Re: [orca-list] OT: SMart Phones

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu yahoo com>]

I am located in the Seattle Washington area (US) and I use Verizon so 
until fairly recently the Iphone was not a real option.  I have done some 
playing with the talkback screenreader on my wife's android and in the 
emulator for android.  I am a software engineer by profession but by the 
same token I have many other interests and I really don't want to spend 
all my time trying to get somthing to work on my phone.

Tom

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> A list like the blind phones mailing list would probably get you more
> information. The info for that list is at
> http://mosenexplosion.com/mailman/listinfo/blindphones_mosenexplosion.com.
>
> I myself use Talks on a Symbian phone, and I'm happy with that
> combination for now. I've been watching the options from Apple and
> Google though since I may be considering one of those platforms when I
> decide to upgrade my current phone.
>
> Your iPhone is going to give you more polished accessibility out of the
> box, but you aren't going to have as many choices of carriers and hand
> sets though. BTW, where are you located and what carrier are you with?
> With an Android phone, for example, you could get one with a querty
> keyboard instead of just a touch screen. I've heard that if your
> relatively tech savvy and patient, you can get everything you want out
> of an Android phone, but like I said, the iPhone will give you more
> accessibility out of the box then you'll get from Android.
>
> On Android, in addition to the open source screen readers, Talk Back and
> Spiel, there's also Mobile Accessibility from code Factory. In addition
> to a screen reader, you also  get about a dozen applications that will
> work well with the screen reader. These include an email client and web
> browser. If you're using Talk Back or Spiel, you'll have to get an
> accessible  3rd party email client and web browser. Mobile Accessibility
> costs $99. Also, not every Android phone will be accessible. Some hand
> set makers make changes to Android that negatively impact accessibility,
> and I think you still need some kind of tactile pointing device.
>
> I'd suggest you reach out to the blind phones mailing list and include
> what you're looking for, such as location, carrier, hand set features
> (keyboard or just touch screen) and how you'll be using the phone
> (email, web surfing, GPS, and so on). They can provide you with a lot of
> information and pointers to blogs, pod casts and other sources of
> information.
>
> On 30/07/11 13:30, Tom Masterson wrote:
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > I realize this is somewhat off topic but you are a group of tech savvy
> > folks who have a great amount of knowledge in accessibility issues.
> >
> > I am looking at the possibility of getting a smart phone.  I am
> > considering either an Iphone or one of the Android ones.  The question
> > is which has the better accessibility?  Leaving out the fact that
> > Android is more open than Apple.  I am tired of paying for phones that I
> > can only use a small set of the available features on because most are
> > inaccessible.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tom
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