Hi, B.D,
I think HumanWare made a mistake when they decided to sell a screen reader
for the Blackberry phones.
I, for one, wouldn't buy it. I've already got a cell phone, the Motorola Q,
and screenreading software, MobileSpeak SmartPhone, so why would I want to
change?
In my opinion, SmartPhones will never take the place of notetakers for the
blind. Why? Because the keyboards on these phones are very, very small. I
would not want to use my phone's keyboard for any length of time. I'm still
trying to get my braille display to work with the phone. Then, I could
input text through its keyboard. The BN won't work with my cell phone, so I
can't use it to input text or read text. Besides, the layout of the
keyboards on phones would turn off most people because braille style
keyboards are more popular than QWERTY.
Cell phones change all the time! Who's to say that the screenreader Orator
will continue to work with Blackberry phones? You're lucky if a cell phone
lasts two years without needing to be replaced! SmartPhones are battery
eaters! That makes them even more unfeasible as replacements for
notetakers.
I seriously doubt the government would be willing to plunk out money for
this new cell phone when so many cutbacks are happening.
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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