[Electronics-talk] Recommendations for talking caller id's

Wed Feb 23 13:37:39 UTC 2011

Is there one that announces names as they appear in the phone directory?

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On 2/22/11, John Riehl <realman02 at comcast.net> wrote:
> a friend of mine is in the market for a talking caller ID. Does
> anyone have a recommendation for a good, accessible talking caller ID?
>
>
> John Riehl
>
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> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Chaltain
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:34 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Mac vs. PC
>
> I'd be  careful making this inference. For example, is this because
> people are still making the transition from Windows to the Mac? Also,
> what tasks are being done in Windowws versus on the Mac? My
> understanding is that the Mac is great for surfing the web, reading
> email, listening to media and so on. I haven't heard nearly as much when
> it comes to things like office suites. Therefore, it may be perfectly
> adequate for the home user but not the complete package for the office 
> user.
>
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> Christopher
> chaltain at gmail.com
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> On 2/22/2011 11:03 AM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
>> I joined a blind Mac users list to get an idea of how functional the Mac
>> is for blind users.  And, it seems like just about everyone on that list
>> uses Windows in addition to the Mac, either by having a separate Windows
>> PC, or by using Windows on the same PC, either by using a duel boot
>> system, or by running Windows under a virtual machine.  Thus one can
>> infer that, at least as far as a blind user is concerned, the Mac does
>> not afford enough functionality to use it exclusively.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
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>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of louie
>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:02 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] mac vs PC
>>
>> Got a Mac and not going back.
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Priscilla Garces wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a totally blind user of both PC and the Mac. At first it took some
>> time to really figure out the mac, but now its pretty intuitive. I would
>> be flat out lying if I said mac is so easy on the first try, no, not
>> really folks; it does take some getting used to the different settings .
>> On top of the different way it is set up, the cursor is different on the
>> mac than on the PC. on the PC the cursor is to the right of the text,
>> but on the mac the cursor is between the 2 letters. for instance, if you
>> spelled mac the cursor on windows is to the right of the letter c and on
>> the mac the cursor is between the a and c. In windows jaws would be
>> saying m a c every time you arrow to the left or right which is more
>> accurate when proofreading. On the mac, the cursor is between the
>> letters which makes it confusing and you then end up deleting the wrong
>> letter, but you can set the cursor to work like windows under the
>> preferences for voiceover. It took me a while to figure the settings but
>> I can now do that with no problem. The advantage of owning the mac is
>> the cost effective solution and the in person technical support you
>> receive with added training at there centers whereas windows you have to
>> sometimes send out parts of a computer and if you need tech support you
>> have to wait a long time especially if you have to deal with jaws and
>> it's flukes. besides the in person tech support and servicing of parts
>> between both PC and mac, on the PC you can only use the keyboard with
>> jaws and thus it takes longer sometimes to complete the needed tasks
>> where as on the mac you can use the trackpad as a mouse and you can
>> actually press on any part of the trackpad and it will read the text on
>> the screen. + navigation with the trackpad is faster and more so if you
>> use the keyboard in addition to the mac. Voice over has cool voices and
>> are more up to date whereas jaws have the monotone robotic voices which
>> makes me personally want to fall asleep when reading tedious amounts of
>> documents as a college students. I love alex because his voice is a lot
>> more humanlike and has a variety of expression. In that case I would
>> just say that you have to decide on what you feel more comfortable. But
>> me personally after the mac i'm not looking back except when I work at
>> an office using a PC but for personal use, that's a different story.
>> What is your view on the use of the Mac verses PC?
>>> I'm just curious to know if some of you share the same opinion or have
>> something similar.
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Priscilla Garces
>>> priscillagarces1987 at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
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