I just got the LG VX4500. I had to have help setting it up and training my
voice because there was no obvious menu options that automatically spoke,
however with that said it does give you the option to speak the various
menu options and is fairly responsive. You have to be careful if there is
a lot of background noise to make sure it recognizes what command you are
saying. . I paid $150 with a $50 rebate so I am happy with the cost. I
think if they were truly attempting to make it accessible for people who
can not see they would have made the keypad with buttons rather then the
flat numbers and a few other things but for what is out there I like it.
Amy
At 10:13 AM 10/26/2004 -0400, Amy Bower wrote:
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>Dear listers - I recently learned of two possible accessible cell phone =
>options offered by Verizon, and I'm wondering if anyone has any =
>experience with either. Here are my questions.
>
>1. They are offering a flip phone with some limited speech output and =
>voice dialing, called the LG VX450. More information is at =
>http://www.verizonwireless.com/aboutus/accessibility. Has anyone tried =
>this out? I'm already with Verizon (with an inaccessible phone) so this =
>might be an attractive option if it is any good at all.
>
>2. Verizon has also recently come out with a Series 60 phone (it's =
>either a Nokia 6015 or 6010, can't remember). Does TALKS work equally =
>well with all Series 60 phones? Has anyone had experience with this =
>model?
>
>3. I saw some earlier postings that suggested that the Cingular "deal" =
>for a phone + talks software was going to include some proprietary =
>version of the talks, that would only work with the particular cell =
>phone offered by Cingular. Is this true? I would be inclined to stay =
>away from such a deal and go with the openly available software so as =
>not to get locked in with Cingular. Any comments on this?
>
>4. We found out that Cingular offers the Nokia 6620 phone for a much =
>higher price that you can get on Amazon with T-mobile. If I were sure =
>T-mobile would offer good service where I live (Cape Cod), I would go =
>for it on Amazon. Any experience out there on this model phone with =
>TALKS?
>
>Thanks.
>Amy
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>Dr. Amy S. Bower
>MS #21
>Department of Physical Oceanography
>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
>Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
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>4. We found out that Cingular offers = the Nokia 6620=20 phone for a much
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>Amy
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