Thank you.  I did get that far but was not able to program the phone or
find the commands to have the phone talk back to me what I needed so that I
would be able to program the numbers by myself without sighted
assistance.  I think what is lacking on this phone is a understanding of
what information is necessary to be spoken to make it functional for a
visually impaired person versus what is "gee wiz".  Thanks for the info.
Amy
  At 11:23 AM 1/11/2005 -0500, Judi Piscitello wrote:
>Hi Amy and Cynthia,
>
>My husband is totally blind and he taught me how to use my phone, which
>is the same model as yours.  If you can find the voice setup menu, it
>talks you through itself to "train" the phone to recognize your voice.
>Once it recognizes your voice and you have programmed in some names and
>phone numbers, you press the bottom button on the left side of the
>phone, and it will say, "please say a command."  One example of a
>command might be "Contacts."  Wait until after you hear the beep at the
>end of her statement.  Then you say, "Contacts."  The phone will then
>respond, "Please say a name."  Again, once you have programmed in a
>number of names and phone numbers, you can say one of the names in your
>phone contacts list.  The phone will ask for verification, "Did you say,
>Charlie's cell?"  And you answer "yes" or "no" accordingly.  If you
>answer "yes" it will call Charlie's cell phone number.  If you answer
>"no" it will ask you another name on your contacts list until you get
>the one you want or press the end key and start over.
>
>I encourage you to play around with the phone - it can't hurt it.  The
>Verizon folks in our local office have also been very helpful.  Good
>luck!
>
>- Judi
>
> >>> Amy Berger <[log in to unmask]> 01/11/05 10:53AM >>>
>I have the same phone with limited success.  It does not talk very much
>and
>if you find a way to have it talk to you then please share with the
>rest of
>us.
>Amy
>At 09:24 AM 1/11/2005 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >I just got a new Verizon cell phone, model LG VX4500.  I can talk to
>it but
> >apparently need to memorize the menus and use the "talk to" features.
> >Should it talk to me?  Am I missing some software?
> >
> >Any information would be appreciated!
> >
> >Cynthia
> >
> >
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U.S. Geological Survey, Section 508 Coordinator
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 807
Reston, VA  20192
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