[access-uk] Re: Setting the cat among the pigeons
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:50:06 -0000
Hi Matt,
It is completely usable. I use Android all day every day as my primary phone
and I am totlaly blind. if it wasn't usable, I couldn't use it for my business
and personal life.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MJ
Williams
Sent: 28 November 2014 16:05
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Setting the cat among the pigeons
Hi,
How usable is Android? It may be accessible, but as you know accessibility
doesn't always denote usability.
I have never used Android, so I come to this as a complete beginner.
Matt
At 15:33 28/11/2014, you wrote:
Hi,
It is no longer honest though in terms of accessibility. I would say Android
is virtually equal to iOS in terms of accessibility, provided you know the
operating system, especially Android 5.0, AKA Lollipop.
As for Marco's blog, the second time he was supposed to do it for 30 days and
quit on day 18, just because he couldn't find a way to turn the screen off. I
could have told him of at least two apps that do it, Filters and Shades, so his
research left a lot to be desired.
Sure Android is not perfect, but it strikes me these so-called experts want it
to be like iOS, and it simply isn't.
All the best
Steve
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Dave Sheridan
Sent: 28 November 2014 14:26
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Setting the cat among the pigeons
Hi Peter
Whilst it may not be the response you had hoped for It is honest in respect of
how long you may need to wait for this app to be developed before its release.
Dave
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On 28 Nov 2014, at 13:50, Peter Bentley < bentleypdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bentleypdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Afternoon
I contacted BlindSquare support yesterday to see if they might be preparing to
relaease their program on the android platform. This was their reply. What do
you think?
Peter
“Currently iOS is superior on accessibility, so 99% of blind users picks that
one. Android is coming better, but still long way to go...
I appreciate lot Marco Zehe, who is blind and also works on Mozilla's
accessibility team. He has tried to switch over to Android 2 times now. For him
it
was not yet possible, but he has written a lot of differences and where Google
still have something to be improved:
http://www.marcozehe.de/2014/08/03/revisiting-the-switch-to-android-full-time-experiment/
That said: I hired Android developer 3 months ago and we have been building
some groundings. BlindSquare is currently 80 000 lines of beautifully written
code, so making port of all of it would be possibly 6-12 months task, so I'm
aiming first lite version. I have no idea, when that would be ready.
One of the best Android apps is DotWalker. It has probably 5% of features of
BlindSquare, but worth trying.â€
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