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For Several years now, I have been interested in the accessibility of KaiOS, a platform used on newer basic phones. I have not been able to find much information online about this, and have decided to explore this further. I purchased a used Nokia 2780 flip phone from Ebay, and it arrived today! When I powered it up, I was pleasantly surprised to be instructed to press the Left Softkey to turn on readout mode. Sure enough, the setup process was fully accessible. I am now going through the various applications to see how they work while I wait for my SimCard to arrive. One thing I am finding though is that anything web based is very difficult to use. I am curious, is anyone here using KaiOS and if so, how are you finding the experience? I'm just surprised I haven't heard more talk about this as these phones could be affordable devices for users who don't want a smartphone.

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Cleverson
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Very interesting! Is there any documentation on this, e.g. what's the screen reader used, are other languages supported?
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Cullen Gallagher
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@clv0 There really isn’t any documentation, which is something I am a bit confused about. I guess that’s why I’m so curious about this platform.
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Cleverson
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OK, so please keep reporting how accessible are the features in the device. I'd also like to know what languages there are voices for.
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Musharraf :verified:
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If I remember correctly, this is a variant of FireFox OS.
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Peter Vágner
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@Musharraf :verified: @Cullen Gallagher I think back in the days when @Mozilla was calling it #b2g (Boot to Gecko). They have experimented with #picoTTS voices. The built-in screen reader is called readout.
Now I know there are some interesting apps for #KaiOS such as matrix client, xmpp client, telegram client, RSS / podcasts, Youtube playback through invidious, openstreetmap, kodi remote control, ebooks / text files reading app and more. See at kaios.dev/2024/01/kaios-open-s…
It would be nice to find out how much #a11y there is with a #screenReader.
#a11y #screenreader #b2g #picoTTS #KaiOS @Musharraf :verified: @Cullen Gallagher @Mozilla
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Cullen Gallagher
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I meant to share this last week after I posted it, but somehow it slipped my mind. I have begun a series on YouTube looking at KaiOS accessibility. This first video takes a look at the initial setup experience on the Nokia 2780 Flip. The second video in the series comes out this evening, a tour of the accessibility settings menu. If you have any questions, let me know and I will do my best to answer. youtube.com/watch?v=YBnbgVnwsn…

Accessible From The Start, Setting Up The Nokia 2780 Flip Phone With KaiOS

For Several years now, I have wondered about the accessibility of KaiOS, an operating system often used on modern feature and flip phones. Can a blind person...
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Cleverson
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Cool channel; just subscribed. where is that second video showing the settings? I located the first only.
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Cullen Gallagher
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@clv0 Hi, and welcome. The accessibility settings tour video will be released at 7:30 PM Eastern. I will also post it here when it is out.
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