[access-uk] Re: Is this the end for accessibility to Nokia mobile phones?

  • From: "Tom" <tlorimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:55:46 -0000

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


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