Android Live Transcribe works offline now on some phones. Seems like offline features are getting more popular.
I would imagine Apple has some stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if you could do everything you described offline with just Google or Apple stuff. Much as I hate Apple I suspect an iPhone would be better.
Does Mycroft AI work well/at all on mobile(No extra battery drain, etc)? If not, what happens when she travels? Why should she have to lug around extra stuff?
Unless she's a fairly strongly privacy-interested type, doing any original software, or in depth configuration even, seems like a bad plan if existing stuff can do it.
What if you're busy, and it crashes in a way that's hard to recover from without eyesight? With Commercial tech everyone knows, any friend can help her.
Most people don't appreciate tech toys as much as people on HN do. They don't care if it's open source, private, and you can see the code and improve every part. They're users, not FOSS philosophers, and they get annoyed if you put code before convenience, maybe even feeling like you're making their situation a Jimmy Neutron episode, just another chance to tinker with broken apps.
But I could be totally wrong and Mycroft could be doing something absolutely amazing that would really help a blind person. I'm neither blind, nor a Mycroft user, nor an accessibility expert.
I do see blind YouTubers who seem happy with their iPhones though.
I would imagine Apple has some stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if you could do everything you described offline with just Google or Apple stuff. Much as I hate Apple I suspect an iPhone would be better.
Does Mycroft AI work well/at all on mobile(No extra battery drain, etc)? If not, what happens when she travels? Why should she have to lug around extra stuff?
Unless she's a fairly strongly privacy-interested type, doing any original software, or in depth configuration even, seems like a bad plan if existing stuff can do it.
What if you're busy, and it crashes in a way that's hard to recover from without eyesight? With Commercial tech everyone knows, any friend can help her.
Most people don't appreciate tech toys as much as people on HN do. They don't care if it's open source, private, and you can see the code and improve every part. They're users, not FOSS philosophers, and they get annoyed if you put code before convenience, maybe even feeling like you're making their situation a Jimmy Neutron episode, just another chance to tinker with broken apps.
But I could be totally wrong and Mycroft could be doing something absolutely amazing that would really help a blind person. I'm neither blind, nor a Mycroft user, nor an accessibility expert.
I do see blind YouTubers who seem happy with their iPhones though.