Comparing Smart Home Devices for the Blind and Visually Impaired

In this video, Macy compares the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod in terms of accessibility for the blind and visually impaired.
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[@jillransom2090]

Can you suggest a way for my 91 year old blind father with dementia? He needs something completely hands free to make phone calls and he's beginning to have great difficulty with his remote for the tv. Is there some device that can make calls without him having to turn it on? He uses his google home mini for news, weather, time and date and he's comortable with that. Any new learning will not happen due to his dementia. Thanks

[@challengesolutions5236]

Unfortunately, there are not many options that won’t require any learning. If he is comfortable with voice controls, an Apple Watch might work. You could set it up for him, and as long as it stays on his wrist, he could make calls with Siri. It would also have the added benefit of fall detection. The only think he would have to learn is saying, ‘Hey Siri,” instead of the Google voice command. I think there are also ways to make calls with Google, but I’m not sure how to set that up.

[@atharvkolekar2153]

Miss, I am college student, I have 2 choises i phone or i pad. Which should buy?

[@challengesolutions5236]

That really depends on your personal needs. The iPhone is more versatile and can give you access to some assistive apps that are not available for the iPad, but the iPad can be better and more efficient for school and career-related work. You can check out this Challenge Solutions video for a more detailed explanation of the similarities and differences between these devices. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nme9mpenarmrotk

[@mckensieparker6414]

You're lucky you didn't end up instead of hearing Samantha on your homepod, You're very lucky you didn't end up hearing Microsoft Sam! Yeah that would be beyond creepy!

[@mckensieparker6414]

Just note, don't wish to have voiceover on on your homepod and you don't here Samantha, but you end up hearing Microsoft Sam! Yeah, you don't want that because first of all, you're doing yourself a favour by letting him creep you out by doing s o i s o i s o i, and creeping yourself out and wasting your own time by trying to get him to stop, even if you're listening to your music, you don't want to be hearing Microsoft Sam saying s o i s o i s o i, because if that happens, you'd better turn voiceover off, even if Microsoft Sam says he's going to be using his you know what, on you. Or change your voice. Second of all, you don't wanna be hearing Microsoft Sam saying, whatever button it is, and all that jibber jabber. And just be greatful that Apple didn't exactly get the access to use Microsoft Sam on homepods. I know, people are gonna be hating on me in the comment section saying, "But we do want Microsoft Sam on our homepods!" I don't think you really do because if you listen to music, you don't wanna be hearing s o i s o i s o i, now do you? So yeah, think about it before you go off asking apple to give us Microsoft Sam on our apple devices, as wonderful it may sound like, not so much on the homepod, guys.