Accessibility Configuration Guidelines

1. Minimum Configuration for individuals who are blind (see note 1)

• Must have a thumbwheels or a D-Pad somewhere on the device;

• Must have a keyboard;

• Firmware Version 1.6 (Donut) or greater;

• Android application:

  • TalkBack: Version 2.2.1 (43.35 KB)

2. Recommended Configuration for individuals who are blind (see note 1)

• Thumbwheel or a D-Pad accessible without sliding out the KB

• Physical call and hang-up buttons

• Keyboard spacing enable user to differentiate one key from another;

• All buttons should be actual hardware buttons and not capacitive buttons

• KB arranged as a standard QWERTY KB (numbers should have distinct row from letters).

• Firmware Version 1.6 (Donut) or greater;

• Android applications:

  • Eyes Free Configuration Manager: Version 1.3.0 (42.58 KB)

  • Eyes Free Shell: Version 2.1.0 (516KB)

  • KickBack: Version 1.0.0 (6.13 KB)

  • SoundBack: Version 1.0.0 (80.25 KB)

  • Talking Compass: Version 1.0.0 (292 KB)

  • Talking Dialer: Version 1.1.1 (138 KB)

  • TalkBack: Version 2.2.1 (43.35 KB)

  • Text-to-Speech Extended: Version 2.0 (1.33 MB)

3. Minimum Configuration for individuals who have low vision

• Thumbwheel or a D-Pad somewhere on the device;

• Firmware Version 1.5 (Cupcake);

• Android applications:

  • Talking Compass: Version 1.0.0 (292 KB)

  • Eyes Free Configuration Manager: Version 1.3.0 (42.58 KB)

  • Text-to-Speech Extended: Version 2.0 (1.33 MB)

  • Talking Compass: Version 1.0.0 (292 KB)

  • Eyes-Free Shell: version 1.0 (465 KB)
    http://eyes-free.googlecode.com/files/shell_1.0_market.apk

  • TTS Service: v1.4 (932 KB)
    http://eyes-free.googlecode.com/files/tts_1.4_market.apk

4. Recommended Configuration for individuals who have low vision:

• Thumbwheel or a D-Pad accessible without sliding out the KB;

• Physical call and hang-up buttons;

• Camera that has a macro-zoom feature;

• Keyboard spacing enable user to differentiate one key from another;

• All buttons should be actual hardware buttons and not capacitive buttons;

• Keyboard arranged in standard QWERTY format;

• Numbers should be across a row;

• Firmware Version 1.6 (Donut) or greater;

• Android applications:

  • Eyes Free Configuration Manager: Version 1.3.0 (42.58 KB)

  • Eyes Free Shell: Version 2.1.0 (516KB)

  • KickBack: Version 1.0.0 (6.13 KB)

  • SoundBack: Version 1.0.0 (80.25 KB)

  • Talking Compass: Version 1.0.0 (292 KB)

  • Talking Dialer: Version 1.1.1 (138 KB)

  • TalkBack: Version 2.2.1 (43.35 KB)

  • Text-to-Speech Extended: Version 2.0 (1.33 MB)

Note 1:

It is not currently possible to provide individuals who are blind access to e-mail or the Internet using Android smartphones.  However, given the proactive nature of Google's accessibility team we believe these issues will be resolved by future (post Froyo) releases of Google's Eyes-Free applications.

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