Hi, unfortunately jury can't be out on any definitive answer. But from my personal experience, I can say that I have found the qwerty phone to be the best in terms of speed and access. There are few people who used the traditional numeric keyboard and could never be comfortable with a qwerty. But for me the switch was a breeze and I could enter text much faster. touch screen can never match the speeds we can achieve with the physical qwerty keyboard if there is not any revolutionary change from the current accessibility and text entry. I would put my bet on an android with a physical keyboard. As far as your first question is concerned, obviously in the beginning you have to spend a lot of time on the device. Secondly, the phones manufactured by the Indian companies are not a match to samsung phones in terms of touch screen sensetivity. I was very happy with my Karbon in the beginning but with the passage of time, I have noticed a lag in touch sensetivity and also other problems like non-responsiveness of the keypad lock are cropping up. On ther other hand my old samsung is still working like a charm after 2 and half years of rigorous use. the touch wiz UI of samsung does hamper accessibility partly but it is still worth considering. another observation I would like to make about certain models of samsung like the Grand Duos. I tried two handsets but accessibiity could not start despite repeated attempts. So you need to check at the counter itself whether a phone would be worth buying. This goes with any phone. Because of the open nature of android, Handsets from different manufacturers do not behave similarly.
On 19/04/2013, ishita kapoor <ishitakapoor...@gmail.com> wrote: > what does mean by extra time sir? > Is it for initial period or we have to spare extra time always? > You are right we dont have many touch and type devices in android. > I just wanted to know is it possible to work with only touch phone > after lots of practice? > If yes then do we have any accessible and tested budget phone? > have found few android phones which cost not more then 10000. But > the problem is i am not enough briliant to test accessibility. So i > along with few friends have requested list members to try and test > some devices on behalf of us. > > On 4/19/13, Aaruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think the choice is quite simple. if you just want a phone with >> accessibility of calls, sms and contacts, you may either go for nokia >> which is unfortunately a dying breed, or better still you may go for >> blackberry which is very much alive and in the race. but if you are >> willing to experiment and be patient and can give some extra time for >> your mobile device, android is the right choice. if you can have a >> touch and type phone with good specs, you will have the best of both >> worlds. no doubt that android and apple have the maximum number of >> apps which are accessible. But unfortunately qwerrty phones are not >> very readily available in india and the one that is available is >> samsung chat 5330 which doesn't have great specs but may just be >> enough to buy at a affordable price. >> >> On 19/04/2013, mujeeb rahman. <mujeeb.vakka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Dear Friend, >>> >>> This was one of the most important mails which I have ever read >>> regarding accesibility. Though some of the list members tried to solve >>> the issues, none of them gave such a nice explanation! Eventhough you >>> said it precisely, as others, I too request you to be specific in >>> suggesting a wonderful model which can be updated in the future. >>> >>> Thanks for your time and look forward for your positive response. >>> >>> Kindest Regards, >>> >>> Mujeeb Rahman >>> >>> On 4/19/13, S R Mittal <srmit...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Mobile.accessindia >>>> [mailto:mobile.accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of >>>> prateek >>>> aggarwal >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:01 PM >>>> To: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> Subject: [Mobile.AI] which phone should you buy? >>>> >>>> Folks: >>>> during my stay on this list from last few days, I've been able to >>>> observe that there are quite a lot of confusions in regards to which >>>> phone one should buy, and specially the accessibility of android based >>>> phones. >>>> Being a user of a number of phones right from symbian second edition >>>> to the smartphone breeds, I thought to answer the questions based on >>>> my personal observations and experiences if they can help someone in >>>> some ways. >>>> Like vamshi bro pointed out, choosing a suitable phone has really >>>> become million dollar question these days keeping in mind: >>>> I phone(costly), Nokia (outdated), Android(confusing) etc. >>>> iPhone, particularly is indeed very accessible, but its far too costly >>>> than most users shall appreciate to buy. Hence, I'd like to >>>> specifically focus on whether one should buy nokia or android, and >>>> what specific things one should keep in mind in order to choose an >>>> android phone. >>>> >>>> well, the answer to that question is indeed difficult, and actually >>>> quite subjective to the choice and circumstances of every >>>> individual. >>>> say, for instance, those who do not have much time/interest to >>>> explore and just require a solution that's tried and tested, >>>> some phones of nokia are still available in the stock unofficially, >>>> that they can buy and start using right away. >>>> it, however is the reality that symbian is no more available and >>>> no further such phones are being manufactured by the company >>>> anymore. therefore, android is the best option keeping the >>>> availability, cost and accessibility in mind. about android >>>> version, both 4.0 and 4.1 are accessible, none of them is 100% >>>> accessible though. >>>> well you have to accept the fact that android is comparitively new >>>> and while i personally appreciate google's efforts of implementing >>>> out of the box accessibility features, it'll obviously take time to >>>> jell with the expectations of the visually challenged individuals who >>>> as well have diverse needs/requirements depending on their >>>> environments and demographics. >>>> >>>> so, if you choose to buy the android phone, keep the following things >>>> in >>>> mind: >>>> >>>> .whatever someone might claim, no android phone is 100 percent >>>> accessible as of now, though the statement depends on what tasks you >>>> would like to perform with your phone, as a lot of them shall be >>>> accessible and a lot of them won't be. >>>> >>>> .android requires the user to have quite a learning curve and the >>>> patience as one might need to install, try and test with a number of >>>> third party apps in order to get some tasks done. so if you are not >>>> interested/motivated for the same, reconsider your decision. >>>> >>>> .most of the android based phones that you'll find in the market are >>>> touchscreen based. while the android certainly has accessibility >>>> features to enable users to use touch screen with >>>> screenreaders/magnification applications, i can tell you out of my >>>> personal experiences that the best speed and comfort that you can find >>>> is to have the phone that has both touch and type available, although >>>> i'm fortunate to be able to use 100 percent touchscreen phones as well >>>> with quite a reasonable speed. >>>> >>>> .the tasks like messaging, contacts, phone, music, camera etc are over >>>> 90 percent accessible in my experience. >>>> .Log is slightly inaccessible in comparision to nokia phone, but still >>>> manageable. >>>> .GPS works fairly good, and the support of google maps is excellent. >>>> .fm radio is slightly inaccessible, internet radios are manageable >>>> with the help of third party apps. >>>> .There are apps available for emailing, facebook, twitter, skype, call >>>> recording, dictionary, daisy book reading and other such basic tasks, >>>> which are reasonaablly accessible. >>>> .reading word, excel and pdf document is not much accessible as yet. >>>> .there are apps for colour identification, face recognition, OCR etc >>>> which though are not perfectly developed as yet, but certainly looks >>>> promising. >>>> >>>> .the versions of android shall keep improving, and they really have >>>> to. however, the accessibility available in android 4.0 and 4.1 is >>>> quite reasonable, and either of them can be chosen with no hezitations >>>> as such. even the 4.0, for instance provides you quite a number of >>>> options to use the phone accessiblly, and 4.1. only adds the icing on >>>> the cake. personally, i did not find much of a difference in 4.1 and >>>> 4.2 though. >>>> >>>> .considering the fact that android does have the in-built >>>> accessibility options available, most of the phones that you buy from >>>> the market should be usable without much of a configguration. though, >>>> i personally found out that some phones of HTC and LG were using a >>>> broken accessibility architecture, and did have issues that are not >>>> found in many of the companion phones. >>>> >>>> .rs. 10 to 12 thousand is quite a reasonable amount to obtain a good >>>> android phone. fortunately, you've got plenty of options and brands >>>> available to choose from, and i don't see a reason why you shouldn't >>>> be able to get a good phone with reasonable features in this amount. >>>> >>>> in a nutshell, the decision to buy or not buy android is completely >>>> subjective depending on the above points, and if you've got the >>>> courage, learning curve, need and excitement of using an android based >>>> phone, go for one, and you'll definetly enjoy it. >>>> technologies are changing fast, and android is the most latest option >>>> for any mobile buyers including visually impaired individuals if they >>>> have to step with the changing trends. particularly about visually >>>> impaired persons, i personally advise to go for it if you can, as the >>>> feedback from most possible users can only make the good things >>>> happened, and only then we, as a group of visually impaired >>>> individuals shall be able to turn the stones in our favor by getting >>>> more features implemented both by google as well as the third parties. >>>> >>>> I don't know if the above lengthy email has helped anyone of you, but >>>> if it has helped in any little way, please feel free to write back >>>> for anymore questions/queries/doubt that you may have, where you feel >>>> that I can help you with. >>>> Please understand that above points are based only on my personal >>>> observations and experiences which are of course limited and they may >>>> or may not be true in your context. >>>> Thank you for reading my such a lengthy email, and I'll be happy to >>>> learn from your experiences as well. Please write back with your >>>> experiences especially if they add or correct something to my >>>> observations written above. >>>> Regards, >>>> Prateek agarwal. >>>> CEO, >>>> Daedal technovations pvt. Ltd. >>>> www.daedaltechnovations.com >>>> >>>> Search for previous postings at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mobile.accessindia mailing list >>>> Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind >>>> ia.org.in >>>> >>>> to post send mail to: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> >>>> >>>> Search for previous postings at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mobile.accessindia mailing list >>>> Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>>> >>>> to post send mail to: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> >>> >>> Search for previous postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile.accessindia mailing list >>> Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> to post send mail to: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks and regards, >> aruni Sharma. >> Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, JNPG College, Lucknow, >> India. >> Accessibility consultant, RSVI Lucknow. >> >> Search for previous postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile.accessindia mailing list >> Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> to post send mail to: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> > > Search for previous postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile.accessindia mailing list > Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > to post send mail to: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > -- Thanks and regards, aruni Sharma. 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