[access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 17:01:04 +0100
One of the things I like most about the iPhone is the ability to work easily
with it using Braille. what's the score with Braille and Android?
On 25 May 2013, at 13:27, John Gallagher wrote:
> Hi Jackie I must say with my samsung I use the
> nova launcher which gets rid of touch wiz I will
> be at the chess championships tomorrow and will
> take my samsung to mess about on it I must say
> the samsung dictation is much better now and you can text with it.
> At 13:04 25/05/2013, you wrote:
>> Hi John
>>
>> I use the iPhone 5, having upgraded from the Nokia C5 about seven months
>> ago. Now I have done it, I am glad as I use the iPhone for calls, text
>> messages, apps, and now Twitter as well.
>>
>> But my son was here last week for our wedding, and he had his Galaxy S2 with
>> him. I hadn't played around with one of these before, so I asked him to
>> turn Talkback on so we could mess around with it for a while.
>>
>> This is just a personal view, but I prefer iOS simply because I have got
>> used to it. But the two things I liked about Ian's Galaxy S2 were the sound
>> and the Google voice. I think the speech on Android is excellent, and more
>> preferable to Daniel I have to say.
>>
>> Navigating these things is similar, give or take a few gestures. While the
>> S2 is probably no longer available, it was good to have a play with a Galaxy
>> model.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jackie Brown
>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of John Farley
>> Sent: 24 May 2013 18:42
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I must apologise in advance, I have seen many subject lines similar to mine
>> here, but at the time I had no interest in changing my phone and so did not
>> follow those threads.
>>
>> I currently use a Nokia C5, which has done me proud and I have really liked
>> it. However, I have now been told that the screen has just about had it and
>> I feel that it should be replaced.
>>
>> Yes, I am aware that these can still be purchased and then TALKS can be
>> transferred across to it, which would cost something over £210. I also feel
>> that would be continuing on a dead line of technology and it might be better
>> to move to something more modern, although at a greater price.
>>
>> It seems clear that the two outstanding competing offers at the moment are
>> the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the I-Phone 5.
>>
>> I am a little uncomfortable about using a touch phone, is this really as
>> easy as it may appear from the e-mails on this list?
>>
>> From a blind person's perspective, which is the better of the two to go for?
>>
>> I cannot help here too much with my requirement as I currently do not have a
>> smart phone and therefore do not know which features I would want to use.
>>
>> Clearly, I want to make phone calls and handle text messages.
>> Additionally it might be good to have proper access to the internet etc.
>> I do not know if I would want to go as far as e=-mails, simply due to the
>> number I get daily from the various lists I am a member of which currently
>> get filtered off into various folders in Outlook on my PC.
>>
>> Any personal experience in using such phones would be a good help for me in
>> deciding which way to go.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards, John.
>>
>>
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