[Electronics-talk] Looking for an accessible android phone

Thu Aug 16 22:08:30 UTC 2012

I totally agree with Alan!  I've had my iPhoone for over a year, have never
had to reset it.  I have an iPhone four, so I don't have siri, but from what
I've read, it's server based.

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Siman
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:30 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Looking for an accessible android phone

Jenny:

I am on several iphone lists and almost never heard of the array of problems
you are experiencing.

Siri can be sometimes difficult but usually it is the server ay apple not
the individual phone.  The low volume of vo on calls is a pain but using ear
buds on the occasion seems like a reasonable compromise to solve that one.
And the frequent reboots is puzzling as I rarely need to do this and
shutting off the phone again once in a while should be sufficient.  If you
need to do this all the time it is probably your individual phone and I
would take it back and have it checked out.
On 8/15/2012 12:14 PM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> How can something on your head cause a pain in your behind? LOL!
> Andy
>
>
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> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenny Keller
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:09 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Looking for an accessible android 
> phone
>
> There are bugs on the iPhone 4S such as SIRI deciding to stop working 
> and having to reset the phone at least twice a day.
>
> there is also the bug that voiceover gets drowned out when you have to 
> push a number for the menus on phone things like press one for etc.  
> You can use a bluetooth or headset for that, but I don't like to have 
> anything on my head, so it's a pain in the behind.
>
> Sometimes, when just using the touch screen itself, if you are on the 
> contacts screen and you press contacts, it will flip to a blank screen.
>
>
> things like that irritate me, and if I wanted a phone that didn't have 
> the capacity for SIRI working correctly, I would've just gotten the 
> iPhone 4 and not have had to spend the extra money, especially with 
> the bug in voiceover that gets drowned out by the speaker phone.
>
> I called Apple Accessibility about both issues and they said they were 
> bugs and that they couldn't do anything about it.
>
> therefore, I have an upgrade available, and am seriously considering 
> an android phone.  Though the Galaxy S3 turned out to be way ore 
> complicated than it was worth.
>
> Jenny
> On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:
>
>> Hey Jenny,
>>
>> I'm writing you back as I think my comments will be useful to others.
>>
>> I've been playing with various Android phones recently, and they are 
>> slowly catching up with the iPhone, in terms of blindness usability.
>>
>> There are a few good reasons to go with an android phone, but you 
>> should be aware of wha you're getting.
>>
>> If you could tell us more about what you find frustrating about the 
>> iPhone, we can help you figure out if Android will be a better 
>> solution.
>>
>> Take Care,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 05:12:39PM -0500, Jenny Keller wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am getting very frustrated with my iPhone 4S and looked at the
> Galaxy 3s last week.
>>> I found it to be more of a pain than it was worth.
>>>
>>> I want an android that is at least Ice Cream Sandwich.  Any
> suggestions, and I would appreciate it if you would give me reasons 
> and good points and even bad about the phone you suggest.
>>> Please write me off list as to keep traffic down.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Jenny
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