Hello Paul
I use the Nokia Screen Reader on my Nokia N86. It is very good for a
free screen reader and provides similar access to the phone, including
browsing the web, than Talks does. It is not as customizable as Talks in
its early stages, but I feel it has a huge potential to be a low cost
alternative.
The Nokia N86 is a slide out phone, sliding both ways, and has a
standard telephone keypad. It offers bluetooth, wifi, 3g, an 8 megapixel
camera, gps, and I think that covers it.
Hope this helps.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 18/11/2012 19:07, Paul Hopewell wrote:
Hello,
Do any of you folks on this list have experience of using a Nokia Smart Phone,
such as the Nokia 500, with the free Nokia Screen reader? If so do you have any
comments on its suitability for use by blind and visually impaired people?
FYI the Nokia 500 is a touch screen mobile phone with 3G, wifi, bluetooth, a 5
MP camera, and GPS. It offers Internet, Email, and Navigation using Nokia maps.
It costs about £120.
My interest is that I am updating a web page at www.rpfb.org.uk on mobile
phones in the RP and technology section. I am covering the iPhone, the Android
running the fully accessible Android 4.1, the Georgie suite of applications
designed for the blind on an Android phone, and the specialist talking basic
phones offered by the RNIB.
Given its low price and its free screen reader I wonder if the Nokia phone is a
possible low cost alternative for blind people to the iPhone and the Android.
If you have any experience of Nokia smart phones running the Simbian operating
system I would appreciate your comments.
Many thanks.
Paul Hopewell
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