[tabi] Re: Fw: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired Accessibility for Windows Phone 8
- From: "Chip and Allie Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:34:17 -0400
Matt,
If you were using Verizon as your wireless provider, you might look at the AT&T
version of the IPhone; it’s supposed to be better at some things, especially
for instance, allowing you to access the cell data service while having a phone
conversation at the same time (which Verizon is said not to be able to do).
This has something to do with Verizon having a conflict over the internal
antennas of the IPhone which AT&T (and TMobile) phones do not have. Ask AT&T
about the external Bluetooth keyboard problem, as it may be having the same
antenna conflict if you were using Verizon, and so might work ok on a AT&T
phone.
Chip
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Matt Presnell
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:21 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and
Visually Impaired Accessibility for Windows Phone 8
Hi, thanks I have Fleksey ! I have had it since the day it came out. I used it
a few times but really don’t like it. I would rather use the native keyboard on
the iDevices then Fleksey . One reason is that Fleksey is not the default
keyboard or more than likely ever will be or will we ever be able to choose the
default keyboard. But this being said it is not an issue till it comes to the
phone part . I like a physical keyboard for dialing numbers and inputting
numbers and such while on a call ! Now I know there is methods around this ,
and lots of people use them. I know how to do them but I don’t like this kind
of info stored on my phone! I would rather just have it in my head and it comes
out when I need it. Most of this kind of problem could be fixed by simplify
letting a BT keyboard be able to input numbers and such while on a call. But
Apple has in there great wisdom has decided for some reason not to allow this.
They allow dialing numbers to call from an external keyboard like a BT
keyboard , but don’t allow inputting numbers while on a call with a BT
keyboard. I have had the old iPhone3gs since it came out in 2009 and shortly
after that I would say about a year later I turn off the phone service and used
it like aPDA . One reason was the phone problem I told about and the other was
voice over at that time would talk all over your conversation. The later one I
think they finally fixed so that when you used the phone to do something while
on a call voice over would not be heard on the other end. How they managed
this I don’t know . I not against a touch screen at all I really like it and
more than likely will be getting the iPad mini when the new version comes out.
Unless I pick up a iPhone instead . I have been playing around with it and Seri
and dictation will do most of the keyboard input if I wanted to go that way. I
have to do something as I need a newer version of some kind of IOS device for
my blindness apps. My old iPhone3gs want stay running unless I keep it plug in
. I suspect it is the Battery. I have the iPad1 but it don’t have a camera and
it is running only IOS5 so it is not much good to me either. I really like my
Samsung Haven for a phone and it does very well for a phone. So cannot decide
to give it up or not. If I could find a accessible smart phone with a keyboard
That would be great. But that is harder and harder to find now. Android use to
have a couple but they don’t run the latest Android OS . I don’t know if they
make windows phone that would have a physical keyboard or not but since Code
factory is starting to make it accessible this might be an option. Oh well
thanks for the rant and venting and I going to do something in the very near
future. I really leaning toward the iPad mini if the update to it does what I
think it might do. If not I might be looking at the new Iphone5s. Thanks for
the suggestion though .
Matt
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From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chip and Allie Orange
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:33 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and
Visually Impaired Accessibility for Windows Phone 8
Hi Matt,
If the keyboard is an issue for you with IOS, you may want to have a look at an
app named Fleksey which simulates a keyboard for a touch typest. You don’t
need to see the screen in order to use this, you just need to be a touch
typest; you type anywhere on the screen, and it analyzes the movements of your
fingers to determine what pattern you would have been typing on a standard
keyboard.
Below is a link to one review of Fleksey, I’m sure if you Google it you’ll find
many more from a blind users point of view:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34441_1-57562748/fleksy-saves-you-from-awful-touch-screen-typos/
Chip
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Matt Presnell
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:51 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and
Visually ImpairedAccessibility for Windows Phone 8
Well, don’t know what the suite of app cost but if they make a W8 phone with a
keyboard I might just jump all over this! It not a full solution but it is a
start!
Matt
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Easy Talk
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:10 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Fw: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually
ImpairedAccessibility for Windows Phone 8
Thought some of you might be interested, sounds like limited access though.
Robert
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Subject: [leadership] FW: Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually
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FYI
Eric
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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:43 AM
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Subject: Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired Accessibility for
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Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired
(15/10/13) Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired Accessibility for
Windows Phone 8
Terrassa, Spain, Microsoft enlists the help of Code Factory for mobile
accessibility
Code Factory, developers of software solutions for the blind and the visually
impaired, has announced today that their Mobile Accessibility suite of apps
will support Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8. Mobile Accessibility for Windows
Phone 8 will be offered free of charge in the Windows Phone Store. Blind and
visually impaired users will be able to access and enjoy their devices within a
suite of accessible apps for the most common wireless tasks. Along with basic
functionality of calling and contacts management, users will have access to
emails, web browsing and messaging.
Code Factory CEO Eduard Sánchez explains: “We are very excited to see that
Microsoft has decided to count on our input and knowledge of the field of
accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, based on 10 years of
experience developing accessibility services for mobile devices. Combining
Code Factory’s expertise in mobile accessibility with Microsoft’s uniquely
personal smartphone to enable Mobile Accessibility for Windows Phone 8 has been
a very enriching experience.“
“I am extremely excited to have Code Factory as part of our rich Windows Phone
developer ecosystem. Code Factory has done an incredible job of bringing their
Mobile Accessibility experience to Windows Phone,” said Darren Laybourn,
corporate vice president, Windows Phone, Microsoft Corp. “Code Factory’s
history and expertise of developing products that eliminate barriers to
accessibility in mobile technology made them the obvious first choice for us to
work with. We are delighted that Mobile Accessibility, with its suite of apps
designed to make Windows Phone easier to see, hear, and use, is now available
for Windows Phone 8 to address the needs of our blind and visually impaired
customers.”
Mobile Accessibility gives access to six simple and intuitive apps that will
increase user's productivity on everyday tasks:
· Phone app to place and answer calls, and manage your call log
· Contacts Manager app for managing contacts from users’ Microsoft
Account
· Messaging app to compose and read SMS messages
· An easy-to-configure email app, compatible with IMAP
· First-class accessible web browser
· Settings Manager to configure the app details and notifications to
fit each user's needs
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Code Factory, S.L., C/ Major 19, 2-3, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
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