I should also mention that android phones come with quite sophisticated voice recognition. At almost any screen that requires text input you have the option of tapping the screen once and speaking what you want to type. The results are not quite 100% accurate, but I'd say approaching 90%. For example, you can send a text by simply tapping the screen once and saying "Send text to 'john doe', What time are we supposed to meet for dinner?". The text window will open addressed to 'john doe', with the body text already filled in. You can just tap "Send" to send the text. Works the same for email. I very seldom have to use the onscreen keyboard at all. You can use your voice to search the web, create to-do lists, add calendar entries. If you need directions you can just say, "Navigate to 123 Main Street", and you'll get voice instructions to your destination.
I'm just saying that smartphones have made major accessibility advances for handicapped people. There are screen reader apps to read aloud what is on the screen, magnification apps for enlarging text and images, etc., etc. Here's a video demonstrating some of Google Voice's features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yj7Fx-7ZLis#! But ultimately you've got to stick with what you are comfortable with. There are still some models of slider phones available and they are usually a lot less expensive than a newer smartphone. Donk On 6/16/2013 10:14 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > On 6/16/2013 9:18 PM, Donk wrote: >> The ultimate cell phone info website used to be Howard Forums: >> http://www.howardforums.com/content.php >> But they don't seem to offer a tool to compare features - which I assume >> is what you are looking for. >> >> I know you want a slider, but they are getting harder to find. Is it just >> for the physical keyboard? The future is smartphones. I would suggest you >> buy "any" Android GSM unlocked smartphone. You can easily get used to the >> onscreen keyboard - if not, there are dozens of free keyboards you can >> download from the android play store. You will find one you like. Avoid >> iPhone, they are locked to the one or two keyboards in iOS. Android is a >> lot freer and more open for developers to create useful apps. >> >> The king of current android phones would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4, and >> the HTC One. But really, "any" android smartphone will have all the >> features of the Android OS right out of the box - you can hardly go wrong. >> >> Donk > There are several reasons for wanting the 'slider' style: > > 1. I have Epilepsy and the 'touchscreen' of cell phones' like the IPhone > requires even greater eye-hand coordination. The 'slider' phones' allow > me to operate them with one hand. I used to have one of the 'flip' > phones'. Which due to the acute need for eye-hand coordination, I > dropped several times, despite using two hands. > 2. Since I am an avid cyclist, the case of the 'slider' phones' protects > the keypad when I have to put my cell phone in my hippack before I go > out on the road. > > I have no interest in the Android phones. > > Christopher > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
