of the Document
- Delete, Undo, and Redo
- Auto-Correct and Spell Checking
- Selecting, Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text
- Connecting a Bluetooth Keyboard
- Typing and Editing with a Bluetooth Keyboard
- Typing Special Characters on the Keyboard
- Navigating the iPhone from the Keyboard
Using a Braille Display
- Pairing Your Braille Display
- Using Your Display
- Learning the Commands
Closing and Switching Apps: The App Switcher and More

Part 3: Using the Rest of the Built-in Apps
Contacts
- Creating a Contact on the iPhone
- Choosing a Contact
Mail
- Setting up Email
- Account Setup
- Reading Mail
- Three Important Reading Gestures
- Acting on Links
- Writing Email
Messages
- Reading Messages
- Composing Messages
- Editing and Searching Messages
Calendar
- Adding an Event
Safari
- The Web Rotor
- The Safari Screen
- Navigating Web Pages
- Opening a Web Page and Practicing
- Guided Practice: Using the National Braille Press Site
- The Utilities Screen
- Bookmarks and Web History
- Adding the User Guide, or Another Page, to the Home Screen
- Using Tabs
iPod
- Start and Stop Playback with Two-Finger Double-Tap
- Accessing iPod Controls Outside the iPod Screen
- Controlling Your iPod from the Headphones
- Controlling the iPod via Voice Commands
- Controlling the iPhone via a Bluetooth Keyboard
- Playing Content at Double or Half Speed
- Moving to a Playback Position
- Obtaining Podcasts
- Deleting a Podcast
- Managing Playlists
- Additional iPod Options
App Store
- Featured
- How to Buy or Download an App
- Categories
- Top 25
- Searching the App Store
- Updating Apps
iTunes
iBooks
- The iBooks Store
- The Library
- Reading
Voice Memos
Camera
Weather
Clock
- The World Clock
- The Alarm Clock
- The Stopwatch
- The Timer
Calculator
Compass
Maps
YouTube
Stocks
Customizing the Home Screen
- Deleting Apps
- Understanding Screen Edit Mode
- Moving Icons to Different Screens

Part 4: Anna's Journal
March 30.
April 1.
Morning of April 2.
April 5.
April 7.
April 11.
April 13.
April 21.
May 12.
May 14.
May 17.
May 20.
June 10.
June 23.

Appendix A: VoiceOver Gestures
Touch and Tap Gestures
Flick Gestures
Miscellaneous gestures

Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
My phone isn't working correctly. What should I do?
I can hear VoiceOver through the headphones, but not through the speaker. What should I do?
I can hear VoiceOver, but not the VoiceOver sounds. What should I do?
What's the difference between muting speech and turning off VoiceOver?
What's a UDID, and how do I find it?
How do I install beta software? The directions say to drag and drop.

Appendix C: Additional Resources