[Electronics-Talk] FW: Smartphone for visually impaired

[Leslie Fairall]

Some of the Blackberry phones have built-in keyboards. I have the Priv, 
which was around $300 last time I checked. However, I paid the full $719 
when came out. The Blackberry KeyOne came out a few months ago and has the 
latest version of Android. It costs around $549. The disadvantage to 
these phones it that they may or may not have arrow keys. The Priv 
doesn't,
but a small bluetooth keyboard could aid you in navigation if you were 
not comfortable with the touchscreen. Both phones are updating at the 
moment.

TalkBack is the screen reader for Android phones. It does support keyboard 
commands. Most people don't realize this, but you can also navigate an 
iPhone with a keyboard as well. Voiceover does have keyboard commands. I 
can't remember the specs of the phone we were originally talking about, so 
I'm not sure whether it has a full keyboard or keypad.