Fwd: RE: Blackberry screen reader now on Z30

[Christian]

Hi all,
So now things seems to happen I think.
What do you think?
Really interesting!
Got this email from the Blackberry staff.
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On 2013-11-04 at 15:52 Nichole Hoang <nho...@blackberry.com> wrote:

>Good morning Christian,
>
>Thanks for reaching out. The BlackBerry Screen Reader is now available on
>the BlackBerry Z30 model and we are in the process of making it available
>on future models running on the BlackBerry 10 OS as well.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Nichole Hoang
>Corporate Responsibility Associate
>Office: (519) 888-7465 ext. 11181
>BlackBerry: (519) 498-6738
>PIN: 2A2946E0
>
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>
>From: Christian [mailto:chris...@runbox.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 2:20 PM
>To: Accessibility
>Subject: Blackberry screen reader
>
>Hi,
>Any news on upcoming screen reader for the new Blackberry OS?
>Many thanks,
>Christian
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[Loreal Lavigna]

I think this will be great and would love to find out if this is available
in the US and which carriers the device is on.

Loreal Lavigna
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[Pete Nalda]

While I applaud them for getting this technology forward, I wonder why it’s only the z models getting this? Seems the Q series would serve visually impaired people better. I know most folks will adapt, but if a screenreader became available for the Q10, I’ve be taking another look at Blackberry for sure. There’s just nothing quite like those physical keyboards. YMMV.

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[Loreal Lavigna]

Personally, I would love to see this on the Q Series of the BlackBerry 10 devices. I have to agree with Pete on this. While the touch screen is extremely easy to adapt to overall given the availability of phones with touch screens on both the Android and the Apple sides of the coin, having a phone with an available QWERTY keyboard would make things I think that much more simplified for individuals who like both touch screen as well as physical keyboard devices.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

[faisal malik]

Great news, we'll love it soon on Q10 too..


Warm Regards,
Faisal Malik
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[Jas]

Thank you so much Christian, I have been searching and emailing Rim in regards to this information but nobody reply. Hopefully the screenreader will be available on Q10 soon.. Really need to change my nokia phone.

 

Best regards

Jas