[Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone

James Aldrich jajkaldrich at gmail.com
Sat Sep 4 20:59:48 UTC 2010


One can text with the Samsung Haven!  Unfortunately one cannot read back 
what they wrote but each letter echoes as typed.  One can delete a wrong 
letter easily!  Messages can be reviewed easily!

Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol J. Feazell" <cfeazell at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone


> Do you know if it will read and send text messages?  Mine currently will 
> do that but although I can send easily, I have had difficulty figuring out 
> how to receive messages nad for that reason don't do much of it.  Not that 
> I am all that much of a texter but with so many of my friends functioning 
> that way, I would sure like to think that I could more easily.
>
> Carol Feazell
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:35 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone
>
>
>>A friend of mine recently bought a new cell phone from Verizon Wireless.
>> It is called the Samsung haven.  It is apparently a basic no frills cell
>> phone, but he says that all menus and functions speak. You can get it on
>> an upgrade for $39, or for $169 if you are not eligible for an upgrade,
>> or are a new VZW customer.  He did say that the speech seems to drain
>> the battery faster, but there is a long life battery that you can get
>> for $45.  Considering that model runs for cell phones seem to be getting
>> shorter and shorter, you might want to snatch this one up pretty soon if
>> you are interested.  With the eminent passage of the 21st Century
>> Communications and Video Accessibility Act, you will probably soon see
>> an increase in offerings of accessible phones.  It is possible that
>> Samsung is being proactive here.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
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