[Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon

Sat Nov 16 18:23:07 UTC 2013

My friend Virginia was able to get the people at the Verizon store to figure 
out how to do it.  As she was going through how to do it, and getting it to 
talk, she kept saying "Oh this is cool!"  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sandy
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 11:33 AM
To: Tracy Carcione ; Brad Keller ; Discussion of accessible electronics and 
appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon

Tracy,

Last Verizon phone I bought, the Verizon rep set it up to have the
accessible features work.  I was with my friend who went to Radio Shack to
ask about an accessible phone and, while they sell Verizon, they had no
clue.  The salesman called Verizon and my friend talked with someone to
explain what she wanted.  They sent the phone through the mail.

Sandy

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From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:49 AM
To: "Brad Keller" <kellerb03 at gmail.com>; "Discussion of accessible
electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon

> If I go to the Verizon store and pick out a phone that looks good to me, 
> is there any way to know if it will be able to talk?  Will I have to buy 
> Mobile Speak, or whatever?  I remember hearing Verizon provided some 
> talking program free with the phone. I'd also ask if the Verizon guys will 
> have a clue about accessibility, but I'd already bet the answer is a 
> resounding No.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brad Keller" <kellerb03 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 7:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon
>
>
> The C5 will not work on Verizon because it is a GSM based phone and 
> Verizon
> uses CDMA which means no sim card, at least on their network.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bhavya shah" <bhavya.shah125 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 11:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible phone for verizon
>
>
> You could also buy a Nokia C5 which is completely accessible and is
> used by many Indians out here.
> Among Touch Screen competitors, IPhones are most accessible.
> Regards
> Bhavya
>
> On 11/16/13, Lauren Merryfield <lauren1 at catliness.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> You can go to eBay and purchase a Samsung Haven phone and get it set up 
>> with
>> Verizon.
>> Thanks
>> Lauren
>>
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>> -----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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