[access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:27:46 +0100
Jackie,
I read myh Kindle books on my Android device, I just convert them to Epub
and use an app called Speech To PDF. Despite its name Speech to PDF does
more than PDF. It can read Epub, Doc, Docx, HTML and text files as well as
PDF.
Another nice thing about Android is you can buy way more voices for it. You
simply can't do that on iOS, you have Nuance or Nuance <Smile>. As you say
though the Google TTS is excellent and more responsive than any Nuance
voices on iOS.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jackie Brown
Sent: 25 May 2013 13:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
Hi John
Agree completely with your sentiments. I would only add that if Android's
Kindle app was completely accessible, the reading experience would be
excellent as I really do like the Google voice they use.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of John Gallagher
Sent: 25 May 2013 11:06
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Samsung Galaxy or I-Phone 5
Hi Ian very good reply I use both the iphone 4 s and the samsung galazy s
iii.
I also use the google nexus 7 and at this moment
in time though android is fastly getting better
for us I feel the iphone still has the edge.
of course a lot depends on what you want to do
but the iphone is more simple to use and now
kindle access is hear this makes the reading of kindle books now possible.
the access for me to say kindle books is very
usefull and the satnav i think is very good.
with android the maps are great but still more
fiddley to operate when out walking or on a bus.
android must catch up with access to kindle and
if we get a better gps app for me the android will be better.
If I only had one choice I would go for an
iphone but as you say people who are very good on android will beg to
differ.
it is like asking which is the best way for us to get about
a guide dog or a long cane.
very difficult to answer.
cheers then.
At 19:56 24/05/2013, you wrote:
>Hi John, as Kevin indicated you'll get the sort
>of answers from people you would if you'd asked
>whether or not they like marmite. While firmly
>in the no camp on that one, I'm absolutely with
>Kevin on support for the iPhone. I have a
>little sight but really do work with the touch
>screen and have done so ever since getting my 4
>in 2010. I've not read any of the tutorials,
>though of course I have had advice and
>assistance from other iPhone users. I'm now
>using my iPhone 5 for everything from Twitter to
>listening to podcasts and from texting to
>reading books via the Amazon Kindle app for
>IOS. I know and know of plenty of totally blind
>people who're doing the same. My impression
>from this and other lists is that far fewer
>people have taken the Android option and then
>when you do you probably need to be a bit more
>technically savvy and prepared to learn more
>before being able to fully use and access the
>functionality. Having said all that, I think you should wait to see if a
> n android supporter like Steve Nutt responds
> to this thread as he holds very different views with equal vehemence.
>On 24 May 2013, at 18:42, John Farley wrote:
>
> > 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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