Hello Amy,
There's a newer player in the accessible cell phone software game. Go to
www.optelec.com and checkout Mobile Speaks by Code Factory and
distributed by Optelec. Code Factory is the unaufacturer of Mobile
Accessibility also, which hasn't been real popular as of late because it
is a self contained menu system with speech that you load on a cell.
However, this new Mobile Speaks is like Talks in that it is a screen
reader for the cell phone. You still have to go with either T-Mobile,
AT&T, or Singular, but it is stand alone and can be moved to a different
phone. I've also heard that you can get some reall good deals on
www.letstalk.com
I'm probably going to buy the Mobile Speaks because it seems a little
more comprehensive and I'd have a company specializing in blindness
products here in the U.S. that I can easily contact for any assistance I
might need.
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Dear listers - I recently learned of two possible accessible cell phone
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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
voice: 508-289-2781
fax: 508-457-2181
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