I had an Android phone for half a year. Sure, typing on it wasn’t all that great because I was used to Braille screen input on the iPhone, but I could definitely do a lot with it. Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor in Training JAWS, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint certified by World Services for the Blind
> On Nov 10, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Tyler Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > Again, 100% false. Especially these days. > Even the cheapest phone in 2017, so long as it isn’t coming to you from > someplace like china where the play store isn’t allowed has talkback out of > the box, has everything accessible and usable. > The days of android being less accessible than apple are pretty much over > with. > Sorry if I keep saying that, I’m trying to actually set the record straight > on this because it’s a falsehood that many in this community are set on. It > isn’t perfect, yet. But getting there and is far, far more open and allowing > than apple. And considering apples price increases > > From: Shaun Everiss <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: November 9, 2017 7:15 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > Apple stuff is accessible, android well the fact you can have > customisations and manufacturer screens and therefor inaccessible > interfaces meaning a user has to do untold things to get their stuff > configured is not me. > > The pluss is the extra configuration options I guess, for me I have used > symbian on my nokia and am happy with closed souced programs I don' > > 't want a modified thingy. > > With apple I have 1 client software to handle, 1 constant os and thats it. > > I wouldn't ever get the latest device but still who knows. > > A friend has both one for games and an android for phone. > > > > > On 10/11/2017 3:46 a.m., john wrote: > > You make an excellent point, and one that's only likely to grow stronger > > given Apple's new pricing model. > > > > > > From: Milos Przic > > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 6:07 > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > > > > > > > Hello, > > This is certainly not true for the hole World. I am aware that in the US, > > for example, things might be close to what you are saying, even though the > > US has a relatively big Android users' community, but when you look at it > > from the non-US perspective, you get a way bigger community. I think that > > among us blind there are more users of Android than those of IOS, and this > > number is getting bigger every day for many reasons. It is another question > > who would be willing to pay and how much, but I am sure that the number of > > those who actually would use the in-app purchases possibility would be > > equal to those who did and would do this on Iphone. > > So I want to use this occasion to tell the developers not to look on the > > hole World from the US perspective. Ok, the quality of life there might be > > better than in many other parts of the World at least when it comes to > > economy, but America is not the center of the World, and many people from > > there tend to behave as if it were so, doing damage to their own > > businesses. I myself was surprised when I discovered how much Android is > > used among the blind when I became an Android user myself. So please do not > > make assumptions based on no evidence and from the US-centric point of view. > > When it comes to reprogramming and recoding, yes, it is quite a work, long > > and hard, but if the Apple is not clear about how many apps a developer can > > publish and how similar or different they should be between each other, it > > really means that "alternative" optionns are a better way. > > Best, > > Miloš > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: john > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > > > > > Josh: > > It almost certainly would not be worth it. In the blind community, it > > seems that Android is actually only used by a small, if very loyal, group > > of people. I'll say this platform loyalty transfers into double sales, but > > even so, 5%*2=10% of original sales figures. That's not worth it. > > > > > > From: Josh Kennedy > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 22:29 > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > > > > > yes it would take time. but would be worth it i think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/8/2017 21:49, Liam Erven wrote: > > > > Josh. You realize all of his games would have to be rewritten from the > > ground up right? > > > > It’s not exactly a rainy day project. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > > > > > From: Josh Kennedy > > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:46 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > > > > > > > just switch to google play store so we android users can have more > > games please. thanks. and a new talkback just came out recently 6.0 beta. > > it works very good. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/8/2017 20:37, Liam Erven wrote: > > > > It’s unfortunate, but I’ve talked to some other developpers who have > > had the same issues. > > > > Mainly developpers who are designing apps as 3rd parties get hit by > > this. > > > > I will certainly write and Call Apple though. Maybe enough people > > can give you some sort of free pass, though I doubt it. > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > > > > > From: Joe Quinn > > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:28 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > > > > > > > What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able to do in > > app purchases? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s > > decision is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of > > apps, they will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates > > to be make. > > > > From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and > > time-consuming. From a business perspective, that would mean spending > > hundreds of hours recoding the games, with no possible > > return-on-investment. Most of the games generate sales in the first three > > months of the game being released, and I’ve been building these games for 4 > > years. > > > > From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be > > ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and > > almost unusable. > > > > If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your > > opinion to Apple. The accessibility desk is at [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> or you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to > > everyone for enjoying my games. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- sent with mozilla thunderbird > > > > > > > > > > >
