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The quest for a high contrasting black mobile phone experience for low vision users
I am a perfect example of someone who needs a high contrasting color scheme to be able to effectively use an interface. On the PC I use a combination of speech output, magnification and high contrasting colors. If I use a white background with black text I require 12x-14x magnification; however, if I use white […]
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Configuring your Samsung Galaxy S3 for Blind Users – Part 1 – Getting rid of the samsung keyboard in favor of the android stock one
Over the next few weeks I will be documenting some of the changes that every blind Samsung Galaxy S3 user should consider doing to improve their experience. These include changing the default input method, installing nova launcher and configuring a number of other settings on the phone. First out of the gate is to get […]
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The must have accessible apps for blind android users
Just new to android or looking for a few new apps for your phone? Below, I have put together a list of the 30 apps I use the most or find I miss when I'm on another device. How about you, what are your must have android apps? Please leave your favourite accessible android apps […]
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Google Now Great for providing access to your surroundings
Google released a new feature called "Google Now" in their latest version of the Android OS called Jelly Bean. Google Now is a screen that contains "cards" of concise information that Google has guessed you might need, "now". You simply tap the "Google" icon from your desktop, the search icon or voice search icon and […]
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Notes / Tweets From Lake Joe Technology Training 2012
_ #ljt1 2 Lake Joe Technology Training -2012 5 days of technology training, exploration & excitement at CNIB's beautiful and accessible Lake Joe facility Trending Words alt, @lordjeff, @mcourcel, up, slide, press, powerpoint, rt, now, use, enter, arrow, right, dropbox, list Event Participants _ RT @mcourcel: RT @mcourcel: A slightly edited tweet list of the […]
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Solutions for Blind Corporate Mail Users
Many of us work in a corporate environment and require access to the mail, calendar and contact information from mobile devices. In a corporate environment it is not unusual to have security requirements that limit options for the devices that can be connected to the corporate mail and PIM services. Most corporate environments have went […]
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A blind trek through the BlackBerry patch with the Blackberry Screen Reader
In late May, RIM released The Blackberry Screen Reader As a veteran Blackberry user, I am going to give my initial impressions of RIM's latest foray into accessibility for blind users. I have been involved in the testing, development and evaluation of accessible mobile devices for well over 10 years. I have used some of […]
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A Blind Trek Through Android – Part 1: Unwrapping the Jelly Bean (Getting Started)
The mobile space changes so dramatically on a daily basis. I had just started to write the 2nd half of my walkthrough for Android Ice Cream Sandwich when Jelly Bean comes on the scene. Jelly Bean is the name of the latest version of android’s popular mobile phone, tablet & device operating system. I am […]
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A Blind Trek Through Android – Part 1: Unwrapping the Ice cream sandwich (Getting Started)
There are a lot of conflicting opinions about the relative accessibility or inaccessibility to blind consumers of the Android platform from Google. I have been involved in the testing, development and evaluation of accessible mobile devices for well over 10 years. I have used some of the very early proprietary devices, the phones running Microsoft's […]
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Android and external keyboards
I have seen a lot of requests for QWERTY or external keyboard recommendations for android phones. This post will share my experience while experimenting with QWERTY keyboards on android. I have a Samsung galaxy nexus running ice cream sandwich (ICS). I have gotten 3 separate keyboards to work with ICS. 1) RII 66-key Mini Bluetooth […]
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