[vicsireland] Re: Google makes touchscreens accessible to blind phone users
- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:13:56 +0100
Hi Mark,
Couldn't seem to get any voice output out of the video, so maybe I'm
missing something.
I suppose this is a slight step forward, But excuse me for being a bit
underwhelmed!
Wow, I can now make a phone call using the iPhone. The iPhone has
about another trillion features, most of which involve more complex
operations than just tapping in a number and I can't access them.
I could make phone calls using the first mobile ever invented, so this is
hardly a step forward.
Also, how would I change setttings on the phone?
How would I browse the web, which is surely the main feature of the iPhone?
How do I confirm I've typed in the correct phone number and clear any
incorrect digits?
There are a dozen other things I want to do but can't, because for a
very simple problem, If I'm doing anything which requires just a single
tap on the phone, or even 2 taps, I have no way of orienting myself.
I hate to be negative, but I'm still to be convinced that touch screens
can ever be made to work as well as tactile surfaces.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Magennis
Sent: 07 April 2009 09:51
To: Vics Mailing List
Subject: [vicsireland] Google makes touchscreens accessible to blind phone
users
For all those touchscreen lovers, here's an article about an 'eyes-
free' touchscreen dialling system developed by Google on the Android
mobile phone OS. The basic idea could be expanded to other touchscreen
applications.
http://www.macworld.com/article/139832/2009/04/android_accessibility.html
The article includes s a video demo which is mostly voiceover so you
should get a good idea of how it works.
Mark
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