CHECK OUT SPRINT'S CELL PHONE. >From: Matt Conaway <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" ><[log in to unmask]> >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com