To my knowledge and I could be wrong here and am usually proven so swiftly but the blackberry is not accessible at all at this stage. I need to google again to see what's new but at one point I contacted RIM directly and received less than an enthusiastic response. The response I had gotten was from their director of accessibility and she informed me that the blind market was to small for their time and resources. (which isn't what I wanted to hear but has a kernel of truth to it) This was however more than a year ago. On the more encouraging side, I've heard rumblings that we might see some screen reading options for the b-berry from code factory or other sources. So, I don't think it's likely but as I've said my knowledge is a year or so out. Oh and RIM themselves have fild some patents so I think there is some sort of effort forming or possibly more.
As a side note, I'd jump on a b-berry in a hot second but the trend right now is away from RIM devices and to windows mobile and there will be some options with the Sendero engine in them available.
----- Original Message ----- From: "O'Farrell, Catherine J." <Catherine.O'Farrell@xxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:15 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Blackberry GPS for Blind?
Hi Guys, Have any of you heard of a GPS system that works with Blackberry and is accessible to a person who is blind? Thanks, Catherine Catherine O'Farrell COMS, CVRT Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center VA Medical Center 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 933-8101 Ext. 5023
