[Electronics-Talk] change in voice mail
cheez
cheez at cox.net
Thu Mar 31 16:49:07 UTC 2016
I have 4 months to go on a two-year contract with Verizon.
Vince
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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: 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
>
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> 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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