[nabs-l] Nokia N86 with Talks Needed

[Sami Osborne]

Hi Hamid,

I know this is not really a direct answer to your question, but I 
do know that on the iPhone, there are different ways to deal with 
any texture problems.  For example, in the Accessibility 
settings, you can choose between things called Assistive Touch, 
and another one called Touch Accommodations, plus, they also have 
Switch Controls, which (I believe) allow you to simply 
underline/select text that you want by simply moving your finger 
around the phone, although you guys can correct me if I'm wrong.  
I would really recommend an iPhone because you can do so much 
more with it than just calling and texting - you can play games, 
complete assignments, listen to music, get GPS directions, plus 
it always keeps track of your location so it enables you to check 
different things such as the weather and any emergency alerts in 
your area.  Also, that being said and what I just described 
above, in my opinion, Apple really makes sure to accommodate 
people with all kinds of problems through accessibility, which I 
guess is one of the main reasons why it's so popular.

I hope that helps.

Good luck with choosing your phone!

Sami

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Hamid Hamraz via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Date sent: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 21:39:08 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Nokia N86 with Talks Needed

Hello Folks,



In addition to my vision loss, I have dexterity issues so as I 
couldn't use
Android/Apple touch phones despite trying both for a couple of 
weeks.  So, I
can only use a phone with a keypad and hopefully a strong screen 
reader like
Nokia N86 or similar with Talks.  My old N86 is broken and I am 
looking for
a replacement.  I actually purchased a brand new one from eBay, 
but I found
out that Symbian certificate files can no longer be created after 
2014 or
so.  This means that there is no way to install Talks on the new 
phone.  On
the other hand, I know that many blind folks used to use Nokia 
Symbian
phones with Talks until a couple of years ago, which has now been 
replaced
with Apple or Android phones.  If anybody have an old Nokia phone 
with Talks
and no longer is using it, I will be willing to buy it and 
greatly
appreciate if they can email me off-list at hhamraz at gmail.com.



Also, I think it's a lost cause, but any suggestion on how to get 
the
Symbian certificate files for a new phone is welcome.



Thank you.



Hamid







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