[gui-talk] Fwd: Free screen reader for Android devices

[Steve Pattison]

From: Per Reisender at online.de
To: blindphones at mosenexplosion.com

 Dear list members,

 As some of you already know, the Google employees T.V. Raman and Charles 
 Chen are working on solutions which allow blind persons to use Android 
 devices including new touch screen input and speech/tactile output 
 methods. At the moment, there are only two cell phones from HTC, 
 exclusively sold by T-Mobile and soon by Vodafone, but in the future there 
 will be many more Android-based devices, including some without touch 
 screens or possibly even without a display.

 T.V. and his colleague are developing the first free screen reader for a 
 mobile platform. We, the worldwide blind community, should promote and 
 support his work. Google should hear from many persons that their 
 employees T.V. and Charles are doing a great and important job. Then 
 Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) probably will 
 spend more attention and resources on that.

 On this page you can find more information:
 http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_Initiative#Android_Accessibility

 As it seems, Nokia fortunately has similar plans:
 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Nokia_plans_handsets_for_disabled/rssarticleshow/3830729.cms

 Best regards

 Per Busch

 http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/User:Per_B.

Regards Steve
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