I would previously have said there's no benefit in a tablet over a phone if
you don't have the sight to take advantage of the bigger screen, however I
was having a conversation with Marco Zehe, Mozilla accessibility guy, and
he said he prefers tablets because of the layout. Often apps are designed
with a basic, uncluttered layout for the small screen of a phone, but have
a layout for tablet use which takes advantage of the extra space they
offer.
So it's a personal choice, but could be worth getting hold of a tablet as a
loan to try if you can of you think you might be interested.
I also know someone who is very good on her phone, and can easily navigate
things like the security code age uses to log in, but whenever I give her a
tablet, she just cannot get past the security screen, even though it's
similar to her phone but centred in the screen rather tab taking up the
full screen, so aside from experimenting, she's quite happy sticking with
the smaller screen.
My wife also finds the smaller phone screen note comfortable to navigate so
in the end it comes down tutu personal preference.
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Quentin
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On 11 October 2014 10:10:02 AM Ayoola Stephen Efunkoya
<ayokoya2009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you Glen for sharing that post.
I have no particular comment about that brand but just remembered a
question that has always bugged me: Can talkback users truly have a
neat experience using a tab?
Now that question arose when i tried my hands on my sighted brother's
Galaxy Tab 3. It felt to me that the width and length of the screen
made touch navigation by blind users somewht complicated.
Please what're other talkback users' (and even other visually impaired
users') experience and opinion about my concern?
Thank you.
On 10/10/14, Dialup @ 56k <dialup56k@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This one might be of interest to those of you looking for lots of
screen
zoom real estate.
Glen Barwick
[Extracted from full article. Link to full article at the end]
Lenovo announces Yoga Tablet 2 Pro 13.3" QHD Android tablet.
At a global launch event yesterday, Lenovo announced the Yoga Tablet 2
Pro. The tablet runs Android and packs a 13.3" QHD display.
The Tablet 2 Pro comes with a 5W JBL subwoofer and two 1.5W
front-facing
speakers. This makes up for an 8W surround sound system, which promises
to be quite good. The slate's battery is good enough for 15 hours of
usage on a single charge, but no more specifics are available at this
point. All of these neat features have made the tablet quite heavy at
950 grams.
The tablet operates a quad-core Intel Atom Z3745 processor and 2GB of
RAM. Internal storage is 32GB, while the microSD card slot allows for
additional expansion of up to 64GB.
The Yoga Tablet 2 Pro supports USB on-the-go, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (but
no
802.11ac), Bluetooth 4.0 and LTE. At the back of the tablet, there's an
8MP f/2.2 camera with LED flash, while at the front 1.6MP 720p shooter
takes care of video chatting.
Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro will be available from the end of October with
the non-LTE model costing $499.
Link:
http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_announces_yoga_tablet_2_pro_133_qhd_android_tablet-news-9886.php
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