[access-uk] Re: Setting the cat among the pigeons
- From: Saqib <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:12:28 +0500
Well said Steve! These experts sure know how to spit their dummy out.
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> On 28 Nov 2014, at 20:33, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28 Nov 2014, at 13:50, Peter Bentley <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.”
>
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