[Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon

[Christopher Chaltain]

They just reviewed the KYOCERA Kona in the last issue of Access World: 
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw141105

It sounds like what you're looking for. It's a Sprint phone though, but 
maybe there's a Verizon version of this phone. Might be worth Googling 
or asking about.

On 11/16/2013 09:46 AM, Sandy wrote:
> Ashley,
>
> My elderly friend just got some sort of LG phone from Verizon and her 
> daughter is showing her how to use the accessible features.  I don't 
> know all it can do, but it speaks more than my LG5400 which they no 
> longer sell. My friend is doing things she didn't do with the Haven, 
> though maybe it had the same capabilities.
>
>
>
> Sandy
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 7:51 PM
> To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon
>
>> Hi,
>> You can go to eBay and purchase a Samsung Haven phone and get it set 
>> up with Verizon.
>> Thanks
>> Lauren
>>
>> For my new book go to:
>> www.TheresMoreThanOneWay.com
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>> www.LettingTheCatOutOfTheBag.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
>> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 4:39 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I’d like a simple phone. I have one, but may wish to change or have 
>> to change; think this phone needs a new battery or something. All the 
>> phone can do is call out the numbers. It does not talk otherwise.
>>
>> If I had a talking phone, I could take advantage of the text message 
>> feature to read it independently as well as he contacts list and 
>> other items.
>> So which phones if any will work? I know verizon had some lg phones 
>> that were partially accessible but I heard those went out of stock 
>> and are not made; I know the nv 3 isn’t made either.
>>
>> There are not too many simple phones anymore, and even less talking 
>> phones. I would not use a smart phone’s features so don’t want to go 
>> that route and besides its very easy to press the wrong buttons on a 
>> flat screen. It happened to a blind friend today when she was going 
>> to let me borrow her phone and got in some face time menu instead.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ashley
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