[nabs-l] TALKS/Mobile Speak

[Steve Jacobson]

Jordan,

The first consideration is which service provider you are with.  If you are on a family plan, you will have to narrow your 
focus to phones that work on that provider.  Then, realize that there are some phones that have some accessibility built 
in and do not require a screen reader.  However there are usually gaps in the access with such phones but they may be 
a free upgrade for you.  If you are going to be starting a contract by yourself, then this is less critical.

If you start looking at phones with more power that allow you to use a screen reader, the next thing to realize is that 
TALks does not work on all types of phones.  There are some phones that use the Windows Mobile operating system 
that will not work with TALks as I understand it, for which Mobil Speak is the only option.  There are also phones that 
are 
not accessible and have no capability of working with an existing screen reader.  My understanding is similar to Dave's 
that TALks is more stable, but there are phones that only work with Mobile Speak, and no doubt there are people who 
probably find some feature unique to Mobile Speak that is important to them.

Therefore, there is a lot of sorting out that one has to do, something I am trying to do myself right now.  It is driving me 
crazy.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:53:12 -0500, Jordan Richardson wrote:

>Hi all,

>I am considering getting a new phone and I would like to put either TALKS or
>MobileSpeak on it.  I just have a few ?'s.

>Which software is best TALKS or mobileSpeak?
>Which phones support either of these two?

>Thx,

>-- 
>Jordan Richardson
>lilrichie411 at gmail.com
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