One statement in this message is incorrect. Accessibility on Android phones is--and has always been--free. Spiel and Talk Back are free open source screen readers for Android. Mobile Accessibility is not free, although some carriers provide it for free, but it's not your only screen reading option on Android. Android 4.0 and beyond include Talk Back in the OS, and just as with the iPhone, a blind person can enable Talk Back during the set up of the Android phone without any sighted assistance. As others have said, accessibility on Android phones has been improving at a pretty significant rate, so just because something was true 6 months ago, doesn't mean it's still the case.
On 22/08/12 15:04, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: > Hi all. I wouldn't give up my i phone either. My main reason for going > with apple's products is that they are accessible out of the box. I > know that with some phone carriers if you get an android the > accessibility is free like Sprint and some other carriers. If the > carrier isn't one of them then you have to pay 99 or 100 dollars for the > accessibility. That made my decision as to which platform I was going > with. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
