[Electronics-talk] Land Phones

[Carol J. Feazell]

I guess menues isn't the really correct thing. It will tell you if the voice 
mail is on, tell you the key to search from the base for other phones/phone, 
and some other things. I don't think it will give recent calls. I have to 
keep my voice mail off on it, though, because I can't get it to use other 
than a computer voice which I find extremely irritating and want a person. 
Even though I'm not necessarily in love with my voice, I do prefer it to be 
the one answering. I have a caller ID which identifies the numbers but so 
does the cordless audibly. The caller ID will tell me calls back from a long 
way, if I ask it to. In my case by not using the voice mail on the phone but 
rather letting it go to the Comcast, I not only get the one I want, but it 
allows many rings before it will go to voice mail. Sometimes in coming 
around furniture or pulling myself away from some work task, it takes me 
several rings, but I have really enjoyed the phone. I don't know if it is 
satisfactory but that's what I did. I went to the Best Buy (I believe that 
was the one) and got myself some hands-on and decided what I wanted, but I 
am completely blind so a readable manual wasn't important to me but I 
believe there was one with it.

Carol Jean
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Snow White Dove" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Land Phones


> Hi,
> I'd be interested to know the model of that number I'm sorry phone as 
> well.
> We have a cordless phone that talks. But only the phone number.
>
> It has tons of menus. But it doesn't speak them.
> It would be great to know one that does.
> Thanks for the info in advance,
> Jenny
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 5, 2013, at 1:28 PM, "Carol J. Feazell" <cfeazell at comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I got a cordless phone from, I think, Best Buy. It speaks when you press 
>> the menu keys and works quite well for me. Don't know about the manual 
>> and if you are interested, I would have to wait until one of the kids 
>> gets home to look that up.
>>
>> Carol Jean
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frida Aizenman" <nfbfrida at gmail.com>
>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 12:13 PM
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Land Phones
>>
>>
>>> Good morning everyone,
>>>
>>> I am writing to ask about land phones.
>>>
>>> I have two land phones from thirty years ago that recently broke down in 
>>> a matter of months from each other, and so, I need to buy new once.
>>>
>>> Of course, I am aware of the fact that, nowadays, phones come with 
>>> caller ID and many other bells and whistles. I have not decided what I 
>>> want, but I tend towards a simple phone, or at least, some kind of 
>>> accessible phone with a manual I can read.
>>>
>>> I called AT&T, and as ignoramus as they are, they transferred me to the 
>>> deaf section despite the fact that I told them I am totally blind. Then, 
>>> after apologizing profusely, I was told that AT&T stopped selling land 
>>> phones, but that perhaps Wal-Mart or some other store would have them.
>>>
>>> Current AT&T stores only sell cell phones.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me what I can do? It would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cordially,
>>>
>>> Frida
>>>
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