[Electronics-talk] Talking Caller ID for land line

[cheez]

Barb, yes, that is a great Caller-ID box.  I almost bought more than one, 
but the Qwest store only had one left.
I opened mine up and set the volume to max after the switch broke off.  But 
the unit finally died, and that was that.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "barb o'connor" <broconnor1972 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Talking Caller ID for land line


> Wow, guess I'd better protect my caller ID with my life.  I have one that 
> hasn't been open yet and I'm still using one.  They came originally from 
> Quest which is now CenturyLink.  They were a very simple ID the biggest 
> problem was that the volume switch would eventually disconnect from the 
> machine.  If it was in the max position, you could get along with it for a 
> while.  If it wasn't, it was time for another ID.  I put the ID at max 
> volume and have left that switch alone.  This is, indeed, very 
> disappointing news because I know mine aren't going to last forever.
>
> Barb
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ray Foret jr
>  To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>  Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 11:05 PM
>  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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