Leitnez Torres
We show you how a blind person is able to defend himself with an iPhone. The truth is that the iOS system comes fully equipped to be used by anyone, so this function makes this system the best of all.
Leitnez explains his day-to-day life with the iPhone, as well as his impressions and what things he would like to change and include in future versions.
Here we leave you with the interview so you can judge for yourselves
- Tell us about yourself (What's your name, how did you enter the apple world)
My name is Leitnez Torres and I am a special education teacher.
- Why did you choose an iPhone?
After my last vision loss, about two years ago, I was not able to operate a mobile by myself, not even with the zoom activated. I went through the unpleasant experience of using third parties to call a contact, to tell you who called you, etc .
As I already had some experience with screen readers for computers, I set out to investigate the topic for mobile phones. Among all the options I found, the one that totally impressed me was the description Manolo Álvarez gave in an episode of his Tiflo Audio podcast in which he described how a blind or partially sighted person could manage their phone by themselves.
Since then I started fighting to get an Iphone 4s, but they were inaccessible, or rather unaffordable for me, that's why I had to opt for a 3gs until last May I gave myself the 4s as a gift for myself on Valentine's Day the mothers.I'm still paying the gift loan but if you analyze the cost-benefit it has been worth the sacrifice.
- Do you think Apple can improve its accessibility features for blind people?
As for the operating system, things work fine, but as for the applications, the company should make available to developers the necessary information so that they take accessibility features into account when designing your applications.
It would also help if Apple created a category for apps that have accessibility features. Not only for specific applications for people with disabilities, such as Mbraille or Flexy, but also those that, without being designed for people with disabilities, can be used by blind people because they are synchronized with voiceover and promote it as Twitterrific.
- What do you miss on iOS devices?
A little more screen and a little less cost.
- Which app would you like to improve for blind people?
The list would be huge. The classic path of a blind person is the following: you hear about an app, you look for it in the AppStore, you read the description and you like it better, you download and open it and you can't do anything with it because its buttons are not labeled or flat are not visible to the screen reader. I have a long list of disappointments in my list of purchased apps.
- What is the app you use the most?
TweetList in pairing with Instapaper. I have all my information centralized on Twitter , but the official client is less accessible than TweetList .
- If you could only install 5 apps on your iPhone, what would they be?
I suppose we are talking about non-native apps and they would be: TweetList , Instapaper , Downcast , LordsKnights , Tunein radio.
- What would you like about Apple in the future?
Ask developers to specify in the description of their apps if they have any accessibility features, not only in the case of blind people, but also for people who are deaf or have mobility problems.
These are all the APPerlas that Leitnez has on his iPhone
Las APPerlas de Leitnez Torres (iPhone for the blind):
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As you can see, it has a large number of apps that make the iPhone very functional for the blind. And in the case of Leitnez, we see that despite not having all the applications that you would like to have, it has a great variety.
Let's hope this interview serves to give Apple a wake-up call and that they try even harder to make their flagship device the best for blind people.
From APPerlas, we want to thank Leitnez for giving us this fantastic interview and we hope that all his goals will be met in the very near future.
