Hi Dark, Well, of course having an accessible phone just to have a decent phone is only half of it. Obviously, since I am looking at smartphones I am hoping to get a few extras like the ability to listen to Internet radio, watch Youtube videos on the go, maybe play a few games, and generally have a portable computer with me. When I go to the market to buy things it would be nice to pull out my phone and read my shopping list rather than having to braille it or give a print list to someone to read for me. A smartphone would allow me a bit of portability when it comes to taking anything from a standard shopping list or an e-book with me on the go.
Plus I have found out that both the iPhone and Android are able to use OCR apps like Text Grabber that will allow me to lay a print document such as a piece of mail, a book, cooking directions for a meal, etc on the table where I can use Text Grabber to take a picture of the document and convert it to text so I can read it with the phone's screen reader. That would be an extremely useful tool now that I am once again going to be single and living on my own. I'm naturally going to have to begin looking for things like that which can aid in my personal independence now that I do not have around the clock help from my wife or son. Cheers! On 11/13/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > I'm sorry to hear about the devorce and appreciate the trouble, it's a shame > > that osmehting which is already emotionally difficult has to come with such > > a lot of financial issues. > > Of course, if your looking for an accessible phone just as an accessible > phone that's fair enough. > > I confess, I actually only looked into Ios myself primarily for games and > other fun stuff. Previous to this, I always thought a tablet, or indeed a > phone with similar functions for me at least was a little superfluous. > > Up until last October I used a very bog standard, actually quite old but > still functioning Nockier phone. This had zero accessibility features at > all, however it did the job I wanted it for, it was a phone! I could pick it > > up, dile a number and speak to someone, and get messages by phoning the > answer service. For E-mails, music, books, games, word processing etc on the > > go, well frankly having carried a laptop around on my back for close to 15 > years it never particularly struck me as a big deal to do so, even going as > > far as whipping my laptop out on station platforms or while sitting on a > park bench. Of course,six hour battery life was annoying, but not a deal > breaker since I was rarely outside a charge socket for longer than that even > > on trains. > > The Iphone was therefore for me mainly a luxury thing to have fun with, ---- > > and yes it's certtainly done that, albeit I have been very pleased at the > amount of other things it's done. > > While I still own a laptop (and indeed am writing on one now), I will admit > > I do find the extras the Iphone has, and the fact that it's small enough to > > say just take with me up the street very helpful. > > so, if you want a phone, just as a phone there are likely other options > available. Whether Ios or Android, ultimately your getting a lot more than > just a phone, and it's really that lot more that takes up the money. > > All the best, > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
