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On 10/26/11, Umesha Economics <[email protected]> wrote: > have they come to Indian markets? what would be the approximate price of > these devices? I am asking this because I am planning to buy a mobile > reading device as we cannot carry the laptop easily everywhere. the list > members please suggest me which is the best mobile reading device. I have > the following requirements: > > longer battery: it should run for about 10 hours as during chronic power > failure, during some functions like seminars and conferences and during long > distance traveling I will not be able to charge it. > > small size and light weight: as you know, for being mobile it should not be > heavy. better a hand held device. > > support for text, rtf and html files. I don't know whether its possible to > have support for kes files in those devices. > > various navigation options like character, word, line, sentence, paragraph > and continuous reading. > > voice recording and playback with good quality sound: better if I have these > features in it. many MP3 players like transcend etc. do not give good > quality output while recording. > > note taking: ability to take down notes while on > discussions/seminars/conferences etc. > > both out speakers and headphone facility. > > ability to change volume, speed , pitch of reading. > > ability to store e-books, mp3 files etc. > > comfortable PC interface. > > thanks in advance > > Yours > Umesha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wahid Raza" <[email protected]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:35 AM > Subject: [AI] FWD: New iPhone a breakthrough for blind people > > >> Hi all, >> hope all are doing fine >> pasting below article, which get from another list. >> Regards >> Wahid Raza >> >> ---Forworded message--- >> >> New iPhone a breakthrough for blind people >> >> The iPhone has grabbed widespread attention for its sleek design, >> revolutionary multitouch display and countless apps. >> >> Not as well known is this: It's the only smartphone that blind people >> can use out of the box. >> >> That has local advocates downright giddy about the iPhone 4S, Apple's >> latest creation hitting stores today with an advanced voice-command >> feature called Siri. >> >> "The blindness community is really hyped about what (the iPhone) does >> now and what it can do in the future," said Wes Majerus, a technology >> specialist and instructor at the nonprofit Colorado Center for the >> Blind. "There is a lot of hype about Siri." >> >> Early reviews suggest Siri is a technological breakthrough, although >> it could use some tinkering. >> >> Siri responds to spoken commands such as "Set my timer for 30 >> minutes," but it struggles with questions like "When is the next >> flight to Denver from San Francisco?" >> >> Apple says the software is still in beta, or test, mode. The company's >> video promoting the feature concludes with a blind woman responding to >> a text message simply by speaking to her iPhone. >> >> "There's something to be said for being on the move and just pulling >> out the phone and dictating a text to somebody and getting it sent >> off," said Majerus, who is blind and owns an iPhone 4. >> >> An estimated 240,000 Colorado residents are blind or visually >> impaired, according to the American Council of the Blind. >> >> Apple first made its popular smartphone accessible to blind people in >> 2009 with the iPhone 3GS. VoiceOver was a standard feature on the >> device and subsequent updates. When the option is activated, the >> iPhone speaks almost everything that otherwise would be read on screen >> by the user, such as e-mails, phone numbers and letters on the virtual >> keyboard when they are tapped. >> >> "The iPhone is the only fully accessible handset that a blind person >> can buy," said Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the National >> Federation of the Blind, a nonprofit advocacy organization. "Android >> has some accessibility capabilities, but they don't work as well as >> Apple." >> >> Before the iPhone 3GS, blind people had to purchase expensive >> third-party applications to make their cellphone accessible, Danielsen >> said. >> >> In addition to working out of the box, the iPhone has access to apps >> that support the VoiceOver option. There are also a number of >> third-party apps designed for blind people, such as LookTel's Money >> Reader app, which identifies currency with the iPhone's camera and >> speaks the denomination. >> >> Danielsen, who is blind, plans to switch from a Nokia phone to the >> iPhone 4S. Siri is just one reason. >> >> "Apple is rolling out a bunch of new features that are going to >> enhance the ability of blind people to use the iPhone," he said, >> referencing the release of iOS 5, Apple's latest mobile operating >> system. >> >> The new features include clearer speech technology and the ability to >> add a custom spoken label to buttons and commands. In addition to >> powering the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 was released this week as a free update >> for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPads and recent generations of the iPod >> Touch. >> >> Colorado Center for the Blind instructor Chip Johnson is excited about >> the new features, although he has a more cautious view. >> >> "Sometimes the hype is more than the reality," he said, "but it sounds >> like there's going to be some definite improvement." >> >> Majerus said Siri's artificial intelligence could help ease a concern >> that still exists among the blind community about using a touchscreen >> on a cellphone instead of raised keys. >> >> "As a teacher, I'm still going to tell people that (the iPhone) has a >> touchscreen and you need to be able to use that touchscreen," Majerus >> said. "But if it gets to the point where for some reason that's not >> working, hopefully they can get a lot out of the phone using Siri." >> >> ----- >> >> Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> > > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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