[blindkid] Fwd: Accessibility to Verizon Wireless Phone

[Carol Castellano]

>TALKS For VERIZON WIRELESS offers mobile acceSsibility to BLIND 
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> >>> VISUALLY IMPAIRED CUSTOMERS
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> >>> Available Initially on the MOTO Q 9c, TALKS for Verizon Wireless Gives
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> >>> Blind
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> >>> and Visually Impaired Customers Audio Feedback Support for Writing and
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> >>> Reading Text Messages, E-Mail and Notes
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> >>> BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The owner and operator of the nation's most
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> >>> reliable
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> >>> wireless network announced today the availability of TALKST for Verizon
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> >>> Wireless - a new assistive technology that converts displayed text into
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> >>> highly intelligible speech for Verizon Wireless customers who are blind
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> >>> or
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> >>> visually impaired.  Available initially on MOTOT Q 9c smartphones
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> >>> beginning
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> >>> March 15, TALKS for Verizon Wireless supports audio feedback for writing
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> >>> and
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> >>> reading text messages, e-mail and notes.
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> >>> Powered by Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN), TALKS for Verizon
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> >>> Wireless uses ETI-Eloquence text-to-speech software - similar to other
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> >>> screen-reading packages on WindowsR PC platforms - to offer visually
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> >>> impaired and blind customers instant familiarity and the highest
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> >>> intelligibility.  With the TALKS application, the MOTO Q 9c from Verizon
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> >>> Wireless can:
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> >>> *         Read the caller ID of an incoming call
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> >>> *         Dial a number from the phone's Contacts directory
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> >>> *         Add and edit entries in the Contacts directory
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> >>> *         Read and write text messages and e-mail
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> >>> *         Read and write documents using Mobile Office
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> >>> *         Access and compose multimedia message service (MMS) messages
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> >>> *         Use Mobile Internet Explorer to access the Internet
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> >>> *         Control speech volume and rate of speech
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> >>> "The TALKS application helps Verizon Wireless provide the best wireless
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> >>> experience for our customers who are visually impaired," said Jeffrey
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> >>> Dietel, vice president - marketing operations for Verizon Wireless.
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> >>> "TALKS
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> >>> for Verizon Wireless turns the MOTO Q 9c smartphone into a
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> >>> communications
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> >>> tool that will help customers with impaired vision stay connected to
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> >>> family,
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> >>> friends and colleagues through methods beyond voice calls."
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> >>> The MOTO Q 9c with TALKS for Verizon Wireless will be available online
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> >>> at
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>www.verizonwireless.com
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>  on Sunday for $249.99 after a $70 online instant
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> >>> rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.  Existing MOTO Q 9c
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> >>> customers
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> >>> who wish to add the TALKS application should contact Verizon Wireless
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> >>> Customer Service at 800-922-0204.
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> >>> Customers can learn more about TALKS for Verizon Wireless by visiting
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>www.verizonwireless.com/accessibility
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>.  For more information about
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> >>> Verizon
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> >>> Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications
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> >>> Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to
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>www.verizonwireless.com