I concur with all you say Paul but I think we would need to know for certain
that the person in the advert is actually blind, or an actor! I know for my
part I have not enjoyed the experience of using N97 Mini so am reluctant to
move to iPhone but I do hear a lot of people speaking so highly of it. On
the Talks front though, I have only been using a mobile phone with Talks for
under 3 years and I have never looked back and never will look back. Just
wish we could somehor or other keep Talks going for as long as possible. I
would hate to see the software developers of Talks pushed out of the market.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hopkins" <vipodcast...@gmail.com>
To: "Talks Mailing List" <talks@talksusers.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Talks] Nokia Accessibility & Maps - Commentary
Sorry Matt?!
When I read your message the first time, I thought you were talking to
me but, then I realised that essentially, you are agreeing with me.
Or, am I wrong?
When you say, awfully disingenuous, I presume you are talking about Nokia?
Just wanted to check as my head is fuzzy with assignment work. :)
I agree with you in regard to a Nokia preference and I was struggling
to use the likes of the 5100 with a magnifier long before Talks was
around. So, probably been using them for around 15 years.
And yet, I'll go to IPhone, as soon as I can afford it, whatever its
constraints to us or the learning curve, because they have got, or
have been made to get the notion of having accessibility right out of
the box.
I fully understand that it was always the third party apps like Talks
that enabled access to Nokia phones in the first place... And that, to
some extent, they were always playing catch up. But, when they are
being potentially frozen out altogether as new development takes place
in Nokia World and then Nokia are using VI People to Market their
products, I have a problem.
Cheers.
Paul
On 26/02/2011, Matthew Chao <mattc...@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi, Paul! That's awfully disingenuous. No wonder people who are
blind or visually impaired are looking more at the iPhone. I like
Nokia phones because I like the good ol' fashioned keypad. But
what's the point if the PC software becomes inaccessible, and you
can't download maps to save battery power and not be online every
time you need to navigate. Besides, there are times when you have no
cell coverage, but still have GPS access. So, what happens when the
online maps go away? A cobbled solution at best, or say what you
mean, mean what you say.--Matthew Chao
At 10:43 AM 2/26/2011, you wrote:
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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