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From: deborah.kaplan@suberic.net
Date: Oct 19, 2011 11:48AM

Paul said: "Apple takes care of mobility and cognitive
impairments."

Is this true? I haven't had a chance to look at the new phone
with Siri yet, but I haven't seen anything implying you can use
the phone completely hands-free, or even close to completely
hands-free. Aside from tap-to-talk, Siri still seems to need
hands for after-dictation choices. It's hard to tell without
actually having a device to test with, because there's also no
documentation apparently available for Siri, which I have to say
does not count as an accessibility win from my perspective.

I particularly have strong feelings about this because I still
don't have a mobile device because there still hasn't been one
created I can even use, so if it's true that iOS 5 has something
approaching hands-free use, that is excellent. But it's not
something Apple is even bragging about on their website, so I
have my doubts. (They also don't answer e-mails to their
accessibility address asking about this.)

-Deborah