[Electronics-Talk] phones switching icon locations, plus general comments

[cheez]

Man, that would drive me nuts!  I'm glad I have a phone that doesn't behave 
like that.

Vince

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From: "Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Sandra Streeter" <sandrastreeter381 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:15 AM
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] phones switching icon locations, plus general 
comments


> So, my ‘Droid, a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, switches the location of icons 
> (at least in its current mode of operation); a sighted friend’s Motorola 
> also does.
>
> As to ensuring we’re considered when manufacturers plan and manufacture 
> appliances, this is why I’m so committed to NFB philosophy: we are about 
> changing the old, archetypal thinking about blindness that engenders such 
> ignorance/prejudice in most sighted people who don’t know a blind person 
> trained in alternative techniques. What really gets me is, we have a 
> rapidly-aging population with vision issues, and appliance manufacturers 
> are not thinking of them, so it reinforces the thinking that they already 
> have, about blindness being equal with dependence—if the manufacturers 
> would add accommodations, then we could whittle away at some of the 
> dependence-oriented mindsets our seniors face (under the average 
> influences). And, I think that accessibility has definitely been conceived 
> of as wheelchair accessibility and not much else, in the mind of the 
> average product developer... It is hard to get our voices heard, as a 
> low-incidence disability, too.
>
> Try pairing blindness with Aspergers—it gets even more fun! While 
> smartphones may be equipped with blindness features, sometimes those very 
> features pose a problem for people with my neurology; the system sounds in 
> TalkBack really annoy me—they are startling for me.
>
>
>
> Sandra
>
> Not “Revelation” – tis – that waits
> But our unfurnished eyes –
> (Emily Dickinson)
>
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