[gui-talk] Fwd: Free screen reader for Android devices
Steve Pattison
srp at internode.on.net
Wed Mar 11 13:05:40 UTC 2009
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
Email: srp at internode.on.net
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