Hi Eleanor. Of course bear in mind I haven't tried the iPhone 4S. I would like to be able to use an Android phone but would love Talks to be able to work with it.
Maurice Press -----Original Message----- From: talks-boun...@talksusers.com [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 19 March 2012 10:04 To: Talks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Talks] I just bought an iPhone Thanks Maurice. I for one recall you making these comments at5 the time when you tried out the iPhone. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Press" <mauricepr...@enterprise.net> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <talks@talksusers.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Talks] I just bought an iPhone > Hi All. > > I know I said I'd take a backseat from now on however, I wanted to > make a couple of comments regarding my experiences with using the > iPhone. > > As members of the list will have observed, I am a great supporter of > Talks and love Nokia smart phones. > > A little while ago I purchased an iPhone 4 to see what I thought of it. > > I have always used an iPod touch for my music and leisure so was > familiar > with the Apple lay-out. > > Now let me say again that this is my personal experience. > Firstly, I found the quality of the iPhone quite poor - in that I mean > the sound compared to my Nokia or previous phones. > The main thing however was texting. I found this to be extremely > slow and although I spent time using the iPhone I never got much > speed up to any of my Nokia phones. > Also, Since IOS 65 upgrade, I have never liked the new voice we were > foisted with. > > I know there are those who carry around a portable bluetooth or > Bluetooth Braille keyboard but be honest, I want to carry as little > with me as > possible not 2 or 3 devices that are connected to the one phone ETC. > > I would finish by perhaps asking that unanswered question, Does one > want to buyh a phone for the "Phone" or all the other communication > requirements. > Just some observations. > > > > Maurice Press > > Managing Director of the Disability Resource Team > > T: +44 (0) 208 943 0022 > F: +44 (0) 208 943 5162 > Website: www.disabilityresourceteam.com > > Company Registration Number: 5191276. > > Registered Office Address: > DRT: 2nd Floor, 6 Park Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0AA. > > -----Original Message----- > From: talks-boun...@talksusers.com > [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] > On > Behalf Of Eleanor Burke > Sent: 18 March 2012 21:39 > To: Talks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Talks] I just bought an iPhone > > Christopher I am very pleased to read what you write below re Talks > and iPhone. I am aware of more and more blind people making the move > over to iPhone and I am thinking seriously about it for my necxt > phone, however, I have been a Talks user for 4 years now and my appeal > here is to the Talks developers not to let the iPhone and Android take > over the market of screen readers for the blind. My Symbian S60 has > met all my needs up to 2011 but Talks is not meeting my needs at > present. What then are my problems? > > 1. E-mail accessability is not what it was. I cannot seem to find a > way on my E6 to save a new e-mail address. > 2. As pointed out by another list member, over a week ago, the Edit > boxes in Twitter and Facebook have Talks continually saying edit box > while one is writing. Yet this has only become an issue with Talks > released in February 2012. What surprises me is that such an issue is > not known at release time. > Surely the developers run through e-mail, internet and social network > sites prior to release. > 3. Despite all I said over months about the work around on E6 to start > writing in a word document. My comments were not listened to. > > Finally Talks developers, I love Talks and do not want to stop using > this excellent and reasonably priced software, but if my comments and > those of other users fall on deaf ears, then we may be forced to go > out and purchase an alternative mobile device than the symbian S60 > one. > -----Original message----- > From: Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 18/03/2012, 3:28 pm > To: Talks Mailing List > Subject: [Talks] I just bought an iPhone > > > Well, after being a happy Symbian and Talks user for almost exactly 9 > years, I finally decided to get a new smart phone, and this time I > went with an iPhone. Not that why I did so is important to anyone, but > I'll include some of my thoughts below, as well as how much I > appreciate Talks and the Symbian platform. > > I started using Talks while it was still in beta back at the end of 2002. > I > got a Nokia 9290 communicator, and I think this, in conjunction with > Talks, was the first fully accessible smart phone available to the > blind. I've had > 2 Symbian phones since then, the Nokia N75 and the AT&T Nokia E71X. > Each phone had it's strengths and weaknesses, but in general, I've > never been disappointed with Symbian or Talks. > > My decision to go with an iPhone was a tough one, although that was as > much philosophical as anything else. I type on my E71X much less than > I used to, so the thought of going with a touch only device became > less of a concern for me. I was kind of waiting for the Droid 4 (which > will have a keyboard), but I wasn't sure when or if AT&T would ever > carry the Droid 4, and after reading multiple reviews of Android and > Ice Cream Sandwich, it seemed like I'd be waiting quite a while for > Android to catch up with the iPhone with respect to accessibility. > > The closed nature of the iPhone also concerned me when comparing it to > an Android, or even a Symbian, phone, but I use the cloud more and > more, and I eventually decided that I could leverage the cloud enough > to minimize my need to use Windows or iTunes. > > I also started finding myself needing an IOS or Android device for > work and wanting one for personal use, e.g. the apps I needed for work > or wanted to use personally were only available on the IOS or Android > platforms. > Although > there isn't anything wrong with my E71X, it is starting to show it's > age, and once I decided Android would be playing catch up with the > iPhone with respect to accessibility for quite some time to come, even > given Ice Cream Sandwich. I decided there was no longer any reason to wait. > > I just want to say that I never slammed the iPhone, so I don't think > I'm being hypocritical at all. I still feel the Symbian device and > Talks are perfectly adequate solutions for the right situation, and I > don't think anyone needs to feel like they're being left behind if > they choose to continue to use a Symbian device for another handset or > two. It's all about what you want and what gets the job done. > > I just want to conclude by letting the Talks developers and this list > know how much I appreciated the technological advances made by the > Talks developers. They were truly visionaries. I also want this list > to know how much I appreciated the support I got from this list and > it's members. I'm convinced that without Symbian, Talks and this list, > I would not have been a satisfied blind smart phone user these past > nine years. > > I'll hang out on this list for a bit, and I'm sure I'll see some of > you on more generic lists, but eventually I'll have to unsubscribe > from this list, unless of course, I can't stand the iPhone and come > back to Talks! > Wow, this all seems a bit melodramatic, but Talks and this list have > actually been a big part of my life for most of a decade, so I hope > y'all will forgive my drama! Good luck everyone in that quest for the > perfect smart phone for your own situation! > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chalt...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4879 - Release Date: > 03/18/12 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4879 - Release Date: > 03/18/12 > > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ ----- No virus found in this message. 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