[nfbcs] accessible cell phones

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Tue Apr 2 12:55:06 UTC 2013


Hi Joe.
I hear that Android phones using the OS Ice Cream Sandwich or Jellybean
are "reasonably accessible".  I don't have one, so can't say any more, but
I'm thinking about one, too.
Tracy
> Hi all,
> I may be in the market for a new cell phone in the next couple months. I
> was wondering what people know about the accessibility of the Android
> operating system, if it is even really useable? Can people suggest some
> general models, software versions, etc? In order to avoid sparking the
> Apple debate, I'll just say up front I'm almost certainly not interested
> in considering the iphone for design philosophy reasons and leave it at
> that. I have an old Windows smart phone that I use almost none of the
> abilities of just because a lot of the stuff doesn't work well or
> because I am not patient enough to deal with the clunky interface. I may
> be interested in using Android and writing some software for it if it
> works for blind users. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
> Joe
>
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