David, I enjoyed reading your post; it did present some interesting angles regarding my thought process.
I believe that the impossible is that which has not been tried. We could all wake up tomorrow and hear an important announcement: Jaws for Android is here! Shall we throw up our arms in the air in disgust? I doubt that. If nothing else, many of us will play ball with it and see where its chips land. After all, in Android Land, you can have as many screen readers as you choose--Talkback, ShinePlus can be used in any Android toy; VoiceAssistant and VoiceViews are still partial to their creators, Samsung and Amazon in that order. I've never been a programmer; yet, I've seen Windows apps being ported over to Android. A good example is Outlook, another is Word and, yes, Excel is available on the Android platform. I may be odd, but I do love and appreciate being able to use touchscreen toys! I am, as of the present moment, equally productive on my Shiny Android toys as I am using a keyboard with a computer. I taught myself all that I do and I ask questions of more knowledgeable folks when I am stuck. No, I'm not a guru and do not frankly wish to be one--nonetheless, if it weren't for the legacy Windows app that are work related, I shall have divorced Windows and keep on running with ONLY Android TOYS in my pocket! I do a lot of travel, I see touchscreen terminals lined up forever at airports. Sadly, they are not accessible. To get around that for the time being, I bring all I need with me for my trips. Example, I check in and print my own burden pass all the time before heading out to the airport. I'm STINGY ENOUGH not to CHECK BAGS, so there's never an argument there. In fact, I don't even go to the airline counter, I head straight to the T S A security line. Oh, I have also CLEARED T S A security checks so i don't need to remove my underwear, belts or shoes to pass through the screening process. Guess I'm crazy lucky and I realise that not everyone is similarly situated. The clearance I have is NOT FREE, cost $100 for five years, I renew it again in 2023 if I'm still breathing and a bit less troublesome, <LOL!> There are a heck of a lot of things I can do with my touchscreen phone which a computer or any currently available access technology DO NOT make possible. For instance, if I don't wish to print my burden pass and carry a piece of paper in my pocket, I can simply show it on my touchscreen Shiny Android toy to a screener at the security gate, or at an airline check-in counter. I'm one person who prefers 99% of everything electronically 'cause the prospects of a misplacement is sharply reduced for me. Heck, for international travels, I can CLEAR THE U.S. CUSTOMS electronically on my touchscreen Shiny Android toy even before I board my flight back home. No computer or access technology will help me do that, but my Shiny Android toys do and they fit snugly in my chest pocket. Thus, I can keep hope alive; it may or may not happen. Notwithstanding, I sure hope that someone much more brilliant than I figures out a way to resurrect Window-Eyes as a screen reader on the Android platform! In some shape or form, we've been here before: Window-Eyes was dying, some of us shouted it out from the treetops and were sent to the gas chambers so we could be forgotten and never heard from. Fortunately, the doors of the gas chambers DIDN'T CLOSE before we were vindicated. Should the hope I nurse become a reality, this beggar who wishes for what is classified as impossible surely wants to ride into town with happiness pushing a Window-Eyes for Android cart! Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
