[nabs-l] calling all android users, please!

[Doug Oliver via nabs-l]

agreed with allissa.

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From: "Alyssa via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
To: "Robin" <robin-melvin at comcast.net>; "National Association of Blind 
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Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] calling all android users, please!


> Hello. I'm not an android user but I have a couple resources you can use. 
> I know somewhere there is an android accessibility list. Search for eyes 
> free. Eyes free also has a web site. I would be careful talking to sales 
> reps. Many of them don't understand the accessibility features. I've 
> personally found iPhones to be more blind friendly, but that's just my 
> opinion. I hope this is somewhat helpful anyway.
> Alyssa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 31, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Robin via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> To ANSWER Call (on Android)
>> Place a Finger on the TouchScreen until you HEAR TalkBack (TB) ANNOUCE 
>> "SLIDE Right To ANSWER" & simply Slide to the Right without lifting your 
>> Finger off the TouchScreen, and that should allow you to ANSWER providing 
>> you are using an Android running at Least Android KitKat (4.4 or Higher).
>>
>> To ENTER DIGITS while on a CALL, you must be on SpeakerPhone, and make 
>> sure the DialPad IS Checked to allow you to ENTER DIGITS, which you 
>> should HEAR a sound similar to the sound you HEAR when you ENTER DIGITS 
>> on a LandLine TelePhone.
>> (simply LIFT your Finger when you HEAR the DIGIT you want to ENTER)
>>
>> As for scrolling, you simply move your Finger down to HEAR Items within 
>> the List, and use 2 Fingers...from the bottom of the TouchScreen and 
>> slowly Slide them upward to HEAR more items (if available within the 
>> List) This is quite difficult for me to do, but I haven't practiced it 
>> very much either.
>>
>> To LEARN TalkBack (TB) gestures
>> Go into Recent Apps, Select Settings, then Select Accessibility, then 
>> Select TalkBack, then Scroll to the Bottom to Practice the various 
>> TalkBack Gestures IN the Android TalkBack Tutorial
>>
>> I HOPE this Helps
>>
>> If NOT, I suggest you GO to your Mobile Provider, and Work alongside a 
>> Tech/SalesPerson
>>
>> Sent From DROID MAX User
>> At 06:01 AM 5/31/2014, you wrote:
>>> Dear Nabs-Sters,
>>> I just got a smartphone.  Yes, I swear I got a smartphone.  But there 
>>> are a few quesftions I have about it:
>>> 1. How do you answer a call with an android ZTE Prelude?  That's the one 
>>> I got.
>>> 2. How do you scroll down?
>>> 3. How do you press numbers while the call is on and how do you know 
>>> they're pressed?  I don't have a voicemail set up.
>>> Thank you all, and email me off list if you'd like.
>>> Beth Taurasi
>>>
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