[Electronics-talk] cell phones

[Charlie Richardson]

Also as I mentioned earlier today, the LG enV and enV2 can read text 
messages plus everything else the older phones do.  It is with Verizon also.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dhunthausen" <dhunthausen at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] cell phones


> Kate,
> Yes you can. I'm with Verizon, and they have a few phones that are blind 
> friendly out of the box. The phones don't read text messages or any of the 
> computer features, but they have voice feedback for entering contacts, 
> looking up contacts, checking time, date, battery status, signal streanth, 
> missed calls, and it even has talking caller I.D. I have the LG 8350 and 
> really like it a lot. This is my second cell phone, but the first one that 
> talks. Feel free to e-mail me privately if you have any questions.
>
> Drew
>
> Drew Hunthausen
> 714-296-7111
> Mailto:Drewh at socal.rr.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kate" <shamaniclivin1281 at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:10 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] cell phones
>
>
>>
>> I'm looking to get into the world of cell phone use. I've never had one 
>> and so its overwhelming to look at all these phones with lots of letters 
>> and numbers  representing their build type. Can I buy a phone that is 
>> accessible without having to buy a screen reading package with it? My mom 
>> let me use her phone and it talks, but some of the menues it won't read, 
>> and the caller ID doesn't talk. Do I have an option to buy a phone fully 
>> equipt or do I have to buy a cell phone and screen reader separately?
>>
>> Any help or suggestions to get me started would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kate
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