it is all down to personal preference at the end of the day. if you want a phone that just does that job, and possibly a few others, something like that is probably fine. if however, you want your phone to do a lot more, then the iPhone with it's built in, and easy to activate right out of the box accessibility, plus the support from the V.I iPhone e-mail groups, applevis, etc., to help one find accessible apps and ways of doing things, is a very good choice. I myself, was very reluctant to go for the iPhone myself, as I had a real loathing of touch screens, and if I hadn't got the chance to get a good session of hands on time with one at an RNIB event, would probably not have gone for it. in all fairness however, it did turn out to be a lot easier to use than I had thought. yes, if they had done a version with actual buttons rather than touch screen, I definitely would have gone for that instead, but the clear voice, speed at which it did things, and vastly higher number of things I could do with the iPhone, compared to my nokia N96 with talks, finally was what decided it for me. another thing that did help me a lot when I got mine, was the tactile screen overlay, which does provide a number of feelable dots, which makes things a lot easier. yes, there were some times shortly after I got the iPhone, when I could have quite happily taken a hammer to it, but now that I have got through that, and especially now that I have my bluetooth keyboard working with it, I wouldn't want to go back to talks phones again.
microsoft are being very short sighted, as if you take a look at all of the other widely used latest mobile platforms, iPhone, android, and now even blackberry, they are all now building in accessibility, and windows phone is the only one who is making things worse, rather than better on that front. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: "Ricky Lomey" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 9:17 PM Subject: Re: WINDOW-EYES FOR MOBILES? I have wanted to see Window-Eyes in the mobile platform for years. It would sure make life easier, but since Microsoft hasn't made Windows Seven Mobile accessible, I don't know if that can happen. That is one of the reasons why everyone is going to the iPhone, since Apple has made it accessible. I, on the other hand, have not gone to the iPhone yet, and not sure that I will. I'm still using my old Motorola Q9C with Mobile Speak on it. Pat Ferguson At 01:36 AM 11/23/2012, you wrote: >Hi > >I really hope Gw will one day be able to enter the phone market even though >it is onw only for Windows based items, I've never had a mobile and am now >trying my late mom's older Nokia very simple just pity can't fit WE on it. > > >Ricky Lomey >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
