[nfbcs] FW: compiling iPhone apps to Android apps

[Jorge A. Paez]

Android has made great strides generally.
But yes when it comes to specifics IOS is certainly still ahead by a longshot.


On 3/28/15, Nancy Coffman via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I must admit, one of the reasons I am currently using an iPhone is that some
> of the blindness specific apps I use are only availa on the IOS platform. I
> got my pone 2 years ago when Android was not as accessible.  Now, it is
> possible that I am hooked. My husband has an Android that was purchased at
> the same time.  I have tried running TalkBack on his phone and broken it
> badly. We lost a lot of data.  I also have not heard good things about
> BrailleBack.  I am writing  this post  in Braille now.
>
> The experience I am having with Braille on my IOS8 device reminds me that an
> Apple user is very much at the mercy  of Apple in many ways. The Braille is
> still buggy, and Apple knows that.  Sometimes, when you call there
> accessibility crew, you get a good person and other times, you get a
> "mainstream"  support technician who barely knows what you are talking
> about.  I have no idea if the feedback given to them goes anywhere.
>
> As a technology specialist at the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and
> Visually Impaired, I feel an urgent need to know both. I have thought about
> getting an android just to learn it.
>
> Nancy Coffman
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 27, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Joseph C. Lininger via nfbcs
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Mike,
>> Oh I'm aware. You will notice I didn't really say one is better than the
>> other; I tried to make it quite clear that I had made a particular choice
>> and why. I do, probably more than on ocasion, run into a person who tries
>> to talk me into making a change as I had said in a post a few days ago.
>> That tends to irritate me, and I admit that may have colored the message
>> even if I didn't intend for it to. Really what I wanted to know was
>> specifics about accessibility of the Apple devices, and about what sorts
>> of things blind folks can do with them that I can't do with my current
>> setup.
>> Joe
>>
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