Touchscreen readers appear to show impact of iSchool research
Tim Paulding ran his fingers across the smooth glass screen of an iPod Touch for the first time in 2010. He was working as a counselor at a summer camp for blind kids outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, when a friend handed him the then top-of-the-line iPod.Paulding, who is blind, was familiar with Symbian and Windows mobile phones, which featured keyboards with raised buttons. “I loved them — I could type so fast on those keyboards,” he said. Then he felt the iPod touchscreen. “I’m like, ‘Dude, what am I gonna do with a touchscreen?’ It's crazy. I can't feel anything,” Pauldi