Hi. I went to Sight Village event hear in the UK and I saw a Samsung Note 2 with an app which might have been Georgie as all of the icons and text were quite large and it had a simple interface. The exhibitor told me that the app is more aimed at the older generation as it was very simple to use and had good colour contrast.
My iCloud address is [email protected] Twitter and Skype Saq5000 Sent from my iPad On 17 Jul 2013, at 13:00, Paul McKee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ginger > Yes, we're getting spoilt for choice now. We've gone from the eyes free shell > to MA, Georgie and Equaleyes looks good too. > Great isn't it? > Cheers > Paul > > On 17/07/2013 12:25, Virginia Robertson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am Ginger. I use Georgie phone. It is very accessible with Android. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul McKee >> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:46 AM >> To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List >> Subject: Re: [MA] for jelly bean users, upgrading from a previous version >> like gigner bread >> >> Hi >> Just a couple of quick points. Having started with mobile speak on a few >> different Nokias, I eventually took the plunge to Android. It's evolving >> very quickly but I now own a nexus 4 phone and a nexus 7 tablet, both of >> which are a joy to use. On the home screen question, MA is no longer my >> home screen, there are so many accessible apps outside of MA and it's easier >> to use JB and explore your way to them than it is to use the MA list of >> apps. I now use MA as an app because I@m used to its contacts and messaging >> system. Even those aspects are accessible in JB but if you aren't a heavy >> user then it's what you're used to and personal preference. >> On the subject of keyboards, I had a couple of android phones with physical >> keyboards and I found that my most used key was delete! It isn't easy to >> touch type on such a small board. However with the latest versions of JB the >> touch screen keyboards are very easy to use, you slide your finger around >> until you find the right key and use that key by lifting your finger rather >> than tapping. It does seem easy after a while and I use delete much less. >> >> Speech input is getting better too and the upcoming Android phones look very >> good in this respect e.g. the moto x. Finally the designers seem to have >> caught on that everyone wants to use phones without looking, not just us. >> >> Onwards and upwards, things are getting better for us all the time. >> >> Good luck >> Cheers >> Paul >> >> >> On 17/07/2013 05:00, tina birenbaum wrote: >>> ok good. it sounds like in some ways things haven't changed, just >>> gotten better. can you tell me also. how to explain to a sighted >>> person when you get to apps if the ma homescreen is what one uses, how >>> do you go from settings in there to accessibility? it sounds like >>> thats changed. i hear there are apps now under settings and more >>> options under the phone settings things that do sound different ,. i'm >>> trying to learn about jelly bean a little too and help my fiance who >>> has the jb phone and is very new to android but so far likes it. >>> Original message: >>>> Making MA the home screen is similar in Jelly Bean to Gingerbread. >>>> You clear the launcher defaults and the next time you press home >>>> button, you have the choice of what you want to be your home screen. >>>> From: Tina Birenbaum <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:14 PM >>>> To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [MA] for jelly bean users,upgrading from a previous >>>> version like gigner bread Is your phone touch screen only or does it >>>> have a keyboard too aa hardware one? >>> >>>> Leslie Fairall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Mobile Accessibility works well with the Samsung Galaxy Relay. I got >>>> Jellybean in April. The only trouble I had was making Mobile >>>> Accessibility my home screen. I figured it out, but forgot how to do >>>> it. >>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. 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