Category: accessible Devices
I'm looking for a phone that doesn't have talks or Mobile speaks that is on the t-mobile network that is accessible.The most ideal would be something with voice commands. Does anyone know if such a phone for this network exists? Thanks in advance for any help.
My best bet for you is too go and look arround. As for my help sorry I can not help
Few of my friends recently purchased the my touch slide by HTC these are droid devices. So, far he likes them.
With Droid you won't be able to use the web browser and reliably download applications properly their way way behind the iPhone. However, there is no LG equivalent on the T-Mobile network, they have no accessibility people like AT&T.
Aside from accessibility we've found them to be really good for customer service. But you'll need a phone with a reader in it.
Thanks for the feedback. Doubt my client will be happy with that, but I suppose that's not my issue. The only phone I could find was that oasis screenless phone which is no longer made.
Leo, have you actually used the droid. I've used it for 3 weeks straight now on version 2.2 and have had no problems downloading apps from the market without sighted assistance. Also the built in apps with the exception of web browser and a location app are completely accessible.
I wouldn't even bother with the 22C. I was curious admittedly but after my friend Marissa started having problems iwth it and couldn't even get a hold of Capital Accessibility I did a complete 180. That and the speech quality on that thing was absolutely horrible.
Guilty as charged: I've just read reviews, but they were for 2.1.
The mobile web is likely to become a place of apps rather than web browsing it looks like, with the newer devices. I find it challenging you can't use the browser but hey, using their app store and just the apps should get a lot done.
You probably have to pay for data plan of course, so it's not like just getting a messaging phone which includes a few built-in apps, but more clse to an iPhone. Curious now, did you use the touch screen on it, or just the slide out keyboard / dPad?
I've actually been using a combination of both the touch screen and the slide out keyboard. I don't think it was designed to use the touch screen for many tasks, but because my sighted wife has told me how a lot of things are set up, I often reach up and touch what I want on the screen and off I go. I've also found that many of the things I found written such as unable to find the buttons for the install apps from the market and inability to have anything read in the browser not quite accurate. If I down arrow I'm able to click both install and ok to install aplications. In fact, I downloaded two trivia games tonight while I waited for dinner, and was able to do so without help. Also, I've been able to get many things that most have called inaccessible by simpley touching them on the screen first.
I am with the T-mobile network but I have never come across a phone with voice commands on it. I currently have the n86 phone which I think is the best phone I have ever had but this has talks on it so not what you are looking for. I heard a couple of years ago that motoroller had brought out a range of mobile phones that had sppeech built in to them. They have probably been discontinued now but it might be worth a look.
What about the issue with using the access friendly diler for banks and automated systems? I've got enough sight to use the normal one but I do wonder if you've found an easy way around this?
Would you say you needed someone sighted to explain the layout for you? I only ask this because I'm the techie one in our house and generally go read their manuals even if i can't see to use their phone or device. That would set me back from getting a Droid I think, as I'd rather be able to explore the device myself, or with someone techie who knows. My wife is even intimidated by my daughter's touch screen Samsung Behold - a device we can't use of course, but is a pretty modern non-gesture (single-touch) phone.
For the most part the only thing I really ever asked is where the ok buttons appear on the screen. I've been able to figure out much of what I need to using the google project videos, and the documentation on the android sight. Now that being said, if you told me today, hey the iPhone was on verizon, I'd jump ship probably without a thought, but in a situation like what we have now, I see no reason to purchase a winmo phone and mss when the droid is offering almost the exact access if not more considering the access to third party applications.
I've had no problems using the dialre to make calls, I personally prefer the native home screen to the eyes free shell, but that's a matter of taste.
I recently downloaded probably 10 or 12 apps last night and out of those all happened to be accessible. The navigation application works well with talk back and I enjoy using as I travel by car a great deal for my job. I'd probably again say the droid os is still probably for the more technically able but is certainly progressing to the point where I'd not hezitate suggesting it to consumers.