I might be wrong but the Dell Mini 5 and the HTC HD2 are not smart phones but are the so called tablets. Further, the Dell Mini 5 for sure and perhaps the HD2 as well are based on the Android platform. The accessibility of Android is way behind the iPhone and it is not going to drastically improve anytime soon. This is because the Eyes-Free Android shell and the Talkback screen reader projects are voluntary contributions of code at the moment. Further more, since the Dell Mini 5 is not a phone,it won't be able to access the Android Market Place to get the Eyes-Free shell.
Regards, Kiran Follow me on Twitter! www.twitter.com/kirankaja12 -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of KARAN GUPTA Sent: 14 March 2010 14:17 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Accessibility of I Phone (latest version) Not only in mentioned basic features, it works fine but its voice-over also handels all the high-end features quite seamlessly. It is time consuming with voice-over turned on because one need to be more accurate in any touchscreen smartphones to tap the items relatively to any other traditional handsets. IPhone ought to be one of the smartest handheld but I'd still reckon to check out accessibility features of HTC HD2 and Dell mini 5 (expected 2nd Q) in terms of, which you can access more comfortably without any hitch. Many Thanks. On 14 Mar 2010, at 05:30 PM, shikher goyal <shikag...@gmail.com> wrote: > comes to know it is accessible and also time consuming.want to know > about its accessibility in basic functions like in messaging, > contacts, music, settings menu etc. does it perfectly work in above > functions like talks works or little bit tricky there also. > if anybody who is using, then please mail me off the list. > thanking you > regards. Shikhar > > > On 3/13/10, KARAN GUPTA <kara...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> As this question has already been discussed actually - to answer it >> in a >> best possible way would be...one need to have IPhone OS 3.0 or higher >> installed on any of the three models of IPhone to make it >> compatible with >> its accessibility functionalities like voice-over, magnification, >> invert-colors, shake-dial, pinch-out, one-word ebook display and >> TTS etc. It >> comes with apple's proprietary screen reader though somewhat like >> iMac or >> macbook pro. I had already ran a live pilot survey on my totally VI >> friends >> at AFB (US), RNIB (UK) and some other major cities of the first world >> countries. Almost all of them had a very similar and straight- >> forward answer >> that the phone is undoubtedly a smartphone leader but they just can >> not afford to loose their already maintained speed and accuracy >> with any of >> the other phones out there that provide them haptic as well as >> tactile >> feedback. As the IPhone has 3.5 mm diagonal touchscreen TFT >> display. On the >> other hand, it is very much accessible indeed. You may give me a >> shout >> anytime, in case you pop around to Delhi and have an essence of how >> does an >> IPhone 3GS feels and works with its all accessibility features for a >> real-world use on its very latest 3.1.3 OS. All these accessibility >> features >> are simply outstanding except its screen reading proprietary >> software, which >> sounds a bit gimmicky to me unless we see some revolutionary >> developments >> ahead in navigating the apps which takes advantage of its one of >> the kind >> capacitive touchscreen with the combination of its next-gen screen >> reading >> software (hopefully out in 3rd Q 2010) unlike other touchscreen >> phones using >> resistive technology (stylus-thingy), which eventually doubles the >> problem >> for VI like the one I found in Samsung windows phone. The final >> verdict; its >> easy, its accessible but very time-consuming, sluggish and may not >> accurate. >> >> Cheers >> - KG >> >> >> On 13 March 2010 22:09, Sameer <sala...@gawab.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Is the latest model of the IPhone accessible to the blind? I have >>> heard >>> that it has it's own proprietary screenreader but am not sure of >>> it's ease >>> of use. In case any member is using IPhone or knows somebody using >>> it, >>> could >>> you please provide me your views on it's accessibility? >>> >>> Thanking you all in advance for any & all assistance. >>> >>> Regards >>> Mr. Sameer Latey, >>> Mumbai, India >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.inwith the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other >>> changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other >> changes, please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other > changes, please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. 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