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Smartphone recommendations (self.Blind)
submitted by wagon125
I'm looking for any suggestions about smartphone apps and settings for visually impaired people. My mother in law has been losing her vision for a while. My wife and I live far enough away from her that a trip to see her is only practical once or twice a year. She has other family nearby, but they aren't very helpful. While we visit for the holidays we were hoping to help her with her phone and make it easier to use.
She has a Galaxy S4 and has used Android phones for several years. She mostly uses the phone for basic calls and texts. If she can get more use out of it, she would probably start using Facebook again. I've seen some posts on this sub about the iPhone screen reader being more helpful than the options available on Android. While I'm not entirely opposed to suggesting that she switch to Apple, I think she would be more comfortable using what she knows.
Any recommendations on apps or accessibility setting would be helpful.
She has a Galaxy S4 and has used Android phones for several years. She mostly uses the phone for basic calls and texts. If she can get more use out of it, she would probably start using Facebook again. I've seen some posts on this sub about the iPhone screen reader being more helpful than the options available on Android. While I'm not entirely opposed to suggesting that she switch to Apple, I think she would be more comfortable using what she knows.
Any recommendations on apps or accessibility setting would be helpful.
YorDnilb 1 points 6y ago
I use the Galaxy s7 edge with these apps available on google play Anyline, Indigo, KNFB Reader, Mobile Accessibility, TalkBack, Text Fairy, Voice Recorder, Voice service, voice wake up, along with Samsung accessibility features. There is a lot of different apps out there that I've tried & quickly uninstalled, but you have to try different things to find what works for you.
GuideDogAndHisQueer 1 points 6y ago
I use to have a galaxy s4. If your mother in law is not a big phone user she might be OK with the Samsung. There are a few apps that are in the Google play store that might help. Caller I'D tells you who is calling and who is texting. It also reads out the text message. Big Font will make the app names on the screen bigger. Talking clock will tell her the time. If I remember rightly I had nova launcher on my phone. That let's you change a lot of the settings to help you if you have sight problems. Talkback takes a bit of practice but it works. If you have a look in the Google play store rather the Samsung app store you will find a lot more useful apps. If you want I can dig out my Samsung phone and let you know what was on it. Just send me a message. Good luck.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
Generally speaking, the VoiceOver for iPhone wins hands down over TalkBalk for Android. The integration is just so much better, and a greater selection of apps.
Also, it depends what her vision is. Does she have enough vision to use magnification apps? Smart Magnifier is suppose to be very good. TapTapSee if also very good as well.
There are also a variety of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps that help to read pages of texts. I personally prefer to use Office Lens (because of integration with OneNote), but there are others that are meant specifically for people with vision loss.
Also, it depends what her vision is. Does she have enough vision to use magnification apps? Smart Magnifier is suppose to be very good. TapTapSee if also very good as well.
There are also a variety of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps that help to read pages of texts. I personally prefer to use Office Lens (because of integration with OneNote), but there are others that are meant specifically for people with vision loss.
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