So, aside from talking about the accessibility of different operating systems and perhaps pointing out the flaws in Android, can we get back to the original topic of this thread of the Google Now app? Does anyone have any experience with Google Now? How accessible is Google Now? I know I can get it from the App Store and see for myself. I just wanted to try to get the thread back on topic.
Regards, Wayne Merritt On 4/30/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I debated long and hard between an iPhone and a phone running Android > 4.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich). I chose the iPhone because it did have better > accessibility, but I wouldn't have characterized Android 4.1's > accessibility as greatly lacking, and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) is even > better with respect to accessibility. I agree Android has room for > improvement as far as accessibility goes, but so does everyone, since no > one is perfect. > > On 04/29/2013 05:05 PM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: >> They may have made Android more accessible but it is still greatly >> lacking and has a lot more room for improvement. >> >> On 4/29/13, Srikanth Kanuri <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, I am talking about Google search app for ios. An update to it >>> brought >>> Google now feature. Many buttons were not labeled. Properly. Except the >>> whether card, I couldn't navigate to other cards such as traffic etc. >>> Yes >>> they have made considerable progress but in few apps like latitude, maps >>> etc. They are breaking accessibility update by update. A company like >>> Google >>> should be more caring about accessibility than it is now. >>> >>> Sent from Srikanth's iPhone 5 >>> >>> On 29-Apr-2013, at 10:29 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't understand these posts. Which Google OS are you talking about? >>>> Both Android and ChromeOS come with built in screen readers. Although >>>> they >>>> may not be as good as VoiceOver, they're still quite good and Google >>>> has >>>> made a lot of progress with the accessibility of both OS's over the >>>> last >>>> few years. >>>> >>>> I'm also not aware of a Google IOS app that is not accessible. >>>> >>>> Obviously, they should be pressed for accessibility, but they should >>>> also >>>> be recognized for what they have accomplished, and we also need >>>> examples >>>> of where they are falling down with respect to accessibility. >>>> >>>> On 04/29/2013 11:54 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: >>>>> Good luck with that one since their operating system isn't even very >>>>> accessible compared with IOS. >>>>> >>>>> On 4/29/13, Srikanth Kanuri <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi all, Google now launched for iPhone. It is integrated with Google >>>>>> search >>>>>> app. May be it is time for pressing google for better >>>>>> accessibility. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from Srikanth's iPhone 5 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send >>>>>> an >>>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > 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. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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