I would not discourage anyone from using a Samsung phone. Samsung phones
do come with their own screen reader, Voice Assistant, which is a fork
of Talk Back, but I'd let each person decide for themselves if they
prefer one screen reader over another. I tend to use Talk Back, but I
would never say that voice Assistant doesn't work as well as Talk Back.
There's also an advantage to having multiple screen readers available to
you on a platform. Just as on Windows I have JAWS, Narrator and NVDA, on
my Samsung S7, I have Talk Back and Voice Assistant. I can also toggle
between the two screen readers with just a single button press.
I'm also not aware of a single accessibility feature Samsung has
implemented on their phones that interferes with Talk Back. I'd ask for
more specifics before I take any generic statement like this and use it
as part of my decision making process on which Android phone to get.
People should do their own research and base their decisions on multiple
sources.
On 1/28/19 12:41 PM, Dan TeVelde wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm not surprised about the windows phone news. Microsoft had potential but couldn't get its act together. There was an accessibility solution but it didn't get good reviews. There was always a rumor that Microsoft was going to make the operating system compatible with NVDA but that never happened either. So now they've completely given up on mobile and are letting Apple and google have the market.
>
> With regard to Samsung, as a blind person I would stay away from their phones. They have an accessibility solution but it doesn't work as well as TalkBack. In addition, some of the accessibility features Samsung puts on their phones interfere with TalkBack. The best Android screen reading experience to take advantage of the latest Android is the new google Pixel phones. Unfortunately, they are expensive. We use them at work and I'm really starting to like android better. That will make Anna Garza who is on this list happy. I say this about Android despite the very limited Braille support. Ideally I would like to have both Android and iOs devices but that's not in my budget.
>
> Dan
>
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] 2 new tech updates from the folks at into tomorrow
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> Hi all,
>
> This in from the folks at into tomorrow
>
> www.intotomorrow.com
>
> Microsoft says as of December 1, 2019, they will no longer give support for Windows phones. They are encouraging people with Windows phones to use Android phones or iPhones.
>
> Now of course, most people do not use Windows phones, but in case there is someone on the list who uses one, now you know.
>
> Next, the Samsung 10 phone is coming out. It's got 1 tb of storage, and
> 12 gig of ram.
>
> Oh, wait, there's more, what is the cost? Are you all sitting down? Try $1,800!
>
> I don't think I'll do that!
>
> Harry
>
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