[Trainer-talk] Fwd: [Electronics-talk] Which Android for full accessibility (fwd)

[Linda Bloodsaw]

Does anyone have an answer to Glenn's questions?



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> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> Date: August 22, 2012 3:17:48 AM EDT
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Which Android for full accessibility (fwd)
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> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:02:53
> From: Glenn <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Reply-To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Subject: Re: Which Android for full accessibility
> 
> Well, if nobody here can recommend one of these, or eliminate any, maybe 
> someone here can let me know how to get the screenreader going on an 
> Android, so I can inform the guy at the cell store.
> I really thought that there would be some Android users here.
> Feel free to post my request to another list, as this gal needs help right 
> away, she is now without a phone, and this company has no loaner phones, and 
> you cannot return a phone once you get it.
> So she really needs some guidance ASAP.
> 
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ervin, Glenn" <glenn.ervin at nebraska.gov>
> To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:26 PM
> Subject: Which Android for full accessibility
> 
> 
> Hi,
> A client of mine wants to stay with her local-based phone company, so they 
> have only a limited selection of phones, but she does not wish to switch 
> companies.
> I talked to the guy at the company for her, and he sent me a list of the 
> android phones they have, and my client will need to choose from one of 
> these.
> She will be using either the built-in screenreader, or perhaps she will need 
> to spend a hundred bucks for Mobile Speak, I don't know how to direct her, 
> since I use an iPhone.
> But here's the list, and I'm hoping that someone here can advise regarding 
> the screenreader, such as Steel, or which would be best, or if she should 
> use MS.
> She is not very computer savvy, and she has never used a smart phone, so 
> this is a consideration as well.  She was using one of the some-what 
> accessible LG non-smart phones before.
> The list is:
> 
> samsung galaxy Y
> alcatel ot-908
> alcatel ot-990a
> samsung s5690 xcover
> alcatel ot- 995
> 
> That is the list, so if anyone knows which is best with a screenreader, I 
> will pass that along.
> Thanks.
> Glenn
> 
> 
> 
> Glenn Ervin, Orientation Counselor II - CVRCB
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