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Full History - 2019 - 01 - 31 - ID#alob3z
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iPhone vs Samsung vs Smart Vision 2 (self.Blind)
submitted by Arinvar
My wife currently uses a Smart Vision 2 mobile phone. She is considering getting a new samsung (s9 or note 9 potentially) because she is not having a nice experience using her smart vision 2 with her smart beetle. Does anyone have any experience using a smart beetle with iphone's or android phones? Do you think she will have a smoother experience with one or the other?

She previously used an iPhone so she is reasonably experienced using voice controls and other accessiblity features, but she really wants the best experience she can get with her smart beetle so we would consider going back to an iPhone. Any thoughts?
bleeblat 1 points 4y ago
I have not used that braille display, but I can say that Brailleback is terrible on Android. I couldn't get the Brailliant BI 40 to connect a lot of the time, and when I did it would disconnect frequently. I got an iphone again, but I don't know what we're going to do because the newer phones are just getting more visual, with more stupid features nobody actually needs. I got an 8 plus, because anything newer just gets insane for the price and doesn't end up being that helpful. Brailleback still doesn't do contracted braille input, so if she needs that, definitely would have to get an iphone. Also on a display that size, you'll likely want to be aware you'll get UEB by default and that's not optimal for smaller displays. Well, it's not optimal at all, because it's buggy as hell for translation, and doesn't solve the problems it claims to solve, but that's another thread. I only bring up UEB here, because it's buggy as hell on contracted input on all operating systems on which I have tested it.
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