[Electronics-talk] T Mobile and accessibility

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Dear Jenny:

I am sorry to hear that you had a hard time with T-mobile.
I am a client of T-mobile and have been for about a year now.
>From what I understand about T-mobile, they have been going under some
rather drastic restructuring after they were denied the merger between
T-mobile and AT&T.
It is speculation that their services are limited or can yet to be desired
during this period.
However, I have not had any difficulties with them.
Also, I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy S with Mobile Accessibility
and loving it, and the price is right.
As for the Android side of things, it is true that the settings screens of
Android still require sighted assistance.
But with the right settings in place (such as making the Mobile
Accessibility keyboard in place of the phone's own XT9 keyboard), one can
find Android to be a very enjoyable experience.
For example, Android apps like Google Maps and YouTube were almost unusable
without asking someone sighted to help me, which sometimes made things a bit
impractical or childish.
Now that I have the Mobile Accessibility keyboard set as the default text
input method, I am able to find the videos I want to watch on YouTube or set
my destination on Google Maps without feeling awkward or silly because of
the need to have a sighted person around; basically, it promotes privacy.
Of course, there will be limited speech from the screen reader when using
other apps outside of Mobile Accessibility itself, and yet the venture of
exploring what I can do with Android is still quite exhilarating.
In addition to using the voice input function with Mobile Accessibility,
there is also an app from Google called Voice Search if one does not prefer
to use touch-screen typing.
As always, it is recommended to test voice recognition in the settings in
order for the phone to "hear" your voice properly.
I hope this will help comfort some of the concerns regarding T-mobile and
Android for those of you who are seeking new phones.

C.C. Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenny Keller
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:32 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: [Electronics-talk] T Mobile and accessibility

Hi all,

I just wanted to let you know that you need to seriously consider switching
to T mobile.  I have been battling with them since before the 23rd of last
month about getting me an accessible phone, and they've sent me four wrong
phones that weren't accessible at all.  I finally told them to cancel my
account because they would tell me, for example, that  a particular phone
had a directional pad on the qwerty keyboard, and I'd get the phone and no
dice.

I know they have a thing with the NFB, but they have done nothing but give
me a hard time the whole time I've dealt with them.  

I'm sticking with AT&T even though it's 80 dollars more expensive, because I
can get accessible phones without hassel.

Just wanted to put that warning out there.

Jenny
On May 1, 2012, at 7:31 AM, Beverly Hunter wrote:

> The iPhone already has voiceover. I don't really understand your question.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Eifler" <edebgiggles at aol.com>
> To: <Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:37 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] IPhone
> 
> 
> I am new to this chat and I was wondering which voice assistant works the
best?  I do not have an iPhone 4 yet so I downloaded Jenny and I am
disappointed with it I hear Siri is good.  What do you all think. Debbie
> 
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