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Oh I'm very excited about this!
I know nothing about this - just passing it on.
Peter
This is cool, pass this along to as many blind people
as you know because I'm not sure if there are many
blind people aware of this. There is a company that
Brailles out manuals for cell phones. You know how on
your cell phone, those menus are tricky, and you have
to press a bunch of different buttons just to change
your ringer, or just to program one specific setting
on your cell phone, well they now have Braille cell
phone manuals. The manual will tell you where each
button is located on your cell phone and how many
times to press each button to set whatever it is you
wish to set. For example, to change the ringer sound
on my phone, I have to press the okay button to
activate the menu, then the left arrow four times,
then okay again, then the down arrow twice, then okay
again, then I can scroll through the ring sounds and
choose the sound I want. This manual will tell you
exactly how to do whatever it is you want to do in
each menu. They have generic manuals for all cell
phones. You need to have your model of your phone
when you call and tell them the model of your phone
you have and the company you are with. Mine is a
keisera 2235 model and I'm with Verizen Wireless. So
that's all you tell them and they send you a manual
based upon that information.
The number to get the manual is (858) 882-2003. They
have consulted and experimented this manual out with
several blind users. They also encourage feedback.
From what I understand, they update the manuals from
time to time, and if there are other features that are
currently not in the manual that you would like to see
in the manual, tell them about it. Hope this comes to
good use for some of you. Definitely let others know
about it because this is pretty useful for most blind
cell phone users.
Jeanne-Marie Moore
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