[Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification forcellphone shopping...

Tue Feb 2 18:56:34 UTC 2016

It's iffy about how it works.  Sometimes, it works wonderfully.  Other 
times, it doesn't even work at all, and sometimes, it's gobbletygook.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:27 PM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: Arlene
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification 
forcellphone shopping...

Pam, since you got it because of kurzweil have you been able to scan? If you
did, did that work well?

Arlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification
forcellphone shopping...

> Yes, I have mobile speak on the n95.  No, I haven't done internet or email 
> with it.  I also don't text.  I got it because of the Kurzweil.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 1:06 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification 
> forcellphone shopping...
>
> You're welcome, pam. Do you have mobile speaks on your n95,? Have you gone
> on to the internet wit it? Just curious
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
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> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:26 PM
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> forcellphone shopping...
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>
>> Okay, thanks.  Pam.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 3:15 PM
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>> Cc: Arlene
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification 
>> forcellphone shopping...
>>
>> Pam, the t-199 is a samsung phone.
>> Arlene
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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>> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification
>> forcellphone shopping...
>>
>>
>>> Hi!  Who makes the t199?  It's possible I may have to look for one.  I 
>>> just ordered a battery for my n95 with mobile speak and Kurzweil, but if 
>>> something more happens to it, I may have to give that up.  I won't do a 
>>> touch screen phone.  Pam.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 6:05 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>> Cc: Arlene
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification 
>>> forcellphone shopping...
>>>
>>> Sandra, the best thing to do is actually to see the phones for yourself, 
>>> to
>>> see if any of them are right for you. From person to person what one is
>>> confortable  with is such an individual thing. This may or may not be 
>>> that
>>> important concerning the buttons on the 2 phones that I have, but I 
>>> thought
>>> I would mention my experience, in case either you or anyone else that 
>>> has
>>> neither of these phones is curious. The t-199 is a bar phone, sort of a 
>>> thin
>>> sturdy phone.I really like the feel of the buttons which are that sort 
>>> of
>>> rubber matterial. It feels good to my fingers when dialing, or typing in 
>>> a
>>> contact or text message. The way I found out the t-199 talked was when a
>>> sighted friend and I each bought a t-199. The next day after we 
>>> purchased
>>> our phones she was going through the menues on the phone and she saw 
>>> what
>>> was called talkback, (not the same talkback in the androids). That 
>>> clicked
>>> in her head seeing talk back  in the phone, from earlier in the day when
>>> another friend was talking about talkback in her s 3 phone. So being 
>>> curious
>>> to see if the phone had speech in it she turned it on. She told me about 
>>> it
>>> right away, and we started trying different things out. I was amazed at 
>>> that
>>> point, everything we tried worked. The first 2 main things we tried was
>>> typing in a contact. Also just going through the menues everything 
>>> talked.
>>> The second thing we did that first night was I wrote a text message to 
>>> our
>>> other friend. Each time and especially at first, when I began to try
>>> something different or going to try something I was almost afraid it
>>> wouldn't talk. Just to think this was all by chance, that we found it
>>> actually talked was something else. It put me so much in mind using my 
>>> nokia
>>> 6600 with mobile speaks 9 years ago. I don't know of any other blind
>>> individuals that have this phone. It almost makes me wonder if there's 
>>> any
>>> other phones, meaning especially these feature phones that too, have 
>>> speech
>>> in them, that maybe none of us know about right now. I'm also totally 
>>> blind.
>>> The gusto 3's buttons are well indented, you could tell the difference
>>> between the buttons.  As I said in another message I would be open to 
>>> giving
>>> a try with one of those phones that has a keyboard included, or I 
>>> probably
>>> should say built into it, even if it's a smart phone. I've heard of the
>>> overlays for the iphone and so on which are helpful, but if possible I 
>>> think
>>> I would like a phone that does have a keyboard in it. I'll have to work 
>>> with
>>> the touch screen a bit more to see if I could make any progress with it. 
>>> My
>>> trouble was going into icons and folders, which I'm not going into 
>>> detail
>>> about here and not really seeking assistance, since this isn't that kind 
>>> of
>>> email list. when I would go into an item or folder at times I could go 
>>> into
>>> it and other times I would loose focus. What I think will help me work 
>>> with
>>> guetting use to a touch screen, is if I could find someone to get 
>>> together
>>> with in person. Anyway, I just wanted to give you one little aspect of 
>>> the
>>> feel of the phones.
>>> Sandra, it would be interesting to hear about the phones you come across
>>> that you get to see in the store especially the phones you like.
>>> Arlene
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk" 
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>>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "Sandra Streeter" <sandrastreeter381 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 4:00 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] by way of additional clarification for 
>>> cellphone
>>> shopping...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I mislead some people—I have ZERO sight! What I mean by being an 
>>>>extremely visual learner is that, as I said, auditory is a very weak 
>>>>learning style for me; if, however, I read something in Braille 
>>>>(apparently, the visual cortex of us Braille readers who use tactile for 
>>>>so much has been delegated for those tasks instead of the usual visual 
>>>>tasks), I get the material in at most half the time it takes to memorize 
>>>>it through auditory means, and often, it takes even less time to take 
>>>>stuff in. So, I really need the combination of tactile and audio 
>>>>features in a phone. I will keep everyone's responses for a while so I 
>>>>can do some internet comparisons of reviews of the phones that have 
>>>>been/will be suggested. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sandra
>>>> “To love another person is to see the face of God.”
>>>> (Les Miserables--the musical)
>>>>
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