Hi Phil and Sandy,

Well, that's way cool. I saw your messages on the loving Mobile Speak 
list. I call it Mobile Squeak. lol. I love that program.

Do you both have to pay $30.00 a month for internet access with Verizon?

I'm just not ready to do that yet.

I'm happy for you both. lol.

Love and Blessings,

Pat Ferguson
At 02:41 PM 5/29/2010, you wrote:
>Sandy and I are now using web phones.  I am receiving echurch mail 
>on my phone but so far, I haven't been able to send a message to the 
>listserv to reach the echurch-USA list.  There must be something I 
>am doing wrong.  The web phones allow full web service to the 
>internet and the screen reader software, along with a human quality 
>voice, reads everything the phone can do including text 
>messaging.  You can download files as well.  These phones, the HTC 
>Ozone cell phone, we got through Sandy's cell phone plan where she 
>works so the phones were 29 dollars and mine was free.  We tried the 
>Talks software but then discovered the Mobile speak software works a 
>million times better on these cell phones.  It also uses a qwerty 
>full keyboard so you hunt and peck to type a message but the ozone 
>phones have raised buttons instead of a flat surface and it is much 
>easier for me to type in a message and to otherwise operate the 
>phone.  You can also program the phone to run via voice 
>recognition.  You can, in affect, program just about every feature 
>to respond to your voice command.  I can also use it as a recording 
>digital device.  I record what I want to say, attach it to the email 
>recipient, and when they receive it on the other end, they can play 
>my voice mail.  Also, all the voice mail message people may leave 
>you on the cell phone voice mail system can be routed to your cell 
>phone and stored.  That way you never have to dial your own cell 
>phone number for voice messages left to you but rather you can just 
>access them on the cell phone itself.  These are just a few features 
>the cell phone and Mobile Speak screen reading software has 
>available.  It is quite the learning curve for an old guy like me 
>but it sure has been fun.  Minutes are not subtracted from the cell 
>service when online with the internet so you can surf to your 
>heart's content.  The Mobile speak software will work on dozens, 
>literally, dozens of other cell phones.  This just happened to be 
>the only phone Verizon had on which the Mobile Speaks software would 
>work.  The software costs $275 per phone but that, in and of itself, 
>is cheap compared to the 700 and 900 and 1,000 dollars plus for 
>other software.  I've yet to have experienced a lock up with the 
>software.  Sandy has a blue tooth set up on her phone, too. Anyhow, 
>that's my report.
>
>Phil.