[Trainer-Talk] NFB and WhatsApp?

[Jim Portillo]

Wow! How cool that you explained your thoughts about it  so well. Thanks. 

Sent from my iPhone 7!

> On Dec 1, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> For us Americans, WhatsApp doesn't do much; calls are practically free or
> slightly tied to whatever data plan one may have with a service provider.
> However, if one travels quite a bit, as Dean stated inter alia, WhatsApp can
> be a true link that can connect a call for you should you need to call home.
> Most countries MAY NOT LIKELY provide sufficient data to make this happen
> and if they do, the cost could kill more mocking birds than one can count.  
> 
> I live and breathe Android; on this platform, WhatsApp is reasonably usable,
> but not completely accessible!  For example, if one is typing a text message
> and one wants to check that a particular word is spelled correctly, it is
> NOT possible to do a character by character check on the word in question
> regardless of which direction one swipes, back or forward!  Same goes for
> looking at words word by word!  Perhaps it has more love on the iOS
> platform, but I'll LEAVE IT TO BEAVER and wait to be straightened out or
> educated some.
> 
> Correspondences have been sent to WhatsApp to have stuff labelled correctly
> for better accessibility, but thus far, we keep HITTING AGAINST stonewalls!
> 
> 
> Notwithstanding what I've written above, WhatsApp is reasonably usable if
> one is willing to learn how to play with it.  One could set up any group and
> invite anyone to join the group.  It is NOT POSSIBLE to have a THREE-WAY
> phone conversation using WhatsApp, and there's NO CALL WAITING!  If in a
> conversation and a call comes through to the phone in use, it will
> temporarily disrupt the conversation on WhatsApp and the individual one's
> chatting with may not necessarily know that.  As far as I know, one CAN'T
> HOLD GROUP CONVERSATIONS on WhatsApp as is the case on Skype.  There is, if
> memory serves, a group of several blind folks on the international circuit
> that has something going on WhatsApp.  I don't have the details on this
> group presently, but I'll try to fish for it if desired and post here if I
> don't get too lazy!  Please note that in order to use WhatsApp, the
> individual with whom one is trying to establish a contact on it must also
> have the app installed and running!  Finally, enjoy WhatsApp, play with it
> and make a conclusion!  Happy WhatsApping!!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Olusegun
> Denver, Colorado       
> 
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