Sorry I am very behind on this list. I never bothered to try to touch
type on a physical keyboard because the keys are so small. However, I
find that I'm now very good at typing one-handed. I hold the phone in my
right hand, and type with the left. I've also played with the touch screen
keyboard. It's nice to be able to do both, in my opinion.
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Paul McKee wrote:
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.
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