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I'm almost blind and yet a heavy phone user and somewhat of a phone geek, I use my smartphone each and every day to its full potential.
#ACCESSIBILITY BEST SCREEN READER CODE#
This isn't really a problem in practice, as Code Factory has put some thought into it and has selected the best settings which would suit the widest group of users. What can’t it do? As I’ve mentioned, you can’t customise the reading options and verbosity settings like you would in Mobile Speak and you can’t set up different customised user profiles. I see this as a Nokia problem and it falls into the same hole as Nokia Suite - the Windows application not being accessible with any Windows-based screen reader - but this is a subject for another day.
in pronouncing road names) then why can’t it also use higher quality for NSR? As it is, NSR runs the risk of being dubbed a bad screen reader just because of the voices used.Īnother major shortcoming, but this time platform-related, Nokia Store can’t be accessed by NSR or any other screen reader and this is a big problem because then the only option for visually disabled and blind people to get any applications from the Store is to ask for sighted assistance. The question is, if Nokia can use higher quality TTS voices in its Maps application (e.g. NSR is free, so it might be a bit unfair comparing the TTS quality to those used by companies like Code Factory (in Mobile Speak), Nuance and Apple in their screen readers, but I believe the quality of the TTS voices will eventually make or break NSR. Nokia could, for example, invest in some third party TTS voices, a lot of companies make TTS voices which have much higher quality. The voices are simply too mechanical, which makes it hard to understand what it’s saying at times, especially at lower volumes and higher speeds, the way most people use screen readers on their phones. The quality of the Nokia TTS voices is simply just sub standard - I only tried the English voice so far but I can’t see that it will be different with the other languages. On the subject of the TTS voices, this is I believe an area where Nokia can still improve. All this is done without any problems and with built in Nokia TTS guiding you every step of the way. Secondly, NSR allows a visually disabled or blind person to read and manage all phone menus, read and manage their contacts and calendars, send and receive messages and emails and it also allows you to browse the web. What can’t it do?įirstly, it’s very good - it doesn’t have to stand back for any other mobile screen reader on touch or non touch devices. For those not familiar with Mobile Speak, I would recommend you read the NSR user Manual before installation.ĭown to the business end, everybody’s first questions would be: 1.
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In my case it was a install on the Nokia 701, which is one of the newer Symbian Belle phones, and because I know and have been using Code Factory’s Mobile Speak for a while now, I fortunately already knew how to use it so I was on my way immediately. After the download, it’s a quick and easy installation process, a phone restart and there you go, your phone speaks.
#ACCESSIBILITY BEST SCREEN READER DOWNLOAD#
All it takes is a simple download from the Nokia Store just like you would download any other application, just remember that you’ll need some sighted assistance at this stage. Getting back to Nokia Screen Reader, it still gives you all the functionality of Mobile Speak but you can’t customise the reading options or verbosity settings - what you hear is what you get! NSR works with Nokia’s built in TTS (Text To Speech) voices and, in its current form, supports eight languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Spanish. The Scuderia still gives you all the functionality of the normal F430 but because it’s stripped down it doesn’t, for example, have comfy adjustable leather seats and it also doesn’t have air conditioning or a booming sound system like the standard F430. If I can explain it by comparing it to sports cars, the Ferrari F430 Scuderia is a stripped down racing version of the normal F430.
#ACCESSIBILITY BEST SCREEN READER FREE#
NSR is a totally free application, essentially a stripped down and simplified version of Code Factory’s Mobile Speak screen reader ( feature set comparison) but it is in no way too simplified to make your phone unusable. Nokia Screen Reader v1.1, or for short NSR, currently supports four Nokia devices, the numeric keyboard C5-00 and C5 5MP and also the touch Symbian Belle 700 and 701. Code Factory already makes their own popular mobile screen reader for Symbian called Mobile Speak and also a few other accessibility applications for mobile platforms including Android, so they’re not newbie’s in the field of screen readers and accessibility. It all started back in October of 2011 at Nokia World 2011 in London. Nokia announced a free mobile screen reader for blind and visually disabled people and Nokia tasked a Spanish company to build this tool.
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