[tabi] Re: [tabic] Re: Nokia phones and Mobile Speak!
- From: "Joe Plummer" <joeplummer@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:40:52 -0500
Hi, yes, I have the iPhone but don't use it for the phone part. I just use
it for the apps and such through Wi-Fi. I hate to hear that Nokia is going
to stop making Simmons phones. I really like a phone with buttons. Yes new
Wwm7 was not accessible anymore since MS and Talks will not work on WM7
phones. Now MS is and have made a scream reader for the Google phone or
whatever it is called but here again they are only making it for the ones
with buttons and these are being dump to the way side. I have the Samsung
Haven by Verizon but was thinking about a smart phone. So don't know if
Nokia is going to stop making Simmons phones. Don't know what we are going
to do the ones that want a accessible phone with buttons. I might have to go
back to the iPhone for a phone.
Sign,
JP ( Joe Plummer)
joeplummer@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chip Orange
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:10 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Nokia phones and Mobile Speak!
Joe,
here is some info from another list on Nokia and Mobile Speak:
consider platform as much as access technology. For one thing, Windows
Phone, also known as Windows Mobile 7, which is the current version of
Windows for smart phones is not accessible to the blind, and will not
work with any speech access software. Also, Nokia has plans to abandon
its current platform, and will most likely go with Windows Phone. So if
you are buying for the future, it would not make sense to invest in
either Talx or Mobile Speak, because until Windows Phone is made
accessible, these programs will have no market."
This person went on to argue that the I-phone is the only viable
platform for a smart phone for the visually impaired at this time. Yes,
he did know about the recent advances in making Android accessible, but
he described Android's accessibility as still being "hit or miss" in
quality.
He went on to say if you don't like the idea of an I-phone being locked
to only one of two carriers, you can go to EBay and buy an unlocked
I-phone, but you'll pay a lot more for it, as the cost is subsidized
heavily by these two carriers when you buy a locked phone with them.
hth,
Chip
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From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Plummer
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:45 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Nokia phones and Mobile Speak!
Hi, I would like to know if any of you have used the Nokia
phones with MS ( Mobile Speak)? I am especially interested in the Nokia
E71 and MS, but Nokia and MS in general is ok. Thanks for any input.
Sign,
JP ( Joe Plummer)
joeplummer@xxxxxxx
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