Vince,Thanks for this information. I've been saving every post I've received so far since yesterday. I'll check out this phone too.
Jeanie On Thursday 5/15/2014 12:20 PM, Vincent Thacker wrote:
Jeanie,There are some Android phones that have been adapted to be a bit more visually-impaired friendly. A good example is the TelOrion. This has an adaptation on it that acts like a keypad, so some people may find it easier to handle than a plain touch screen. You can still use the touch screen as normal as well, and the basic phone used for these is either a Samsung S3 or a Samsung S4 Mini.There are some special V.I. apps on these things, which strictly speaking you can probably manage without, but they might be a useful stepping stone.http://telorion.com/accueil/?lang=enWe've never had such a wide choice of accessible phones, so in some ways we're spoiled for choice. That's why I'm in the same place as you, learning all I can and keeping watch on the Android news.Vince. ======================================== Message Received: May 15 2014, 03:29 AM From: "Jeanie Vejil" To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: [vi-android] Re: Reason for subscribing Thanks Glen. Every little bit helps since I know very little about android phones other than that they have touch screens. On Thursday 5/15/2014 12:15 PM, Dialup @ 56k wrote: >Hello Jeanie,>I'm sure Quinton has some really good info here, but here's my sixpence worth.>Lots of manufacturere release smart phones running Android, like >Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, just to name a few. >These manufacturers also release a large variation in phone styles >and available options. >In terms of accessibility, the Nexus family of phones seems to be >the most reliable as they run a pure version of Android without the >bloat ware which compromises accessibility. >Lots of manufacturers have released this Nexus variant over the >years, including Samsung, LG, Asus etc. >The LG Nexus 5 seems to be the most recent of these releases. >Just to confuse the issue even more, it is reported that Google are >about to rename the Nexus line to Silver. >Hope this helps in some way. >Regards, >Glen Barwick > > >*** > > > >On 15-May-14 11:38 AM, Jeanie Vejil wrote: >>Hi Quenton. >> >>Thanks for the summary below. Jus to show you how uninformed I am, are >>there other brands of smart phones besides Samsung, smile. >> >>Jeanie >> >>On Thursday 5/15/2014 09:04 AM, Quentin Christensen wrote: >>>Hi Jeanie, >>> >>>Welcome to the group! >>> >>>Ok, a very broad request, but in general, you can actually do most >>>things on a smart phone that you can do on a computer - you can read / >>>write E-Mails, browse the web, play games, read books, get directions >>>(the phones have a GPS built in so you can find out where you are as >>>well) and heaps more - and of course you can do the core tasks of >>>making phone calls and sending / receiving text messages with them! >>> >>>The great thing is that, as on a computer, most tasks are able to be >>>done relying solely on the screen reader (talkback), which reads >>>everything out to you. >>> >>>The trickiest thing to get used to is that there are very few buttons >>>and almost everything is done by interacting with the touch screen >>>interface. Once you get familiar with the gestures (tapping / double >>>tapping the screen, swiping and sliding your finger around) then you >>>use similar gestures for most things. >>> >>>There are alternative interfaces and apps you can get to make things >>>simpler, it mostly depends on exactly what you want to do with the >>>phone - whether you want something to just be able to make and receive >>>calls and text messages or whether you want to access e-mail, internet >>>and other things. >>> >>>If you have any specific things you are wondering or tasks you would >>>like to be able to do, let us know and I'm sure someone can give you >>>more specific information. >>> >>>Regards >>> >>>Quentin. >>> >>> >>>On 15 May 2014 08:19, Jeanie Vejil >>>wrote: >>> > My name is Jeanie Vejil and I am totally blind. >>> > >>> > Hello to all. >>> > >>> > AS of yet, I do not own an Android smart phone, but am interested in >>>all you >>> > can teach me regarding what they can do, how difficult you feel they >>>are to >>> > use, etc. >>> > >>> > I hope to read your input soon. >>> > >>> > Jeanie >>> > >>> > To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. >>> > >>> > To unsubscribe from the list send an email to >>> > vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject >>>field >>> > (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) >>> > >>> > To receive the list as a digest, send an email to >>> > vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the >>>subject >>> > (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android digest' >>>in the >>> > subject). >>>To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. >>> >>>To unsubscribe from the list send an email to >>>vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject >>>field (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) >>> >>>To receive the list as a digest, send an email to >>>vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the >>>subject (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android >>>digest' in the subject). >> >>To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. >> >>To unsubscribe from the list send an email to >>vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >>(new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) >> >>To receive the list as a digest, send an email to >>vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the >>subject (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android >>digest' in the subject). >To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > >To unsubscribe from the list send an email to >vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject >field (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) > >To receive the list as a digest, send an email to >vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the >subject (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android >digest' in the subject). 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