how does this deal with mobile accessibility? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Robertson" <[email protected]> To: "'Mobile Accessibility Android Users List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:45 PM Subject: RE: [MA] for jelly bean users,upgrading from a previous version like ginger bread
>I can vouch for how great Georgie is. I just love it. It keeps Android > users not makes them want to fly to IPhone. I just love Georgie. It's > time > someone give Android users a choice in speech package. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Saqib > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:33 AM > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > Subject: Re: [MA] for jelly bean users, upgrading from a previous version > like ginger bread > > Hi. If you download the iBlink Radio app! All the podcasts relating to > tech > will be on there and it includes the Android show as the Serotek company > do > the podcasts themselves and the Iblink Radio app is developed from them as > well. > > My iCloud address is [email protected] Twitter and Skype Saq5000 > Sent > from my iPad > > On 17 Jul 2013, at 15:37, Paul McKee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Al >> Sorry I don't have anything like that. I tend to learn by trial and error > and the odd video on youtube. The only difference between the nexus 7and a > typical android phone is that you can't, of course, make calls or send > text > messages. However the screen is bigger and therefore less cluttered but > still not too big to explore by touch. There is only access to the > internet > through wifi but that's fine for me. Also the storage isn't to impressive > as > there is no sd card, however that seems to be easily fixed with nexus > media > importer which allows you to connect a flash drive. I've used this for > music > and films without any hassle. Would I buy one again? Well I'm looking > forward to the new version so I can get one for my wife too. >> >> Ah, just remembered there's a really good podcast called that android > show, they did a whole podcast on the nexus 7 so that should really help. > You can find that through the marvellous Tune In radio app and search for > "that android show". >> Hope this helps >> Cheers >> Paul >> >> >> >> On 17/07/2013 14:32, [email protected] wrote: >>> Hello Paul! If possible do you have any tutorials on how to use the >>> nexus 7? How to turn on and off speech as well as using other apps? If > you have >>> any manuals to forward it would be greatly appreciated or pod cast. >>> You >>> may also contact me off list. >>> >>> Al >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Paul McKee >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:46 AM >>> To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List >>> Subject: Re: [MA] for jelly bean users, upgrading from a previous >>> versionlike 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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