[Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones

Tue Jan 4 21:20:52 UTC 2011

David:
Feel free to come and join my weekly tech panel when you feel you're ready
and can talk about the phone in greater detail.
We'd be glad to have you.

Thanks,

Jorge

On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:49 PM, David Evans wrote:

> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I do not know if it will do or read a pod cast.  It might, I just do not know that as yet.
> I have not been able to get a manual that will tell me how to use all of the features as yet and the manual that comes with the phone is written for a sighted person and does not go into any the menus, modes or prompts that deal with the accessibility features.
> I learned most of what I know just by playing with it and taking hints from what I heard in the menus.
> If I learn more, I will be glad to share, but right now I am looking for a manual or someone with more knowledge that I have.
> It works well, once you get the hang of it.
> I plan at some point to get the G.P.S. application for it as My daughter did the demo of it for me one night, and it seemed to work well.
> It can do the Internet and e-mail to, but I have not added that yet to my plan.  One step at a time.
> 
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.from
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dreicer, zachary" <z.dreicer at emissives.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones
> 
> 
>> david! can you do a podcast on this phone the gusto? I'm not going to switch from my haven at this time, but maybe in a couple years ...  so can you tell us nfb people what it will do having the phone speaking everything in a podcast
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:43:44 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones
>> 
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Verizon has two models  of a Samson phone that is accessible right out of
>> the box.
>> There are the "haven" and the "Gusto".
>> The haven is the simplest of the two and has no camera and does not access
>> the internet.  It will let you add and remover contact numbers and speaks all
>> of the prompts and menus.  It will also voice text messages and read them to
>> you.
>> The Gusto is able to do every thing the Haven can and more.  It does have a
>> camera and can access the internet and there is a G.P.S.  application you can
>> get for it that speaks the turn by turn directions and lets you put in
>> address and do a look around.
>> both phones come with real speck built in and working when you turn the
>> phone on.
>> There is not a very good manual available to teach you how to use all of the
>> features.  I mostly have had to figure it out for myself but the phone does
>> offer certain prompts and menus to guide you along.  It would just be nice
>> if a good manual, for the accessibilities features was offered to help you
>> learn to use them .
>> I have no vision, but I am able to add, modify and erase contacts from my
>> contacts list by myself.
>> I do find that the "voice driven" menus are a little too sensitive to back
>> ground noises and often gets confused as to what I want it to do. Otherwise
>> it is great.
>> 
>> David Evans
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tim Shaw" <tshaw2007 at hotmail.com
>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I believes the Ozone is the one that Verizon will push you towards if you
>> request an accessible  smart phone.  atleast when I was with them they only
>> formally supported one smart phones as accessible for visually imnpaired
>> 
>> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:38:58 -0800
>> From: humbertoa5369 at netzero.net
>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones
>> 
>> Well, there are some accessible phones out there.  There is this
>> phone called the HTC Ozone, and this phone can run Talks.  This
>> phone can also run Bluetooth connectivity.  At least that's what I
>> know.  there are some other phone also.  It depends if you do
>> really need the bluetooth functionallity.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Drew Hunthausen" <dhunthausen at gmail.com
>> To: "electronics list" <Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:41:37 -0800
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] accessible verizon phones
>> 
>> Dear list,
>> 
>> I went to the Verizon store today as I really wanted to get the
>> new Samson
>> Haven since I've read so much about it.  I was very disappointed
>> when the
>> sales rep told me that it does not have blue tooth capability.  He
>> showed me
>> another phone called the Samson Convoy which does have Bluetooth
>> and is
>> similar to the Haven.  I'm wondering if anyone has this phone and
>> if it is as
>> accessible as the Haven.  Thanks so much
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Drew Hunthausen 714 296-7111
>> 
>> 
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