[Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone

Sun Sep 5 14:45:09 UTC 2010

Hi again!

I need only
open my phone and if I have a message, I can choose to read it right then or 
read later.  When I go into the inbox, I can arrow to message if I have more 
than one there or the phone will tell me what is there if I have one 
message.  I press left soft key to review and the phone reads the message. 
I press back or clear key to go to previous menu if I wish a repeat on the 
message.  It does quite well!

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol J. Feazell" <cfeazell at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone

> Is it easy to find and read received text messages?  That is currently my 
> problem on NV3.  I can send them, can't get the unspoken pattern down to 
> receive and read messages sent to me.
>
> Carol Feazell.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone
>
>
>> Hello Ray,
>>
>> All dialed calls, answered calls and missed calls speak!  Only the missed 
>> calls spoke on the LG phones.  I set a wake up alarm, tied a ring tone to 
>> a contact, sent numerous text messages thus far.  The TTS engine goes one 
>> speed!  Most menus speak from the phone's speaker, only a few commands go 
>> to the ear piece only!  Plugging in external headphones may be the only 
>> way to get complete privacy if that concerns you!  One may need an 
>> extended battery if one uses the phone heavily!  There is a dedicated 911 
>> key but the phone has a prompt asking whether one wishes to do this or 
>> not!  That key isn't as pronounced to the touch as others so that's an 
>> advantage.  When texting, one only hears the letter echoed. One cannot 
>> read the text message after it was entered.  Keep them short and sweet 
>> and you should be fine!  One has 160 characters for each message.  Almost 
>> like twitter! One can delete all text messages as well!  One can clean 
>> out calls as well! House cleaning is easy! This phone does not connect to 
>> the internet nor does it have GPS.  It doesn't have a camera!  It is a 
>> basic phone with great accessible features! It is a good low cost 
>> accessible solution!  If this is what you want, it is a great solution! 
>> For those of us on Verizon, it is about time! For now, it will be my 
>> phone till the I-phone is available (grin smile)!  The blind users 
>> Verizon phones lists has been discussing this almost non stop for three 
>> or four days now! Curtis Deltzer is preparing a podcast about this phone 
>> where he'll go into depth  about its capabilities.  I don't have a link 
>> for this yet!
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Talking Cell Phone
>>
>>
>>> Okay.  What's better about it than the LG line?  Do all the levels of 
>>> menus talk?  How about caller ID info?  Will it announce the name and or 
>>> number of the calling party?
>>>
>>> Very important as I'm thinking about this one for sure.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>
>>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>>
>>> E-Mail:
>>> rforetjr at comcast dot net
>>> Skype Name:
>>> barefootedray
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2010, at 3:57 PM, James Aldrich wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Andy and list,
>>>
>>> My wife and I got this phone Thursday!  It certainly isn't perfect but 
>>> much better than the LG offerings from VZW.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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 1:35 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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