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 <proud2have-tsedog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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