Hey – I’m legally blind also and thinking about purchasing an iPhone this summer after my Verizon contract is up. Your site has really helped me research the pros and cons of an iPhone in terms of accessibility.

I think your four areas for accessibility are right on the mark. I would be interested in advocating accessibility features on iPhone to Apple, but I need to learn more first. Plus, the new 3.0 upgrade and new hardware coming out in summer is likely to change things significantly (landscape for basic apps, better camera/potential video,

I have played around with the iPhone and realize that the Safari zoom function can help with seeing Google calendar for instance, but I’d really like to see a complete OS zoom accessibility, like the iMac OSX.

I was thinking that a special “zoom” buttom off in the far corner – like the top left corner in both landscape and portrait mode – that when held down with left thumb and joined with the right hand making zooming gestures would be a great way to allow for total zoom accessibility within any app. It would be similiar to using command + mouse click wheel for zooming on an iMac.

Also, I want a video camera on the iPhone for viewing distant signs. I would like to be able to add a real lens hardware that could physically mount (or be clamped) to the iPhone directly over the video camera lens in order to get more zoom than a digital zoom could do.

Thanks for you awesome work. Someday these types of devices will really level the playing field for legally blind individuals like us. It’s exciting to see technology meet the unique needs of individuals.