Hi Kevin;

Because the phone book has tags, will it tell you who is calling you or, can
you set different rings for different callers?

Thanks.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: Cell Phone Find


> Hi All,
>
> I want first to thank all of you who answered my inquiry the other day on
> accessible cell phones.  Based on that information partly and also on cost
> of getting a new phone on the Verizon web site I ended up with the
Motorola
> V-120.  It turns out this is a great choice.  No, like most phones, it's
not
> totally accessible; but, it is much more than my old Kiosera.
>
> First, it has tonal alerts that help give you clues to what is going on
for
> basic operations.  For example, when you turn it on, you hear a series of
> ascending tones and likewise a series of descending tones when you turn it
> off.  When you hit send, you hear two tones rising and when you hit end
you
> hear two tones descending.
>
> Here's the best part.  This thing has voice recording features.  First,
when
> you make a phone book entry, you are given the option of putting a voice
tag
> with it.  You need help the first time to learn the sequences and perhaps
a
> few times after if you are getting old like me but you can find the place
in
> the book to make a new entry simply by arrowing down through your phone
> book.  If you have made the voice tags you can hear them read as you arrow
> up or down.  You can then press send to call that party.  Or, you can
assign
> a rapid dial key to the first nine entries.  So, if I want to call my wife
> at work I simply press 2 until I hear a two tone confirmation at which
time
> it is calling her.  While on the subject of voice notes, you can make
them.
> You can record information you want to remember just with the press of a
> button on the side of the phone and then retrieve them at your leisure.
You
> can also record a call or part of it by pressing this button.  Imagine how
> nice this would be if someone is giving you a phone number or a
confirmation
> number and you can just press the button and record it for later retrieval
> while you are riding in a car or on a bus.
>
> Finally, you can build short cuts to various things.  For example, I have
> menu plus 1 assigned to ring styles so I can choose vibrate in a meeting
and
> then go back to ringing after it is over and I have menu plus 2 assigned
to
> my voice notes.  You can also set up voice recognition for these shortcuts
> so all you have to say is the label you assigned to it and it will go
there.
>
> All in all, while this isn't the most accessible phone there might be out
> there, it is certainly fun to use and has some blind friendly features.
> And, for $29.95 to upgrade to it, it's a good deal.  My xyl liked mine so
> much she went and got one too.  <GRIN>
>
> Take care all and very 73.
>
> Kevin, K7RX :)
>