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>From: Matt Conaway <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Cell phones  pagers etc
>Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 16:14:12 -0400
>
>Gary,
>
>Why not check out Trace Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
>They have a huge ongoing project on telephone accessibility.  The URL is
>http://trace.wisc.edu.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Matt Conaway
>
>On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Gary Peterson wrote:
>
> > Hello Listers,
> >
> > I work as a Consumer Advocate with the San Andreas Regional
> > Center in California.  I am totally blind and have Cerebral Palsy
> > both from birth.  I use an electric wheelchair with assistants.
> > I have reasonably good use of my hands and the rest of my upper
> > body.
> >
> > The majority of my time is spent out in the field traveling in my
> > van.  My biggest challenge is being able to use my cell phone
> > totally independent of others.  Right now, I have to depend on my
> > staff to place all my calls for me because   The buttons are way
> > to small with very little spacing in between.  Although my
> > overall spasticity is relatively mild, there are lots of times
> > when I end up losing calls while in the process of  being handed
> > the phone.  My hand jumps,  and I end up unintentionally hitting
> > 1 or more buttons.  Occasionally I even loose the phone
> > altogether.
> >
> > The mottle is a Motorola 02044  I think it may be from a group of
> > phones that the agency has recycled.  From looking at phones of
> > colleagues and friends, the brand doesn't seem to matter.  They
> > all seem to have the same draw backs across the bored.
> >
> > The other issue for me is finding a service provider with a voice
> > menuing option.  Others who are totally blind and use cell phones
> > pagers etc, have told me they all face the same issue of   having
> > to rely on others to do their programming for them.
> >
> > So my question would be what are my alternatives here?  Is this
> > an issue for lots of you out there?  Any recommendations of web
> > sites or groups addressing these issues?  Not only am I trying to
> > resolve these issues on a work level, but somewhere down the
> > road, I would like my own cell phone  and or pager.  However if
> > the technology is truly as limited as it appears, I don't want to
> > make the investment at this time.
> >
> > Please feel free to pass this along to as many sources as you
> > think might be of help here.  If there's something better out
> > there,  I would like to be able to go to my agency with it ASAP.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Gary Peterson
> >

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