[blparent] Off-topic: accessable cell phones?

[Jess]

Hi Everyone,
Verizon just recently released a phone called The HTC Ozone with Talks on 
it. And, by recent I mean in the last week or so.
Jessica
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Melonson" <variant at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Off-topic: accessable cell phones?


>
> Barbara,
>
> I doubt that they are still making it, but it is still available through 
> the Sprint Store. Not sure about Talks.
>
> Regards,
> -Mark
>
> Barbara Hammel writes:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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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