[Blindtlk] mobile phone

Tue Aug 27 00:54:25 UTC 2013

Robin,

Do you know if this Motorola phone has a screen reader on it? If it runs
Google software, it is most likely Android, in which case you can either use
Google's Talkback screen reader for Android or Mobile Accessibility.

Chris

Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
Public Relations Committee
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Phone: (443) 547-2409

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robin
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 4:11 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mobile phone

Has anyone thought of purchasing the NEW Motorola SMART Phone by Google? I'm
referring to the Motto X.

 From what I have been able to determine, it's not as robust as other
Android phones or the iPhone, but it does boast a long battery life along
with numerous other Voice activated options.

At 04:55 AM 8/26/2013, you wrote:
>I totally agree.  After having the iPhone for almost a year, the LG 
>Optimus G phone I have was very easy to work with.  Since we're with 
>AT&T, the Mobile Accessibility screen access is free of charge, and can 
>be downloaded from the Google Pllay Store, and uses the vocalizer 
>voices, i.e. the same voice used in Apple's VoiceOver.
>
>All Android devices now use this speech, but also have TalkBack built 
>in.  I have tried them both and find them very easy to use.
>
>I've only had this device a couple of weeks, but am very happy with it.
>
>Judy
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Mike Freeman
>Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:24 PM
>To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mobile phone
>
>Justin:
>
>In my opinion, the iPhone 5 is still the most accessible smartphone on 
>the market although various Android phones are becoming increasingly
accessible.
>The website you're looking for is <www.atguys.com>.
>
>However, I'm going to have to disabuse you of a couple of notions. 
>First, although that miniature keyboard is cute and useful, it's not 
>for the faint-of-heart or the beginner as it is small and some keys do
double-duty.
>IMO you'd be better off to start with using a full-size Apple Bluetooth 
>keyboard; you can keep it in its box when not in use and it fits nicely 
>into a backpack.
>
>The second notion is that you can use a keyboard in place of learning 
>the iPhone's VoiceOver gestures; you cannot. Some of the phone 
>functions cannot be done using only the keyboard. Better in my view to 
>get the NBP books on the iPhone and just plunge in, telling yourself 
>that you're going to learn those gestures before you eat your next 
>prime rib dinner or buy yourself a beer or whatever it takes for you to
stay on-task of learning the gestures.
>In other words, there is no easy way out. This goes double for android 
>phones. They're often more geeky than iPhones are in connecting 
>devices. Or so I am told by people whom I respect.
>
>I'm not trying to change your mind so much as I'm telling you that your 
>expectations are unrealistic. Keyboards are great and have their place 
>but they won't substitute for buckling down and learning your phone.
>
>Mike Freeman
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin 
>williams
>Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 12:30 PM
>To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>Subject: [Blindtlk] mobile phone
>
>Good afternoon.  I am about to get another phone in the next couple of 
>weeks.  Is the eye phone five the most accessible and app friendly, or 
>are their others which I should consider.  Also, I would like an 
>accessible blue tooth keyboard to go with the phone for texting in 
>public places.  I've lost the web site with the 44 dollar keyboards 
>which were available due to several computer changes in the last 
>several months.  Can anyone give me that site for the mobile phone 
>keyboards, or recommend another?  Before anyone starts asking about use 
>of a blue tooth keyboard for the mobile phone, please respect that I 
>have made a personal choice, and that I will learn the gestures in 
>time, but I'm not interested in pressuring myself while I am in school.
>
>Thank you for your answers.
>
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