[Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
Arlene
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Fri Apr 1 10:52:07 UTC 2016
Vince, that's interesting.
Arlene
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Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
> Hi, Arlene:
>
> Since my wife is on my Verizon share plan, and she uses The Haven, the
> Voice Message option still works for her.
>
> I have a feeling it has something
> to do with one phone being an analog device, [I reckon, correct me someone
> if I'm wrong], and my iPhone being a digital device.
>
> Now I don't know about my daughter who's on my family plan too. She has
> the Galaxy 5S. And you know how some youngsters are these days. They
> don't listen to Voicemail let-alone talk on the phone.
> My girls only respond when I send them a text message and tell them to
> call me or answer their phones.
>
> Vince
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
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> Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
>
>
>> It's not a big deal but I wonder why they aliminated that option from the
>> voice mail. Maybe not very many people were using it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "cheez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
>>
>>
>>>I have 4 months to go on a two-year contract with Verizon.
>>>
>>> Vince
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:30 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
>>>
>>>
>>>> Vince, that actually sounds about when I noticed the change. I know
>>>> what I said before, but it just dawned on me that when we purchased
>>>> that additional gusto III it was november of 2014 not 2015 and it's
>>>> been over a year. Time really flies when the timing of something gets
>>>> muddled up in your mind. I remember up until at least the summer of
>>>> 2014 my 2 friends and I were still using the voice mail for messaging
>>>> some of the time. one of my friends and I both lived in joplin,
>>>> Missouri at the time and we were both on prepaids and my other friend
>>>> is in new york and she's on a regular plan. Are you on a regular plan
>>>> or do you have the prepaid service? I was just curious since I haven't
>>>> had a chance to ask my friened that's on the regular plan, which I
>>>> don't know what you'd call it since verizon no longer does contracts.
>>>> It's a small thing really, but if it was aliminated from even the
>>>> phones on the regular plans, that would be kind of disappointing.
>>>>
>>>> Arlene
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "cheez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:46 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I noticed that change of option when i switched to the iPhone about
>>>>>2-1/2 years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vince
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:24 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Barb, and everyone, the part of the voice mail in the prepaid verizon
>>>>>> phones where you could press 2 in voice mail to make a message to
>>>>>> another verizon customer. I don't know exactly when that was
>>>>>> eliminated from the voice mail but I noticed it gone in november.
>>>>>> I't's not anything I absolutely need or would use all the time.
>>>>>> Mostly I used it with 2 friends, which besides phone calls we used
>>>>>> that method of messaging to keep in touch. I just thought I would
>>>>>> mention it since it wasn't always that way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arlene
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Barb O'Connor via Electronics-Talk"
>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Cc: "Barb O'Connor" <broconnor1972 at comcast.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:23 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible verizon flip phone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can't seem to send messages by going through your voicemail box
>>>>>>> anymore. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is call the person
>>>>>>> and hopefully not bother them. I, too, liked being able to send
>>>>>>> voicemail through my box but ...? I have a friend who leaves me
>>>>>>> voicemail in the night so, I put do not disturb on my phone so I am
>>>>>>> not disturbed at 3:00 in the morning.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Barb
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>>>>>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>>>>> Cc: Arlene
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:47 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible verizon flip phone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, Vince, on the gusto III I could write text messages just fine,
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> reviewing them, I can't seem to do, unless it's something I just
>>>>>>> don't know
>>>>>>> how to do and I've tried to do it.Another thing I've noticed that
>>>>>>> you or
>>>>>>> possibly someone else might know. It seemed as if it was back in
>>>>>>> the fall
>>>>>>> some time. In November when my boyfriend had gotten a gusto III I
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> showing him some things about the voice mail and I found that you
>>>>>>> could no
>>>>>>> longer send a message to someone, someone on verizon through the
>>>>>>> voice
>>>>>>> mail, which I've done a lot with 2 of my friends. I was surprised
>>>>>>> to find
>>>>>>> that change and I tried my gusto and it too had changed. It's
>>>>>>> really kind of
>>>>>>> a small thing but being able to message someone through the voice
>>>>>>> mail could
>>>>>>> be handy at times. I'd like to find out more about the non prepaid
>>>>>>> service
>>>>>>> with verizon next time I go to the store. It's almost 2 years, I
>>>>>>> think since
>>>>>>> I've had the gusto phones of which I started with the gusto II.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Arlene
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "cheez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Cc: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 11:25 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible verizon flip phone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the Gusto III, one can't
>>>>>>> proofread text
>>>>>>> > messages. right?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Vince
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> > From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> > To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>>>> > <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> > Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
>>>>>>> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 1:52 PM
>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible verizon flip phone
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> Ashley, There's an accessible flip phone for verizon I'm going
>>>>>>> to tell
>>>>>>> >> you about, though the lg 450 is a flip phone that runs on either
>>>>>>> t-mobile
>>>>>>> >> and family mobile that's on t-mobile. The accessible flip phone
>>>>>>> that runs
>>>>>>> >> on verizon is the gusto III made by samsung.. All the menues
>>>>>>> talk, you
>>>>>>> >> could write in your contacts, write text messages, go into
>>>>>>> settings, note
>>>>>>> >> things in the notepad area, calculator, set ringtones easily and
>>>>>>> more. I
>>>>>>> >> have the gusto III with verizon as a prepaid which at Walmart
>>>>>>> costs
>>>>>>> >> $12.88. I have some friends that have the gusto III on a verizon
>>>>>>> contract
>>>>>>> >> plan and the gusto III for the contract plans cost about $90. I
>>>>>>> know of a
>>>>>>> >> few people that are both on a contract plan with verizon that
>>>>>>> each needed
>>>>>>> >> a new gusto III and for some reason they couldn't get it, but
>>>>>>> that could
>>>>>>> >> just be true for certain parts of the country. So if you're on
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> >> contract plan with verizon see if you could get the gusto III on
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> >> plan. The unlimited service with the prepaid is $35. 2 things
>>>>>>> about the
>>>>>>> >> gusto III, when you close the phone it will tell you the time
>>>>>>> and date,
>>>>>>> >> and each time you open the phone you'll hear the voice of the
>>>>>>> activation
>>>>>>> >> voice for you to please say a command, which is no trouble,
>>>>>>> just press
>>>>>>> >> the end key when you open the phone. The phone, anyway to me,
>>>>>>> has a
>>>>>>> >> pleasant voice. If you have someone assisting you in one of the
>>>>>>> stores
>>>>>>> >> most of the sales associates know how to turn the speech on, but
>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>> >> get one that isn't familiar what you want is full read out. My
>>>>>>> neighbor
>>>>>>> >> across the street was able to turn the speech on, on one of my
>>>>>>> gusto
>>>>>>> >> threes so it's not that hard to do. Along with all that you have
>>>>>>> caller
>>>>>>> >> id too. I really love this phone.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Arlene
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Arlene
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> >> From: "Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk"
>>>>>>> >> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> >> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>>>> >> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> >> Cc: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>>>>>> >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 10:54 AM
>>>>>>> >> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Android Cellphones: Are They
>>>>>>> Worth It
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> is this lg phone a flip phone with buttons?
>>>>>>> >>> Do you know if it runs on the verizon network? I've always
>>>>>>> wanted a more
>>>>>>> >>> accessible phone but I'd rather have a simple flip phone.
>>>>>>> >>> Since my phone only speaks incoming calls, I cannot read texts
>>>>>>> that come
>>>>>>> >>> in and that is important.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Ashley
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> >>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>>>>>>> >>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 3:20 AM
>>>>>>> >>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>>>>> >>> Cc: Arlene
>>>>>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Android Cellphones: Are They
>>>>>>> Worth It
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Marsha, On saturday I got the lg450, and it is a nice little
>>>>>>> phone. I'm
>>>>>>> >>> just
>>>>>>> >>> exploring the phone and getting use to it, which won't take
>>>>>>> long. I like
>>>>>>> >>> the
>>>>>>> >>> calculator in the phone. I tried sending a text message which I
>>>>>>> was able
>>>>>>> >>> to
>>>>>>> >>> write, but I couldn't seem to find the option to send the
>>>>>>> message. I did
>>>>>>> >>> find the delivery options. I'm going to see if I could figure
>>>>>>> it out. I
>>>>>>> >>> got
>>>>>>> >>> the phone at walmart with family mobile. I also went on the
>>>>>>> internet
>>>>>>> >>> with it
>>>>>>> >>> for a while, where it had the news stories. I was just
>>>>>>> wondering if you
>>>>>>> >>> knew
>>>>>>> >>> the subscribing directions for the lg phone list. Thank you.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Arlene
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> >>> From: "Marsha via Electronics-Talk"
>>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> >>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>>>>> >>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> >>> Cc: "Marsha" <marcatony at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> >>> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 9:42 AM
>>>>>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Android Cellphones: Are They
>>>>>>> Worth It
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>> HI
>>>>>>> >>>> The model of the LG cell phone is LG450. It is a flip phone.
>>>>>>> It is
>>>>>>> >>>> 3G capable. It has Bluetooth connectivity. It is a straight
>>>>>>> phone
>>>>>>> >>>> keypad. It can do E-Mail, text messaging, and internet, I
>>>>>>> don't use
>>>>>>> >>>> this feature. Text to speech and voice commands. It's nothing
>>>>>>> fancy
>>>>>>> >>>> but a nice little phone. I know it works on T-Mobile and
>>>>>>> Family Mobile.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Marsha
>>>>>>> >>>>
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