Hi, second app is really interesting. More or less, the similar builtin/third party apps are available for android smart phones also. Though they are not self-voiced, very much accessible with TalkBack. Although I've not put my hand on iPhones, I'm told it is accessible. Any one on the list using IPhone can throw some more light on this.
On 4/7/12, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Note: I would not be able to answer any query Because I know very > little about technology. > Just read this post, found second App interesting and thought useful > for VI hense sharing with you all. > And Do smart-phones are accessible with Screen reading softwares? > Just inform me. > > 31 March 2012 > URL > http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/indian-evolution-from-apes-to-apps > Indian Evolution: from Apes to Apps > The five most useful smartphone apps designed by Indians for Indians > 3 > BY Arindam Mukherjee EMAIL AUTHOR(S) > Tagged Under | iPhone | apps | smarthphone apps Software In a country > where an estimated 100 million apps are downloaded on smartphones > every month, there are plenty of complaints about design and lazy > coding.The portly figure of Gagandeep Singh Sapra, Open’s gadget geek, > walks into this magazine’s office. Instead of technology, though, he > has food on his mind. Thankfully, it barely takes the first few bites > of what a food vendor across the office can rustle up for him to > launch into a discussion with yours truly on Indian apps for > smartphones—those neat little pieces of software that execute specific > tasks on your whizbang handset, developed specifically by Indian > developers and used primarily by Indian iPhone users. > > Sapra schleps out his slick iPhone and iPad and lays them right next > to our half-eaten rice plates. Not to be left behind, yours truly > brandishes his own Jedi lightsaber—the latest iPhone 4S. Together, the > two of us get down to listing the five most useful iPhone (3+) apps > developed by Indians for Indians. > > Earlier, the two of us had had an intense session on Twitter, with my > attempt at Twittersourcing information on the best Indian-made iPhone > apps for Indians in the considered opinion of the country’s > Twitterati. ‘Tough question,’ replied a tweet from @AtulChitnis, > former COO of Geodesic, an Indian company that provides mobile > solutions (a job that includes developing apps, among other services). > ‘Would be easier if you ask which are the most useful ones,’ he > tweeted, proceeding to name his best five in no particular order. > Next, on came Sapra—@thebiggeek—with his five. Then, all hell broke > loose. There was a mini-war of tweets over which apps were developed > abroad and which were desi. > > In a country where an estimated 100 million apps are downloaded on > smartphones every month, there are plenty of complaints about design > and lazy coding. Some apps, groan several users on iTunes’ customer > review section, lack backend support; the registration processes of > banking apps are leading culprits on this count. And others find their > apps’ utility strangled by the stuttering speeds of India’s 3G telecom > networks. Siri, a voice-driven app that features a talking aunt on the > iPhone, is a fine example of what streaming breaks can do—the talking > app comes up with the sort of answers you’d expect of a drinking buddy > eleven drinks down. > > After several exchanges of tweets, speaking to app developers and > coders, scouring reviews on Apple’s iTunes store, and randomly picking > on iPhone users on the Delhi Metro and in other public places, the two > of us shortlisted five ‘useful’ Indian apps. We have left out apps for > gaming, pornography, religious devotion and astrology, and we have > also excluded inbuilt apps for photos, videos, messaging, social > networking and managing contacts. Here is the list of five, in no > particular order: > > > > NDTV > > It was tough zeroing in on this one in the news category. Smartly > designed and developed by Udupi-based Robosoft Technologies for NDTV > Convergence Pvt Ltd, this free app gives the Indian user plenty of > choices when it comes to live news, including real-time notification > of breaking news. Citizens can become news gatherers themselves and > send in what they see via the app’s NDTV iWitness feature. There are > other features too. The only customer complain about this app are the > advertisements, which are a little too instrusive. > > The other news apps that came close to being picked were IBN Live, > Mint, India Today (which has video clips within text stories), and > Times of India. Some app users also mention Pulse on Twitter. > Developed by two Stanford graduates from India, this app is an > aggregator that delivers news customised to the user’s needs. > > MAPMYINDIA > > The only paid app to make our list (price: $49.99 / Rs 2,490), this is > a voice-guided GPS navigation system developed by Sygic AS > specifically for India. The maps are packed with both graphic and > voice instructions that guide you street-by-street to your destination > in any of its 1,200 Indian towns and cities mapped. Once installed, > this 731 MB app resides in your phone memory, so you need no net > connection to use it. “This is a great example of why localised apps > are the future in India,” says MapMyIndia fan Rajat Agrawal, who runs > bgr.in, a popular gadgets and technology portal. > > ZOMATO > > Developed by Foodiebay Online Services, this is a great urban app that > lets you search across 14,000 restaurants, spanning nine cities: Delhi > NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad > and Jaipur. It smartly detects your location and recommends the best > restaurants around those coordinates. If you don’t like its pick, all > you need do is shake your phone (as you would a jar of tambola chips), > and, presto, a new suggestion pops up. For directions, it uses Google > maps, and lets you surf the eatery’s menu, reviews, photos and > discounts. You can feed it your own reviews and photos. > > SAAVN > > In the absence of live FM radio apps, this free facility developed by > a firm called Saavn is the best Indian music app for your iPhone. > Though it requires iOS4 or a latter edition of this Apple operating > software, it has an amazing catalogue of hundreds of thousands of > Indian songs that include Bollywood music, bhangra, bhajans, ghazals, > and more. The app lets you create your own playlist and lets you share > it real-time on Facebook Timeline. > > BOOKMYSHOW > > What the Indian Railways and air travel industry failed to do for > domestic travellers equipped with iPhones, BookMyShow has done for > movie-goers. Created by Bigtree Entertainment Pvt Ltd, this app lists > movie shows, and lets users choose seats and buy them directly on > their smartphone through multiple payment options. The new version of > this app promises the same facility for plays, concerts and sports > events. > > Other apps that marginally missed the cut here were mundu TV, Tata Sky > Mobile Access and, last but not least, ICICI Bank iMobile. > > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > -- Thanks and regards. ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ ಟಿ ಎಸ್, ಅಬಸಿ Shreedhar T S, Abasi To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act Mobile: 9980989171 Yahoo chat ID: tss_abs Skype: shree475 Blog: http://shreeword.blogspot.com/ ದೃಢ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪವಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಗುರಿ ಸಾಧಿಸುವುದು ಕಷ್ಟ 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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