[Electronics-talk] Question about android phones

[James Aldrich]

Hi all!

This voice business is subjective!  I like the natural sounding voice better 
than samantha!  Therefore, this is really a personal preference!

Jim
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> yes, it is in the voice over settings. under 
> settings/general/accessibility/voiceover/"Use compact voice Switch 
> on/off".
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> On Apr 16, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote:
>
>> thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> I'll try that.  Is that in accessabilities.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Jenny
>> On Apr 16, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Gabe Vega wrote:
>>
>>> also turn on "use compact voice" and you should see a dramatic speed 
>>> increase. it might take rebooting the phone once, after turning on the 
>>> "Use compact voice" option but you should see a deffinet speed bump.
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>>> On Apr 16, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Tony Sohl wrote:
>>>
>>>> well no i would go with cricket the samson vitality works pretty well 
>>>> becuase my friend rita burbar has one.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Perdue" 
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>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Question about android phones
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>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to switch to t mobile and they offer free android phones 
>>>>> with activation with the NFB discount.  The only thing is, They say 
>>>>> that they have the ability to do things by voice activation and there 
>>>>> is an app you can download that will make it text to speech enabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> could someone please tell me if I should try it.
>>>>>
>>>>> My 3GS is running so slow with the 5.1 upgrade that it's beyond 
>>>>> irritating.
>>>>>
>>>>> All I need to use on a phone is the contacts, calendar, texting, and 
>>>>> email.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some advice would be helpful please.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jenny
>>>>> On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Mary Ann Sears wrote:
>>>>>
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