Verizon offers the motorola q which is a smart phone that has internet, and 
e-mail, and uses windows mobile edition 5.0, so does sprint, but that limits 
you to using mobile speak smart phone.  I don't think that talx works on 
smart phones yet.

As for the afore mentioned talx, it works on a number of gsm phones, which 
if you don't go through altel, or verizon, or sprint, is probably the 
network that your cell phone will go on.  The major cell phone carriers here 
in Michigan Tom that use gsm are,
t-mobile, at&t, and cellular one.  You can find out more about mobile speak 
by visiting
http://www.mobilespeak.com
and you can find out more about talx by visiting,
http://www.talx.de

That link will take you to the site, but it's kind of burryed in there, but 
I forgot the exact link for that software.

Both sites have lists of phones that are compatible with their software; 
however, mobilespeak actually breaks down the cell phone carriers and the 
phones that they offer speciffically that work with their products.

I've used mobile speak smart phone on the moto q and really been happy with 
it.

73,
Chris, w8cjs
Check out my web site,
http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: blind accessible cell phones


>I am on varizon and have the 8300, I think they have replaced this with
> the 8350 and possibly the 5400, not sure of the last model.  My 8300 is
> great.  Not everything talks, but enough so I can enter phone numbers and
> names by myself.  Caller id speaks and so forth.  I'm very pleased with
> it, and as these lg phones are standard, no extra charge.
> 73s
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
>