[Electronics-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: review of blind-friendly cell-phones wanted

[Jim Barbour]

blidnphones has zero traffic these days.  Not sure what other ones there might be.

Jim

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:16:29AM -0700, Baracco, Andrew W via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> I know that there used to be a couple of listservs that discussed the various blind friendly phones. I believe that there was one called blindphones, but since I am a happy iPhone user, such a list would have no interest for me.
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> ?Andy
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: James Aldrich via Electronics-Talk
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Electronics-Talk] review of blind-friendly cell-phones wanted
> 
> Wow, lots of exclamation marks.
> 
> I think what Sandra is asking for is an overview of what phones are out there for blind folks.
> 
> I don't know if an AT vendor has put something like this together.
> 
> I basically know that there's the iPhone, which is the gold standard in accessible smart phones.
> 
> I know there's a plethora of Android based cell phones running talkback.
> 
> There's also a few self voicing phones, like the Haven.
> 
> This isn't so much an overview as a bit of a painting of the landscape.
> 
> Take Care,
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 05:07:52AM -0600, James Aldrich via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> > Hi Sandra,
> > 
> > What do you want in that perfect cell phone!  Define it for us.  What you might find depends on the cell carrier!  It is probably out there!  I'll vote for my IPhone since it does everything I want and then some!  What's near perfect for me may not be so for someone else!  For price and small size, check out the Apple SE IPhone.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Still looking for that perfect cell phone! Wondered if anyone knew of a current review of what’s out there today for us—describing the similarities and differences in the features. I’ve looked online some, but a lot of the things I’ve seen are now outdated. Someone must know more than I do; a Google search is only as good as the one inputting the search request. Thanks!
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> > > Sandra
> > > "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is 
> > > essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery The 
> > > Little Prince
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