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Full History - 2021 - 06 - 28 - ID#o9qqtn
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New phone (self.Blind)
submitted by LeBlindGuy
I'm visually impaired and I Will get blind some day, so I want to goose a good smartphone in general, but I'm in doubt between picking the Samsung M62 or S20 ultra.

Edit : Apple is too expensive in my country because of the taxes (I think 40% of the product price is tax
Ps : an iphone 12 here costs about 1000 dollars. And that'll super expensive here in Brazil)
Laser_Lens_4 3 points 2y ago
Android has decent accessiblity, however it's better suited to people with partial sight. If you know you're going to lose all of it in the future, iOS might be a good idea. Talkback is competent and reasonably easy to use, but an iPhone will offer better support both at the corporate and community levels. We've got applevis. Android users don't really have an equivalent, and personally I think that alone makes iOS the better choice. If you decide to stick to the Android route, try and get the best phone you can. Talkback doesn't run as well on cheaper models with weaker processors. I recommend sticking to Pixel phones on the Android side, as even Samsung includes first-party apps that are inaccessible... like the one you use to get technical support.
gunfart 3 points 2y ago
Well, if they are both Samsung phones, they will basically function the exact same with a slight difference of feel and shape. Basically, your two choices are android or Apple. Regardless of the phone model, there are not many choices out there for operating system these days. Personally, Apple has way more function with voiceover and is much easier to navigate than talk back on android, but to each their own I guess.
pekak62 2 points 1y ago
Look at Project Ray from Israel. Designed specifically for blind and low vision users.

https://project-ray.com/products/
SoyUnChangito 1 points 2y ago
Accessibility features will be the same on both. So to choose betweenthe two, you would go with one that perhaps has better battery life or maybe even a headphone jack or a bigger screen. If you want the best accessibilty and ease of use then as someone mentioned getting an iphone would be the best option.

Source: my bestfriend was born blind so i have been by his side all his life.
YashSonkiya 0 points 2y ago
if you can, then go with S20 ultra. Samsung and Google are working together for accessibility and those features comes first on Samsung phones. specially S series phones.
tymme 0 points 2y ago
>Samsung and Google are working together for accessibility and those features comes first on Samsung phones

No, they don't. Even if they were working together, you have to go through the extra TouchWiz layer of Samsung integration into Android devices. Accessibility testing for new features (and first releases) are done on the stock OS / flagship phones (previously Nexus phones, now the Pixel series). In fact, a majority of Google's beta/initial public accessibility testing is limited to Pixel devices.
YashSonkiya 1 points 2y ago
Samsung currently using 1UI not touchWiz

and read this

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-talkback-screen-reader-galaxy-s21/
tymme 1 points 2y ago
Google itself has an accessibility testing program ( $1, which I'm a part of) which provides new features and beta/testing channels exclusively to Pixel phones before they are rolled out to the public. Many of these features stay Pixel-exclusive, especially Assistant-related features.

I'm glad Samsung partnered with Google for Talkback but a blanket "they get those features first" statement about accessibility is wrong, period. Touchwiz or 1UI, there's another software layer that Samsung has to go through to ensure compatibility that stock Android OS Pixel devices do not, and there aren't 40 rebranded versions of existing apps thrown onto every new Pixel phone to determine which 10 actually work and move on to the next release like Samsung does.
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