[Electronics-talk] cell phones

[Christopher Chaltain]

You can get some phones which will read text messages. My brother is 
blind and on Verizon, and he just got the LG Lotus. He can work with the 
contacts, get caller ID, work with most of the menus and send and 
receive text messages. I know because once he got it, he started 
peppering me with text messages. BTW, I'm on AT&T and I use Talks on the 
Nokia N75.

Dhunthausen wrote:
> 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
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> Subject: [Electronics-talk] cell phones
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>
>>
>> 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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Christopher

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