If anyone's interested in the Android system and how accessible it is
with speech then I certainly recommend the excellent series on Android
devices and accessibility found at <http://www.blindcooltech.com>
I also recommend looking at the Access Word publication which has
reviews of various Android products with speech, sorry I don't have a
link handy <smile>.
Code Factory also make products to help blind and visually impaired
people get the most out of their android devices.
And my view? Well I know blind people who who use Samsung Galaxy II
Android devices and I've not heard them report any trouble, one of the
people I know is a Mobile engineer for one of the big mobile carriers in
Australia so he'd know what he was talking about.
He swithced from Iphone 4 to the Galaxy II because of "performance"
issues mainly, as a phone he found the Galaxy II out performs the Iphone
4 though this didn't come as any particular surprise to me, I remember
when I had an Iphone and used it regularly, I also found when it came to
a "Phone" my Nokia N85 gave superior audio quality, better connection
and better range and so forth.
I guess what I'm saying here that its "Horses For Courses" ahd when
deciding on a device which is right for you do your research and take
into consideration more than one opinion, particularly if you have
concerns with accessibility.
And as a final note yep, there are things I like about the Iphone and
its main sstrengths in my view are the Apps, literally hundreds of
thousands of accessible apps are available and this still is a problem
for the Android platform, firstly you needed sighted asistance it would
seem to even access the Android "Market Place" to install apps. As has
been noted, there are many different variants of Android floating about
including one which is being developped specifically for those who need
accessibility so perhaps the problems with the "Market Place" will
change in the not to distant future, we'll wait and see.
On 22/09/2011 9:39 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
Hello everybody
I just had an opportunity to have a good play around with a Motorola Android
based mobile phone. First of all, the interface of this particular version of
Android, (I gather there are a few different implementations), is horrible. I
should add that I am not prejudiced here, although I use Apple devices. The
screen controls really are nastily laid out and some of the menus made
absolutely no sense at all.
The interface itself is clunky and the phone actually crashed on me at least 5
times in about half an hour. The only way to recover it was a cold reset.
Finding a contact when starting a text message in the contacts application is
really messy. You have to first click on contacts, then on find a contact, then
on your category, then on a group, then on the letter of the alphabet and then
finally on your contact. If you're not careful, at that point, you cab delete
your contact as well.
All in all, with this Motorola implementation of Android at least, I'm very
glad I don't have to use it and I was glad when I got our iPhone back in my
hand. My friend is taking her Android phone back whence it came in the morning
because it's just horrible! She's going to wait for the soon to be released
iPhone 5.
Lynne
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