Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-08 Thread Alla rakhi
i wonder why the developers of (talks) and (mobile speak) have not woken up to the new operating systems like android, windows apple IOS, what's the position of those companies, can anyone throw light on this? I think there were some members of this list working with those companies, right? On

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-08 Thread raaju
Thanks gautam sir for the explanation. Well I heard mobile speak can support the phone having windows operating system. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Alla rakhi Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 3:35 PM To: AccessIndia: a

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-08 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Android and iOS doesn't require 3rd party screen readers. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | PayPal | @VasuTweets Sent from my iPhone 4S On 08-Nov-2013, at 15:34, Alla rakhi allarakhi.allarakh...@gmail.com wrote: i wonder why the developers of (talks) and (mobile speak) have not woken up

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-08 Thread Manish Agrawal
Code factory has recently released (or is about to release) a screen reader for the windows phones. This reader is not a full fledged screen reader like voice over or talkback but instead provides access to some of the key functionalities on the phone like dialing, contacts, messages etc.

[AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread habeeb. c
Hello friends, one of my friends wishes to buy Nokia Loomia Phone. Please let me know whether it is accessible. regards -- Habeeb C. Assistant Professor of English Centre for advanced studies and research in English. Farook College. Calicut. Phone. 09946265483. Email. habee...@gmail.com Skype

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread Bharat
as of now, the loomia series mobiles aren't accessible since no mobile screen reader has come up with the support for the windows phones. On 11/7/13, habeeb. c habee...@gmail.com wrote: Hello friends, one of my friends wishes to buy Nokia Loomia Phone. Please let me know whether it is

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread Rahul Bhatia
not now, but in up coming version of windows 8 series of phone there will be a screen reader available,nokia and microsoft has promissed that.. -- Thanks Regards Rahul Bhatia Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
I'm wondering if there would be a lot of technical challenges to make a windows desktop screen reader like NVDA work with windows mobile too. Something like VoiceOver for Mac and iOS. Pranav, Dinesh et al, any comments? Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | PayPal | @VasuTweets Sent from my

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread raaju
I don't know what stupid version of windows has install on lumia device, as it is the phone having the windows operating system, jaws or NVDA should work. But really bad to hear that no screen reader are available for this device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia

Re: [AI] is Lumia an accessible mobile for the visually challenged.

2013-11-07 Thread Him Prasad Gautam
Hi Raju, Basically Windows operating system is same for PC or mobile. However, for functionality of a screen reader, many API has to be developed. Please do not imagine that you can use the same packages of a PC version of a screen reader in mobile. At least portering is necessary. On 11/8/13,