I also wonder if the web browser is any better than the one that was/is on the android? We know that till recently on android version we couldn't download and stream. Now we can download, but not so sure about streaming. But there's no need for me to even consider using their browser on android any more. It seems though that they've learned from android mistake and that their e-mail client does support any IMIP protocol, not just gMail, like it did in android. It is also interesting that unlike for android their software is free for windows. When I first started using android I didn't really have a choice but to shell out £60 because I was still on 2.3. Granted, it's still less than what the likes of talks used to cost and one can argue that if I wanted to I could have got an iPhone and have a screenreader for free, but that's another subject for another day *g*.
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Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 5:42 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile accessibility now available on windows 8 phones
Hi all,The odd thing about doing it this way is that one of the areas Windows phones can probably most effectively compete with the iPHone and Android devices is on the quality of the hardware, and nothing I can see in the Mobile Accessibility suite enables you to take advantage of that.
I wonder if Nuance turned Microsoft down. Cheers, EdOn 18 Oct 2013, at 17:30, "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If this really is the case, I have no option as a blind person but to boycott these phones.Iain -----Original Message----- From: John Gurd Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 4:00 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile accessibility now available on windows 8 phonesThis appears to suggest Microsoft have no intention of making their mobile smart phone system genuinely accessible if that is all they are providing.It's a sop to blind people and a fig leaf to cover Microsoft phone's lack ofaccessibility. No matter what you think of Apple at least they have integrated accessibility into every aspect of the iPhone so that the whole thing is useable by us. With Microsoft's solution none of the phone's systems are accessible and a separate suite of apps are simply replicating some of the functions of the phone in a very limited way. I really think blind people should be boycotting Windows phones until Microsoft take accessibility seriously. John -----Original Message-----From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 18 October 2013 08:20 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile accessibility now available on windows 8 phones Hi, Just a little subset of talking apps, not a full fledged screen reader. Ipersonally wouldn't give it the time of day but I'm not that impressed withWindows phone yet anyway. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message-----From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Colin Howard Sent: 17 October 2013 11:07 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [access-uk] Mobile accessibility now available on windows 8 phonesGreetings, Seen on The-Best-Circle-of-Friends group. Logo Code Factory Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired (15/10/13) Code Factory Enhances Blind and Visually Impaired Accessibility for Windows Phone 8 Terrassa, Spain, Microsoft enlists the help of Code Factory for mobile accessibility Code Factory, developers of softwaresolutions for the blind and the visually impaired, has announced today thattheir Mobile Accessibility suite of apps will support Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8. Mobile Accessibility for Windows Phone 8 will be offered free of charge in the Windows Phone Store. Blind and visually impaired users will be able to access and enjoy their devices within a suite of accessible apps for the most common wireless tasks. Along with basic functionality of calling and contacts management, users will have access to emails, web browsing and messaging. Code Factory CEO Eduard Sánchez explains: “We are very excited to see that Microsoft has decided to count on our input and knowledge of the field of accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, based on 10 years ofexperience developing accessibility services for mobile devices. CombiningCode Factory’s expertise in mobile accessibility with Microsoft’s uniquely personal smartphone to enable Mobile Accessibility for Windows Phone 8 has been a very enriching experience.“ “I am extremely excited to have Code Factory as part of our rich Windows Phone developer ecosystem. Code Factory has done an incredible job of bringing their Mobile Accessibility experience to Windows Phone,” said Darren Laybourn, corporate vice president, Windows Phone, Microsoft Corp.“Code Factory’s history and expertise of developing products that eliminatebarriers to accessibility in mobile technology made them the obvious first choice for us to work with. 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