They are not stupid Paul, they are trying to see the phone to those people
who think they cannot use a camera. I would say the advert, if proven that
it is not a blind person, is in poor taste and Nokia should be challenged.
We can write indivjidually or if someone made available some tyjpe of form
we could all sign, you know the tyjpe of thing, like if someone is unwell or
whatever, like signing the WFA petition, then we could all as blind people
worldwide challenge Nokia on this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hopkins" <vipodcast...@gmail.com>
To: "Talks Mailing List" <talks@talksusers.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Talks] Nokia Accessibility & Maps - Commentary
Its worse than that!
Have you seen the N8 advert on TV at the moment where you have a blind
photographer using said N8 to take a photo of a roller coaster?
As far as I know, there is nothing on the N8 in its own right which
makes it accessible enough for a blind person to access it... Third
party software like Talks not withstanding.
How stupid are they at Nokia?
I'm very, very happy to support any genuine effort if they make a
propper effort at accessibility but, for them to make out that all is
good cause they show a few blind people using their products is either
miss guided at best or, down right lies at worse.
So, if anyone does have contacts to decision makers in Nokia who can
listen and take part in good constructive dialogue, I'd be interested
too.
Cheers.
Paul
On 26/02/2011, Matthew Chao <mattc...@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi, Folks! Regarding Ovi Maps and not being able to download them, I
got up on the Nokia Web site, went to the Accessibility link, and
then went to the Vision link.
First, overall, it was nice to see a story of a woman using Ovi Maps
to navigate, but nothing about full accessibility. That is, sure, we
can use the maps, but only online, given how accessible Ovi Suite is NOT.
Second, on the main Web site under software support, it''s mentioned
that PC Suite will be replaced by Ovi Suite, which, as we know, is
currently inaccessible to screenreaders on the PC.
Finally, Ovi Store also seems to be inaccessible. Could actually
make use of that app if it was accessible.
My question is: has anyone contacted Nokia regarding the
accessibility issues, and if so, has there been any feeback from
them? If no one has brought the accessibility issue to Nokia's
attention, is there anyone in Support who we could contact? Thanks
in advance for any ideas regarding this matter.--Matthew Chao
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