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Re: blind accessible cell phones
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Christy Schulte <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:59:13 -0600
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I have an LG, and I'm fairly happy with it. If I ever get the money I'll 
definitely get a phone with mobile speak or something similar, but for now 
the LG works and you don't have to pay extra for speech. Also, they seem to 
be increasing accessibility. the phone I have will speak some menu options, 
but won't read text messages. However a friend of mine has the LG VX9900, 
and he is able to use text messaging with no problem.

That said, what options you have also depends on which carrier you go with. 
The LG phones work with Verizon, but I'm not sure if they work with any 
other company. Other phones work for some companies but not Verizon or 
others.

If you go with the LG, you'll need to have someone turn on the voice 
activation feature. Once that's done, you can speak commands to it, and it 
will speak to you as well. Only some menus read, usually the top two or so 
levels, but you can do things like set up contacts and, as I said, text 
messaging. Also, if you turn announce mode on, it will read the caller ID to 
you when the phone rings.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CHRISTOPHER SCHULTE" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: blind accessible cell phones


> Most of the LG cell phones that verizon offers have speech on them 
> already,
> but you're not going to have the total accessibility that you'd have with
> buying software from a third party vender.  That being said, it's better
> then nothing, and if you just want to do the basic functions, they'll suit
> you just perfectly.  Look for something called driving mode I think.
> 73,
> Chris, w8cjs
> Check out my web site,
> http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:18 PM
> Subject: Re: blind accessible cell phones
>
>
>>    How would I find the phones on Verizon's site that has speech?  I want
>> to start researching them and get a new phone eventually.
>>
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