[blparent] Off-topic: accessable cell phones?

[Barbara Hammel]

I have one of these, too.  Question is are they still making it??  I heard 
Verizon was going to put Talks on a different model but I don't know.
Barbara

Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the 
coldest hearts.

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From: "Mark Melonson" <variant at pcdesk.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:21 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Off-topic: accessable cell phones?

>
> Hi Rebecca,
>
> I am with Sprint and have a Motorola Moto Q9C with Mobile Speak. Both AT&T 
> and Verizon carry the Moto Q models. It's proven to be a reliable phone 
> with decent battery life even when using speech over Bluetooth. There are 
> screen reader solutions available for most Symbian and Windows Mobile 
> devices, I suggest you go the route of contacting an AT vendors who can 
> demo their cell phone accessibility wares, so you can get a feel for it 
> and they should be able to tell you which models and with which services 
> are supported.
>
> Regards,
> -Mark
>
> Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS) writes:
>
>> Hi guys. I don't know if this offtopic for this list or not. Anyway, I'm 
>> thinking I want an accessable cell phone and am trying to
>> decide between AT&T and Verizon. We have Verizon and our contract is up.
>> A trip to the Verizon store and a talk on their phone about accessable
>> options was to say the least not very confidence enspiring. I had to
>> tell the Verizon lady on the phone and the guy at the store about Talks,
>> both seemed unaware of it. AT&T seems to have a phone with Mobilespeak 
>> that will do what I want. Does anybody on this list know anything about 
>> either plan or option and
>> have any feedback? AT&T says if I give them proof of my blindness they 
>> will take the data
>> package off the phone with Mobilespeak. I am not a big cell phone user,
>> don't really want the data package, but nor do I want to give AT&T any
>> medical info. All I want is a phone where I can add contacts, use menus 
>> and know who's
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