I second your views. indeed there is no discussion here IOS VS android. it
is better to stick to the thread rather redirecting. and this guy I've
observed couple of times he pokes IOS in to any android related post.
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phonesand Tabs." <mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Mobile.AI] Fwd: Accessibility features in Android 5.0 Lollipop
We'll have you done any thorough study to justify this? Also it is a
choice of every individual. By the way, I don't think there was any poll
here asking which is the best.
Regards,
Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu
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On 30-Dec-2014, at 18:25, jaan ali <jaanalibal...@live.com> wrote:
I agree with him ios is best no matter if you are using a 4s or 5 ios
is the best
-----Original Message----- From: Sagar
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 3:28 PM
To: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile
phonesand Tabs.
Subject: Re: [Mobile.AI] Fwd: Accessibility features in Android 5.0
Lollipop
Hey there android lollipop has nothing major, just better web views.
Google doesn't care much about accessibility.
iOS is best.
Sent from my iPhone
On 26 Dec 2014, at 18:19, Aziz Minat <azizminat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Got from a whatsApp group.
Accessibility features in Android 5.0 Lollipop
Much of Lollipop's accessibility features are unchanged from KitKat, but
there are a few new bits inside
With Android 5.0 Lollipop comes a whole bunch of accessibility features
for those who need to use them. While many have been carried across from
previous versions of Android, there are some new things inside that will
open things up to a new audience who perhaps struggled to use the
platform before.
This is just the base of what's going to be on Android devices from
Lollipop and up. Device makers can build upon this as they desire. But,
read on to see an overview of what's what in Android 5.0.
A video walkthrough
The features
In one handy list, here's an overview of everything you'll find in the
Lollipop accessibility menu. The old and the not so old.
Services
•Talkback: Google Talkback will give you verbal, audio, and vibration
cues by acting as a built-in screen reader. It's perfect for the
visually impaired and can be activated with ease from inside the
accessibility menu. For more on Google Talkback check out our complete
guide here
•Switch Access: A new addition for Lollipop, it allows you to configure
hard buttons to perform certain tasks to enable better navigation for
the visually impaired and makes a pretty powerful tool when paired up
with Talkback.
System
•Captions: Enables the system wide closed caption system for videos.
Having been introduced in KitKat it's still possible some users haven't
had chance to try it out yet. It allows videos to display captions based
on the parameters decided upon here, and you can change the text size
and color within set parameters.
•Magnification Gestures: Magnifies the entire system UI. Activate by
triple-tapping on the display inside any apps on the device, pan around
using a two-finger drag and zoom in/out further using pinch-to-zoom.
•Large Text: - If you just want the text bigger, everywhere, activate it
here. You don't get to choose how much bigger it is, but it does exactly
what it says it will. You can fine tune the text size further in the
display options.
•High Contrast Text: Instead of making text bigger, this will highlight
items that are naturally more difficult to read for visually impaired
people. White text (regardless of the background color it sits on top
of) will be outlined in black and lighter colors such as grays are made
black so they're easier to see.
•Auto Rotate Screen: Duplicated from the Display menu. Sets the display
to rotate to landscape mode whenever you need it to. However not all
apps will work in landscape mode, sadly.
•Speak Passwords: Exactly what it says it does. Use only if you really,
really need to use it and please use it with caution even then.
•Accessibility shortcut: This will allow you to quickly enable
accessibility features, even while the device is locked.
•Text to Speech: This allows you to choose the text-to-speech engine of
your choice, where Google's is the default. Even then you've got
languages galore to choose from and even the ability to pick male/female
voices and the quality of sound you want to hear. Downloading a UK
English female voice in high quality was around 280MB by example.
•Touch and Hold Delays: For those with dexterity issues, how long you
need to press and hold to complete actions could be an issue. This
allows you to alter the duration required to three different settings.
Display
There are some new options for Lollipop designed to assist those with
visual impairments related to color.
•Color Inversion: Google currently labels this as experimental and says
it may affect device performance. In any case what it does is flip the
entire device color scheme to the inverse. It works across the whole
system UI and inside all applications. You can quickly turn this on in
the quick settings by pulling down the notification bar with two
fingers, then tapping on the icon.
•Color Correction: We touched on this when the first L Preview dropped,
though for whatever reason Google has since reduced the number of
options from 6 to 3. In any case, there are options to change the
display mode based on different types of color blindness: Deuteranomaly
(red-green), Protanaomaly (red-green) and Tritanomaly (blue-yellow)
Screenshots taken and shared in any of these display modes will not
reflect the changes you've made, so anyone else will be able to view
them without any color correction. As such we've tried to capture them
on camera which you can see in the gallery below.
No color correctionDeuteranomaly (red-green)Protanomaly
(red-green)Tritanomaly (blue-yellow)Color inversion 1 / 5
No color correction So, that's a quick run through of everything Google
will be including in Android 5.0 Lollipop. Your phone – either pre- or
post-Lollipop update – may have more to offer, and that's even better
news. But Google's doing a better job than it has before with Lollipop,
that's for sure.
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Regards,
Aziz Minat.
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