[access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility to Nokia mobile phones?
- From: Dean Wilcox <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:50:46 -0800
There is accessibility built into Androyd but I haven't tested it myself, it is
called Talk Back. I think there may be a review or two on
www.blindcooltech.com.
On 11 Feb 2011, at 15:19, Adrien Collins wrote:
> Hi
>
> No, if so, why hasn't Microsoft incorporated a decent speech
> system into windows?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrien
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ankers, Dave
> (UK)
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:02 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility
> to Nokia mobile phones?
>
> More chance of seeing Pigs flying, than there is of seeing a
> Nimrod
> MRA4! See Utube.
>
> Do you think Microsoft and Google, really care about
> accessibility?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> Maybe if Microsoft and Nokia are going into competition
> against Apple
> that they will develop their own built in speech similar to
> Voiceover.
>
> Or will pigs manage to fly before that happens?
>
> Tom.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:13 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility
> to Nokia
> mobile phones?
>
>
>> Oh dear. It does seem like Apple is the only viable
> option. Is there
>
>> any access with the Android system?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Damon Rose
>> Sent: 11 February 2011 11:02 AM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility
> to Nokia
>> mobile phones?
>>
>> But I'd rather presumed that MobileSpeak was also dead in
> the water
>> because it works on Windows, and, as discussed, the new
> Windows Mobile
>
>> 7 operating system is inaccessible. I understood that
> MobileSpeak were
>
>> working on other income streams to stay afloat. These were
> just
>> rumours but they seem to make sense unless a big access
> solution is
>> pending very soon with Windows.
>>
>> What is the future for Talks?
>>
>> I note that Nuance has created some kind of app that works
> on the
> iPhone.
>> I
>> think it's just provision of speech synthesis.
>>
>>
>> ...Damon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Barry Hill
>> Sent: 12 February 2011 10:51
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility
> to Nokia
>> mobile phones?
>>
>> Perhaps we could switch to Mobilespeak? Yes, it means
> that any of our
>
>> investment in Talks is going to go to waste, and also
> means that we
>> have to pay for another speech software system, but it's
> an option.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Damon Rose
>> Sent: 11 February 2011 10:44 AM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Is this the end for accessibility to
> Nokia mobile
>
>> phones?
>>
>>
>>
>> Nokia have today announced that they are partnering with
> MicroSoft and
>
>> will be using the Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 operating
> system which is
>
>> presently inaccessible.
>>
>> The noise suggests that the Symbian operating system,
> which Talks runs
>
>> on, will be sidelined.
>>
>> So, by extension, does this mean that Talks is now dead in
> the water?
>>
>> I speak as a long time Talks user who would be a bit
> disappointed if
> so.
>>
>>
>> Is Apple iPhone the only choice left now?
>>
>> ...Damon
>>
>>
>> Damon Rose
>> Senior Content Producer Ouch! website and talk show BBC
> Vision
>> Learning
>>
>> Tel: 020 8752 4427 (x0224427)
>> email: damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter: @damonrose
>>
>> bbc.co.uk/ouch is home of the Ouch! Talk Show online since
> 2006.
>> Disability chat like wot you'd have with yer mates - via
> podcast or
>> streamed on the web:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast>
>>
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