[access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5

  • From: Gladyth Gupta <gladyth.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "access-uk\@freelists.org" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 15:02:06 +0100

How do the prices compare between Braillant BI 32 and Braille Sense 32? Anyone 
using less cell displays, such as 16 or 12 cell?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Macrae
Sent:  26/05/2013, 11:23  AM
To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5


I'm using a Brailliant BI 32 from Humanware with an iPhone 5 and it works, 
well, brilliantly.  I know from an industry source that apple do a lot of 
ongoing consultation with blind techies to iron out bugs.  for instance, it 
used to be necessary to input Braille at very high speed in order to obtain 
accurate results.  this now seems to be much less the case.  
On 26 May 2013, at 05:06, Gladyth Gupta wrote:

> What Braille displays and notetakers are people using and how many braille 
> cells in the displays. I am interested in a device that writes in grade 2 
> braille on iOS.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas
> Sent:  25/05/2013, 11:13  PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
> 
> 
> The score with it and braille is that it doesn't support many displays, 
> it doesn't [to my knowledge] have a UEB table, and you cannot disable 
> speech while using braille. All somewhat annoying, but I don't use 
> braille very much, so I am fine with it.
> On 26/05/2013 2:01, Ian Macrae wrote:
>> One of the things I like most about the iPhone is the ability to work easily 
>> with it using Braille.  what's the score with Braille and Android?
>> On 25 May 2013, at 13:27, John Gallagher wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Jackie I must say with my samsung I use the
>>> nova launcher which gets rid of touch wiz I will
>>> be at the chess championships tomorrow and will
>>> take my samsung to mess about on it I must say
>>> the samsung dictation is much better now and you can text with it.
>>> At 13:04 25/05/2013, you wrote:
>>>> Hi John
>>>> 
>>>> I use the iPhone 5, having upgraded from the Nokia C5 about seven months
>>>> ago.  Now I have done it, I am glad as I use the iPhone for calls, text
>>>> messages, apps, and now Twitter as well.
>>>> 
>>>> But my son was here last week for our wedding, and he had his Galaxy S2 
>>>> with
>>>> him.  I hadn't played around with one of these before, so I asked him to
>>>> turn Talkback on so we could mess around with it for a while.
>>>> 
>>>> This is just a personal view, but I prefer iOS simply because I have got
>>>> used to it.  But the two things I liked about Ian's Galaxy S2 were the 
>>>> sound
>>>> and the Google voice.  I think the speech on Android is excellent, and more
>>>> preferable to Daniel I have to say.
>>>> 
>>>> Navigating these things is similar, give or take a few gestures.  While the
>>>> S2 is probably no longer available, it was good to have a play with a 
>>>> Galaxy
>>>> model.
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> On Behalf Of John Farley
>>>> Sent: 24 May 2013 18:42
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
>>>> 
>>>> Hello list,
>>>> 
>>>> I must apologise in advance, I have seen many subject lines similar to mine
>>>> here, but at the time I had no interest in changing my phone and so did not
>>>> follow those threads.
>>>> 
>>>> I currently use  a Nokia C5, which has done me proud and I have really 
>>>> liked
>>>> it. However, I have now been told that the screen has just about had it and
>>>> I feel that it should be replaced.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I am aware that these can still be purchased and then TALKS can be
>>>> transferred across to it, which would cost something over £210. I also feel
>>>> that would be continuing on a dead line of technology and it might be 
>>>> better
>>>> to move to something more modern, although at a greater price.
>>>> 
>>>> It seems clear that the two outstanding competing offers at the moment are
>>>> the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the I-Phone 5.
>>>> 
>>>> I am a little uncomfortable about using a touch phone, is this really as
>>>> easy as it may appear from the e-mails on this list?
>>>> 
>>>> From a blind person's perspective, which is the better of the two to go 
>>>> for?
>>>> 
>>>> I cannot help here too much with my requirement as I currently do not have 
>>>> a
>>>> smart phone and therefore do not know which features I would want to use.
>>>> 
>>>> Clearly, I want to make phone calls and handle text messages.
>>>> Additionally it might be good to have proper access to the internet etc.
>>>> I do not know if I would want to go as far as e=-mails, simply due to the
>>>> number I get daily from the various lists I am a member of which currently
>>>> get filtered off into various folders in Outlook on my PC.
>>>> 
>>>> Any personal experience in using such phones would be a good help for me in
>>>> deciding which way to go.
>>>> 
>>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards, John.
>>>> 
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