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useful. I apologise for cross-posting.
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Jackie Brown
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From: Announcements [mailto:announcements-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: 29 September 2017 13:50
To: announcements@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Mosen Consulting Announcement] Announcing the Accessible Phones
for the Blind email group
Back in the days of Symbian and Windows mobile, Talks and MobileSpeak, I
operated a popular email group called BlindPhones. We actively encouraged
product comparisons on the list, so not only could you compare the different
platforms and discuss how accessible they were, you could compare screen
readers for those platforms. It was a handy resource for people making up
their mind about which combination of products to choose, and it was
particularly useful for assistive technology trainers who needed to
understand when and why they might recommend one solution over another for a
particular client.
At a time when I was travelling extensively, and working online while on the
road was less easy than it is now, I discontinued the list because it was
difficult for me to keep up the moderation tasks. Now, I'm delighted to
announce its return.
Hosted on Groups.io, The Blind Phones group is your place for discussions
about phones accessible to blind and vision impaired people.
Predominantly, this group concentrates on smartphones, but discussion about
any accessible phone is welcome.
Many groups exist for specific platforms, particularly iOS and Android. This
group is platform agnostic, and encourages product comparisons. If you have
criteria that are particularly important to you, and you want to know
whether you're better off with iOS or Android, or for that matter a Samsung
or a Pixel, we welcome the discussion.
We also welcome discussion about the accessibility and functionality of
specific smartphone apps.
On the Blind Phones group, we respect everyone's product choices. We
actively monitor the list and suspend people who use denigrating or
demonstrably confrontational language towards an individual for the brand
they have chosen, or towards a particular brand. We of course welcome
Pointing out negative consequences of making a product choice, in a
respectful manner.
We intend that this group be a respectful, helpful resource where we can
honestly but politely discuss the relative merits of phone platforms, screen
readers and apps.
If this sounds like a place you'd like to be, check out the BlindPhones
group page, <http://groups.io/g/blindphones> or jump right in and send a
blank email to:
blindphones+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindphones+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx> .
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, audiobooks and training
http://www.mosen.org
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