Hi Erik; I would like to talk further with you regarding this subject.
Please call me at: (856) 885-1730 Or, I'd be happy to call you. Thank you in advance. Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! On May 19, 2013, at 12:53 PM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > Hi, I teach both, and prefer android. Apple accessibility is definitely > more seamless than androids. Android's commitment to accessibility is firm, > but it is more fragmented as some one else said, and they haven't had nearly > as long to get it right as apple has. > > On the other hand, accessibility has somewhat stagnated on the I platform. > There's nothing new and exciting. Where-as android is still adding new > features and supports. > > For a lot of my clients, IOS is still the way to go, but there's nothing I > personally want to do on IOS that I can't do on android. Mail, calendar, > contacts, sms, skype, tunin radio. In fact there are some things that > android has which IOS currently doesn't, such as an accessible diabetes > management system with sugar monitoring hardware, and a full featured onboard > GPS for the blind. > > Android devices can be had cheeper or more expensive depending on what you > want and your carrier. Android peripherals are cheaper overall, or you can > get a phone with the hardware you want built in, such as qwerty keyboards and > FM receivers. Android plans tend to be cheaper than IPhone plans even > without an agreement/term/bulloni-contract nonsense. > > ANdroid gives you flexibility over system voices and input methods and other > system tweaks that can be very important to blind people without jailbreaking > and voiding your warrantee. > > So, there are benefits, and I have clients who choose either or depending on > what their needs ar.e I think they ar both good options at this point and I > appreciate having the choice. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the > ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2013-05-19, at 8:04 AM, James Lockwood <lockwoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It has been a year or so since I attempted to use an android phone. Is it >> other peoples experience that the android software is relatively >> inaccessible to completely blind users? Is that still the case? >> >> >> -- >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
