[Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.

Mon Feb 13 04:47:53 UTC 2012

How much does one of these keyboards cost?  Are they purchased at the phone 
store, or someplace like BestBuy?

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.

>I have the verbatim folding keyboard. Its compact and small.
>
> Marsha
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:47 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>
> Judy:
>
> Texting won't be as fast using the touch keyboard on an iPhone as using 
> your
> button cellphone -- perhaps 20 wpm will be a good target. Normally, I 
> don't
> bother with an external keyboard but if one is going to send/receive a lot
> of email with long commentaries ((like this one), an external keyboard 
> will
> be a help. I don't normally carry one with me but took one -- Apple's
> Bluetooth keyboard -- with me to DC.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judy Jones
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 7:22 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>
> Marsha,
>
> Your comments are very encouraging.  I, too, use my cell phone for much 
> more
> than making calls.
>
> Our provider is AT&T, and I've had the same coverage success.
>
> How is the texting feature, as I understand it uses the keyboard layout.
>
> I have a friend here in Idaho that has an iPhone and uses a bluetooth
> keyboard, because she says she can go much faster at data input.  With my
> tactile button phone now, I'm pretty fast at texting, and don't want to go
> to the trouble of getting an extra keyboard right now.  Let me know your
> texting experience.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
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>
>> Judy,
>>
>> I, like you used the Nokia phones with Talks, in June of 2011, I and my
>> husband got our Iphones. The Iphone is great. I will for warn you, there
>> is
>> a learning curve to using it. You will get the phone, and be so 
>> frustrated
>> you will want to throw it across the room. But you must just stick to
>> learning the phone, then you will get to a point, where you love it. I am
>> in
>> the love it stage. There are so many more things you can do with an 
>> Iphone
>> that you could never do with a Nokia phone. If you wanht to do more with
>> your phone than just make calls, the Iphone is for you. But if making
>> calls
>> is what suits your needs, the Iphone is an expensive phone for just that
>> use. I have Verizon and have not be any place that I did not have
>> coverage.
>> I also have the data plan, and the Iphone is no good without the data
>> plan.
>> If your looking into the Iphone, there are lists for blind users of the
>> Iphone. There are websites dedicated to blind users of the Iphone, and
>> there
>> lists of all the apps that are accessible to Iphone users. Not only do I
>> make calls on my Iphone, but I listen to books, movies, and music. I surf
>> facebook, twitter, the internet. I have not paid one cent for any apps, 
>> as
>> there tons free that are accessible. There are apps for taxi cabs,
>> transportation systems, ameture radio, internet radio, money idenfying,
>> GPS,
>> and many more that I am not thinking of. I also use the Iphone to text 
>> and
>> check, write, and response to emails. Just my opinion about the Iphone.
>> But
>> as I said I never had that much flexibility with my Nokia phones to do so
>> much, as I do with the Iphone.
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Judy Jones
>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:28 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>>
>> After years of using various Nokia devices with Talks, I'm thinking about
>> switching to something else, or at least, seeing if there is anything
>> better
>> out there.  I'm very impressed with the iPhone and VoiceOver, but would
>> like
>> to hear how easy it is to adapt to using the touch pad.
>>
>> I'm not impressed with MobileSpeak voices, tried a phone using that in a
>> previous upgrade, and returned the phone and program.
>>
>> I would like to hear from people about the pros and cons of the phones 
>> and
>> programs they are using, so I can make an informed decision this next
>> upgrade.
>>
>> I am currently using Nokia's N96, but am not as happy with the phone as I
>> thought I would be.  I have to replace the phone's plastic back every so
>> often, although I do love the Talks clarity of eloquence speech.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all your advice and suggestions.
>>
>> Judy Jones
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