Mr. Ringwald asked: "Anyone using an android phone"?"
Yes sir. I live and breathe Android with plans to someday ditch Windows and its associated screen readers as soon as it becomes practicable. I like and love Android. It is absolutely important to come to Android with an open mind and a readiness to deal with some lerning curve. No real handholding with Android compared to other platforms. There's also no one size fits all in Android land: There are a variety of toys to choose from depending on how much each person is willing to pay for an Android toy. You can begin your investigation of Android by visiting this site: www.inclusiveandroid.com There's also a book written by Ms. Ana Garza and Mr. James Meddaugh available from the National Braille Press. You also wrote: "Is there an Android email list?" Yes, there are quite a number of mailing lists for and about Android. The best one is setup by Google; it is hardly ever moderated, but several developers are on it. There is constant interaction between the user community and Talkback developers. It can be a very high traffic list; far too often, folks comparing Ios to Android bring on the noise! However, if you can look beyond the noise machines, there are so many knowledgeable folks on the mailing list that are willing to help an Android novice. One great thing about Android is that you can use any number of TTS engines; amongst them, Eloquence, Vocalizer, Voxygen, Speak TTS, Acapela and the list goes on. Typically, the default TTS on an Android device is Google TTS, but you can change it to whatever you like. To subscribe to the mailing list, please send a blank message to: eyes-free+subscr...@googlegroups.com Please note that Braille support in Android is not all that arrow sharp at the moment. However, several Braille notetakers and displays are supported using BrailleBack. You do not need any extra software in order to connect your Android toy to the computer and interact with it. Your toy will show up as another drive and you can move files back and forth between your Windows and your Android toy just as you would do using a flash drive or an SD card. I hope the foregoing is reasonably helpful; if you have any additional questions, please post in this space. Much thanks! Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com