you are right sir this was the best axplaination i have ever read on any mailing list. Black berry can be proved the best option if its accessible.
On 4/19/13, mujeeb rahman. <mujeeb.vakka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friend, > > This was one of the most important mails which I have ever read > regarding accesibility. Though some of the list members tried to solve > the issues, none of them gave such a nice explanation! Eventhough you > said it precisely, as others, I too request you to be specific in > suggesting a wonderful model which can be updated in the future. > > Thanks for your time and look forward for your positive response. > > Kindest Regards, > > Mujeeb Rahman > > On 4/19/13, S R Mittal <srmit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mobile.accessindia >> [mailto:mobile.accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of >> prateek >> aggarwal >> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:01 PM >> To: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: [Mobile.AI] which phone should you buy? >> >> Folks: >> during my stay on this list from last few days, I've been able to >> observe that there are quite a lot of confusions in regards to which >> phone one should buy, and specially the accessibility of android based >> phones. >> Being a user of a number of phones right from symbian second edition >> to the smartphone breeds, I thought to answer the questions based on >> my personal observations and experiences if they can help someone in >> some ways. >> Like vamshi bro pointed out, choosing a suitable phone has really >> become million dollar question these days keeping in mind: >> I phone(costly), Nokia (outdated), Android(confusing) etc. >> iPhone, particularly is indeed very accessible, but its far too costly >> than most users shall appreciate to buy. Hence, I'd like to >> specifically focus on whether one should buy nokia or android, and >> what specific things one should keep in mind in order to choose an >> android phone. >> >> well, the answer to that question is indeed difficult, and actually >> quite subjective to the choice and circumstances of every >> individual. >> say, for instance, those who do not have much time/interest to >> explore and just require a solution that's tried and tested, >> some phones of nokia are still available in the stock unofficially, >> that they can buy and start using right away. >> it, however is the reality that symbian is no more available and >> no further such phones are being manufactured by the company >> anymore. therefore, android is the best option keeping the >> availability, cost and accessibility in mind. about android >> version, both 4.0 and 4.1 are accessible, none of them is 100% >> accessible though. >> well you have to accept the fact that android is comparitively new >> and while i personally appreciate google's efforts of implementing >> out of the box accessibility features, it'll obviously take time to >> jell with the expectations of the visually challenged individuals who >> as well have diverse needs/requirements depending on their >> environments and demographics. >> >> so, if you choose to buy the android phone, keep the following things in >> mind: >> >> .whatever someone might claim, no android phone is 100 percent >> accessible as of now, though the statement depends on what tasks you >> would like to perform with your phone, as a lot of them shall be >> accessible and a lot of them won't be. >> >> .android requires the user to have quite a learning curve and the >> patience as one might need to install, try and test with a number of >> third party apps in order to get some tasks done. so if you are not >> interested/motivated for the same, reconsider your decision. >> >> .most of the android based phones that you'll find in the market are >> touchscreen based. while the android certainly has accessibility >> features to enable users to use touch screen with >> screenreaders/magnification applications, i can tell you out of my >> personal experiences that the best speed and comfort that you can find >> is to have the phone that has both touch and type available, although >> i'm fortunate to be able to use 100 percent touchscreen phones as well >> with quite a reasonable speed. >> >> .the tasks like messaging, contacts, phone, music, camera etc are over >> 90 percent accessible in my experience. >> .Log is slightly inaccessible in comparision to nokia phone, but still >> manageable. >> .GPS works fairly good, and the support of google maps is excellent. >> .fm radio is slightly inaccessible, internet radios are manageable >> with the help of third party apps. >> .There are apps available for emailing, facebook, twitter, skype, call >> recording, dictionary, daisy book reading and other such basic tasks, >> which are reasonaablly accessible. >> .reading word, excel and pdf document is not much accessible as yet. >> .there are apps for colour identification, face recognition, OCR etc >> which though are not perfectly developed as yet, but certainly looks >> promising. >> >> .the versions of android shall keep improving, and they really have >> to. however, the accessibility available in android 4.0 and 4.1 is >> quite reasonable, and either of them can be chosen with no hezitations >> as such. even the 4.0, for instance provides you quite a number of >> options to use the phone accessiblly, and 4.1. only adds the icing on >> the cake. personally, i did not find much of a difference in 4.1 and >> 4.2 though. >> >> .considering the fact that android does have the in-built >> accessibility options available, most of the phones that you buy from >> the market should be usable without much of a configguration. though, >> i personally found out that some phones of HTC and LG were using a >> broken accessibility architecture, and did have issues that are not >> found in many of the companion phones. >> >> .rs. 10 to 12 thousand is quite a reasonable amount to obtain a good >> android phone. fortunately, you've got plenty of options and brands >> available to choose from, and i don't see a reason why you shouldn't >> be able to get a good phone with reasonable features in this amount. >> >> in a nutshell, the decision to buy or not buy android is completely >> subjective depending on the above points, and if you've got the >> courage, learning curve, need and excitement of using an android based >> phone, go for one, and you'll definetly enjoy it. >> technologies are changing fast, and android is the most latest option >> for any mobile buyers including visually impaired individuals if they >> have to step with the changing trends. particularly about visually >> impaired persons, i personally advise to go for it if you can, as the >> feedback from most possible users can only make the good things >> happened, and only then we, as a group of visually impaired >> individuals shall be able to turn the stones in our favor by getting >> more features implemented both by google as well as the third parties. >> >> I don't know if the above lengthy email has helped anyone of you, but >> if it has helped in any little way, please feel free to write back >> for anymore questions/queries/doubt that you may have, where you feel >> that I can help you with. >> Please understand that above points are based only on my personal >> observations and experiences which are of course limited and they may >> or may not be true in your context. >> Thank you for reading my such a lengthy email, and I'll be happy to >> learn from your experiences as well. Please write back with your >> experiences especially if they add or correct something to my >> observations written above. >> Regards, >> Prateek agarwal. >> CEO, >> Daedal technovations pvt. 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