No, windows eight is a nono for me too. I love my iphone though. I wait till
the deals come, and get mine cheep. I like at&t for that, I think as far as
accessibility goes they are better than Verison, and a little cheeper. Just
my observation folks, so I'm not telling people to switch.
Carolyn Kj4vt
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:39 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Re Screen Reader with a Windows phone
> I haven't used mobile speak with windows 8 but I have with windows mobile
> 5
> and 6 and it wasn't too bad. There were a lot more apps out there that you
> can install on your own that I couldn't use but for the basic phone
> functions it was OK. I noticed a lot of freeze ups though with both of
> them.
> That's why I switched to the android which I am happy with all but the
> touch
> screen and either way you're stuck with that these days very
> unfortunately.
> I don't see any possible way the iphone could be better and doubt if I'll
> ever spend that kind of money for something I can't even make changes to,
> replace the battery in, nothing. Accessibility wise, I'd heavily doubt
> it's
> any better than what I have now and I'll never see spending the money. I
> don't know windows 8, it may be better it may not, I don't even have that
> on
> any of my computers and from people I know using it, I don't think I want
> to.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re Screen Reader with a Windows phone
>
>
>> Bob:
>>
>> You might want to look at the Code Factory who make a product called
>> Mobile Speak.
>> Be careful though, Android and Windows gotta a long way to go to beat
>> Apple's accessibility. You might not like Apple and like me, you may not
>> like being told you can only use one product but sometimes it is what it
>> is.
>> Last I looked at Mobile Speak, it was a screen reader with 10 built in
>> accessible apps and anything else installed after the fact, didn't work.
>> My XYL has the iPhone 5C and to tell you the truth, when Voice Over
>> running, it was a little quicker than LG Nexus 5,which as the Krait quad
>> core 2.3GHZ processor, faster than the Apples 1.6 Duel core, supposedly.
>> LOL but I didn't think so.
>>
>> 73:
>> Mike VO1AX
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