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

Mon Feb 13 13:35:54 UTC 2012

Yes you can purchase an Apple Bluetooth keyboard at the Apple store. But a
better place to buy one is online at Amazon or NewEgg.com I am not sure how
much they cost as I received mine as a present. Difenately do your homework
on the best one for you. The really awesome thing about amazon, despite lots
of things I dislike about Amazon, is that they have reviews of the products.
So you can see what others are saying. Somethings it will give information
that the manufactor won't put in there manuals. 

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 11:48 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.

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>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>
>
>> 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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