RE: android app development
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:44:56 -0500
As for the Braille displays on the IPhone it might support them but just
try to type a web address let me explain how you have to do it because of
the stupid way Apple did Braille.
Type w three times wait almost 2 seconds sometimes then type low d if you
don't wait you will get double d. then type google. Wait till it catches p
sometimes its fast sometimes it is not type low d again make sure it catches
up or you will get double d. They did not support computer Braille so you
have to do these stupid work arounds to be able to type. I would rather get
a tooth pulled with no anesthetic. So my nice RB18 stays put away and I
type on the screen slowly. Really slow.ly. With my G2 though I can msn
rocket fast and I can even search even though the web browser is iffy with
ideal it is getting better. I can tell you that in the long run apple will
not hold a candle to Android.
Ken
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:56 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: android app development
No, I have not used it much, but I have read many reviews, including
the recent article about the lack of built in accessibility frameworks
all but halting development of better screen readers which could, for
example, provide use of the touch screen for standard UI elements.
While Android's accessibility may not be Narrator, my point was that
it is far behind where Apple is, and the most recent version of
Android did nothing to change that, whereas the most recent version of
iOS added wireless braille support for just about every
bluetooth-enabled display I can think of.
On 12/16/10, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You've apparently not used android much. I know people that use it for
> quite a lot, and it does more than narrator does.
> On 12/16/2010 11:38 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
>> So ironic. Downright sad, if you ask me.
>>
>> "In the house of the blacksmith, they use a wooden knife."--Old Latin
>> American saying.
>>
>> "Mechanics' children have broken cars ..." "... A doctor's family
>> never gets cured."--Old proverbs from elsewhere
>>
>> Alex M
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:30 AM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: iOS development?
>> <snip>
>> Android has the equivalent of Microsoft Narrator, whereas iOS has
>> JAWS, complete with wireless braille display support (which is quite
>> good, especially as it is the first braille support for iOS).
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