[Electronics-talk] Talking Caller ID for land line

[Dennis]

amazon.com also has them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at att.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Talking Caller ID for land line


> The sad truth of the matter appears to be that no one sells caller ID 
> units for landlines nowadays.  The unit with the male voice used to be 
> made by a firm called Classco.  They no longer make any caller ID units; 
> and, for that matter, neither does anybody else.  The best that ILA could 
> do for me was to point me to
>
> www.ebay.com
>
> No kidding.
>
>
> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
> built-in!
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>
> On Aug 9, 2013, at 10:56 PM, "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Shara:
>>
>> I thought that the Independence Market at the NFB National Center sold 
>> one.
>> We have one too that's as old as dirt and is wonderful.  It has a female
>> voice; we got it through a state-run adaptive electronics program.  The 
>> one
>> that a friend of ours has from Independence Market has a male voice, not
>> that it matters. I wish I could remember the brand name of ours.  We also
>> have a talking caller ID on a Panasonic phone we have but the speech is
>> lousy.  I hope they've improved it.  Good luck!
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Shara Winton
>> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 10:31 PM
>> To: Electronics NFB
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Talking Caller ID for land line
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I have a friend who bought the talking caller ID from Maxi Aids. She was
>> very disappointed to discover that it had very poor voice  quality as 
>> well
>> as it does not speak the numbers out loud when she receives an incoming 
>> call
>> with call waiting. Does anyone know where to buy one for a land line 
>> phone
>> that will announce all calls, even those coming in through call waiting. 
>> It
>> would also be helpful if it would read back the numbers aloud.
>> I bought one many years ago and thankfully it still works, but Have not 
>> been
>> able to find one recently.
>> Thank you for your help.
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