Dear Accessindians, Interesting discussion, but the more I read the more depressed I get as I love to use my phone beyond mere phone. Since Android and Iphone have no keyboard, I am actually feeling very insecure. Are there any Android phones at the higher end with keyboard?
Is there any blind/low vision friend who is using Iphone? I think the learning curve in Iphone and Android devices is very steep. Do comment please and try and lift this veil of depression. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/3/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma <pr_ve...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I recently bought Samsung galaxy S3 android phone. You will know that along > with iPhone it is touted as the best smart phone and the internet is full > of > comparisons. > I chose to buy this instead of iPhone 5 because first in India iPhone 5 > will > arrive only in November or December and secondly the new Maps application > is > not likely to work in India until further few months on the iPhone. > In addition to this I wanted to test book reading apps on android as a part > of my professional work. > > With Talkback, eyes free keyboard and few other apps this phone has become > accessible. Despite no physical keys it is possible to do everything on the > phone although several things take much more time as compared to a phone > with full keypad. The voice recognition feature is much improved and I am > eagerly waiting for its Jelly bean update after which it will be possible > to > do more with voice. Even now I am able to search contacts and send sms with > the voice recognition app. > > This phone is a delight for a person with low vision. The fantastic big > screen with the option of increasing the font size to large or huge makes > the screen readable. The digital magnifying apps are also wonderful. They > convert this device into a good reading tool giving serious competition to > the digital magnifiers which alone sell for 20 K and beyond. I won't > recommend this to a totally blind person yet. It will be an unnecessary > extra expenditure on a big screen. > > > Time permitting I will write more on this. > > Prashant > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/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 > > -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan3333 Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/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
