Does anyone on this MA list have any androyd tablet's? If yes please contact me. On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:22:47 -0500, Lisa Leonardi wrote:
>I can't answer your question as to whether or not speech is useful during a >call, because I never really bother to do it. Now, if call waiting occurs, >you >can double tap the screen, and it will speak the name of the caller. >I can tell you also that if you put the phone on speaker phone, your caller >will hear your speech. >As far as facebook goes, m.facebook.com works fine. The facebook has some >accessibility, but not a lot. I use a different app called FriendCaster. It's >extremely accessible. The only thing I needed sighted assistance for was the >initial log-in, and the allowing of the app to access facebook. Once that is >done, you don't have to do it again, unless you accidentally log yourself >out. >Then, you'll need to log in again, possibly with sighted help. After that >though, the app is wonderful, and even has more features than the original >facebook app. >As far as you only having 2 or 3 external apps on your windows phone, there >are many accessible apps out there for the android. Some are more accessible >than others, but you'll find that even if an app has some features that >aren't >so accessible, it's quite usable. >I'd advise you to check out www.androidaccess.net which as a hundred or more >apps listed, with reviews from android users. >Also, there are more accessible apps not on the site. >I hope that helps. >From:Traci >Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 11:45 AM >To:[email protected] >Subject: [MA] New member, quite curious >Hello all, >Over the weekend I have been listening to Android accessibility podcasts, and >they have me quite curious! Hopefully, some of you can answer a few >questions. *Grin,* I'm sure I'll come up with more. >1. What is speech access like during a phone call? When a text msg comes >through, call waiting caller ID, or you just want to check the time? >2. How about facebook? Do you use the mobile site, or does the facebook app >work? >3. Overall phone accessibility. If you were to compare your Android >Accessibility, how would you word it? On par with your windows experience, >or >more accessible? I sure know on my windows 6.5 phone, I only have 2 or 3 >third party apps. >That is all I can think of for now. Please share anything you may find >helpful. I just assumed, I would leap on the iPhone bandwagon, but I'm >having >a few doubts. >Thank you so much, >Traci >PS. Also, I'd appreciate being directed to any further podcasts you >recommend. >_______________________________________________ >ma_mailing mailing list >[email protected] >http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing
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