[Electronics-talk] Project Ray/Odin Mobile Smartphone

[Christopher Chaltain]

There isn't a need for a lot of things but that doesn't mean someone may 
not want to choose and use something else. Sighted people have the 
opportunity to use a feature phone without a data plan. I don't see why 
blind people can't have this same choice.

On 07/30/2013 03:42 PM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> If you want an Android phone, why not get something like a Google Nexus
> 4 that runs the latest version of Jelly Bean and has the latest version
> of Talk Back built in? Android has come a long way as far as
> accessibility is concerned, and there is no longer a need for a phone
> for the blind. And, of course, there's always the iPhone.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:48 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Project Ray/Odin Mobile Smartphone
>
> Do you really want to pay $9.99 for a special phone for the blind?  Oh
> please!!
>
>
> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the
> blind built-in!
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>
> On Jul 30, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Linda Bloodsaw <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just received a call from Odin Mobile that they are ready to take
> orders for phones.  Phones will be shipped late August.  The Odin Mobile
> rep said that there is no demonstration of the phone on You Tube, but if
> you have an Android phone, there is a project ray app available for
> download that will serve as a tutorial.  Since I do not own an Android,
> this does not help me.
>>
>> I will wait and hope someone will do a demonstration after the phone
> is in someone's hands.  Otherwise I just might fall into the iPhone
> pool.
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