[access-uk] Re: War on assistive technology (was: RE: Re: The dawning of a brave new world ...
- From: "James & Nash" <james.austin1984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:49:11 +0000
Hi Steve,
I have to agree with you about the battery. From what I've heard, it dos seem a
little on the quick drain side. As fo the rest, I can't speak to, although
perhaps things will change as time goes on. Also, we have a friend who uses
navigon on the IPhone and he really likes it. I don't know if the voice prompts
have been put back in.
Take it easy
TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
On 7 Mar 2010, at 08:59, Steve Nutt wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> In my experience, more applications for Symbian work out of the box than do
> with the iPhone or Touch. As a simple example, Navigon used to work well
> for GPS, until they took voice prompts out of pedestrian mode, so they have
> gone backwards.
>
> Wayfinder continues to work for Symbian, and Ovi Maps works to a degree, but
> not perfectly.
>
> Also as far as connectivity is concerned, I can connect my Braille display
> via Bluetooth with Symbian, which I can't do with an iPhone.
>
> Also, OCR is a no-no with iPhone, since the camera is so primitive.
>
> Finally, battery life is so poor as to make it not worth it, and the battery
> is not even user replacable, so you can't just go out and buy a spare.
>
> Don't get caught up in the hype is all I am saying, the iPhone is nice to
> feel, but that's all I can say good about it.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> James & Nash
> Sent: Saturday 6 March 2010 14:21
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: War on assistive technology (was: RE: Re: The
> dawning of a brave new world ...
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I don't know if this is just me, but I have always had terrible trouble with
> Talks and my Nokia cell phones.
>
> I have spent some time with the IPhone, and I think I like it. I think I
> would be much slower texting than I am with my current Nokia phone, but if I
> did decide to use an IPhone, I would be using mainstream software which i
> could use out of the box.
>
> Also Steve, do you have any evidence to support your statement that you have
> better access to applications using Talks than would using Voice Over on the
> IPhone?
>
> TC
> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
> On 6 Mar 2010, at 10:46, Steve Nutt wrote:
>
>> Hi Gordon,
>>
>> Trouble is, it is so expensive. You can buy an E71 for 200 quid, then
>> transfer the Talks for 50, and you have paid half the price for an iPhone,
>> and have better access to applications, and better connectivity.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> Gordon Keen
>> Sent: Friday 5 March 2010 15:18
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: War on assistive technology (was: RE: Re: The
>> dawning of a brave new world ...
>>
>> I for one agree with him, technology should be designed and manufactured
>> with access for all and we should not, definitely not have to buy add on
>> equipment or software to make it so.
>> Apple are getting there slowly but they are getting there.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> G
>>
>> From glorious Devon, England.
>> On 5 Mar 2010, at 12:23, Damon Rose wrote:
>>
>>> The reason I decided to go for the iPhone in the end is this rather
>>> political blog entry from Mike Calvo. He's saying we're on the brink of
>>> universal aaccessibility and should turn our backs on the status quo of
>>> assistive technology. Well, he kind of says this but also kind of
>>> suggests that assistive tech people should use mainstream platforms and
>>> devices, not ghetto gizmos:
>>>
>>> http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1294&utm_source=twitter
>>> feed&utm_medium=twitter
>>>
>>> I'm not 100% behind his words but I felt moved to try the iPhone as a
>>> result. Not sure that's what he expected people to do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of Lyn & Twinny
>>> Sent: 05 March 2010 10:30
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The dawning of a brave new world ...
>>>
>>> I would really be interested to read people's experiences with the
>>> I-phone. I use a mac at home but have never tried the Iphone. I am very
>>> happy with my Nokia N96. However, I would like, , to know for example
>>> how easy/hard it is to type a text message, to navigate the different
>>> menus and so on. So please, share your experience with me if you wish
>>> and feel free to do this off list if you do not wish to clutter the list
>>> with a lot of message that may not be of any interest to the people on
>>> this list. I hope to hear from some of you at some point about I-phone
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> Take care all and thanks for your time in sharing this with me.
>>>
>>> Lyn & Twinny
>>>
>>> On 3/5/10, Mike Moore <mikeis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Damon,
>>>>
>>>> You sure know how to live dangerously! Keep us posted!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
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