[Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones

Thu Nov 23 20:42:15 UTC 2017

Ashley, you just reminded me, the kyocera has 2 voices, one for the number 
keypad and then the voice for the menues and options.
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> Evelyn,
>
> Thanks for sharing and its nice to know about another flip phone on the
> verizon network.
> Like you I like mine for texting and old fashioned phone calls.
> But, I was wondering about the internet in case I decide I need it.
>
> Does the Terra use multiple voices or just one? Is it male or female?
>
> Is it easy to get to the inbox to read the texts?
> On my flip phone now which does not talk much, you just press the okay
> button
> to pull up a text which just came in and then it appears on the screen.
> Pretty  easy to access although I have to use a biological interface to 
> know
> about it as it does not talk that message.
>
> Do you find the buttons easy to distinguish?
>
> Thanks.
>
> and happy thanksgiving.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 11:09 AM
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> Hi, Arlene,
>
> Roger Behm has sent excellent information to this discussion.  He
> caught a really good sale.  I didn't, so I had to pay $100 for
> mine.  At the time I didn't have much waiting time available and
> help was intermittent.  My 7-year-old LG was getting prettyiffy,
> and it's slowness was failing for getting help by phone with
> themess-up in my voice mail.  I had to go to two Verizon stores
> before getting a Terra, but I have no regrets at all.  Like Roger
> and his disife, I use mine for phone calls and can use it for
> text messages.  I too have no data plan.  Someone sighted has to
> turn on the accessability, but after that everything talks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Evelyn
>
>
>
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> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
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> appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:23:45 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip
> phones
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> Evelyn, how much does the lg tera cost? Hopefully I could find it
> at the
> verizon store where I live.  just in case anyone is wondering
> about how much
> the kyocera dura xv, I think it was about $120 which I purchased
> out right.
> I'm going to make sure on the price of it.
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> phones
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>
> Sandra,
>
> If you are with Verizon, check out the LG Tera.  It has full
> screen read-out-in  other words, everything talks.  It's much
> bigger than older LG flip phones.  As for contracts, the big
> companies have been doing away with them.  I got mine a couple
> months ago and just paid for the phone outright and am on no
> contract any more.
>
> Evelyn
>
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> Date sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:40:27 -0500
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> Hi, all,
>
> Well, I?™m finally deciding that, in their current iterations, I
> am just not made for smartphones, so have come to the somewhat
> painful but also liberating decision to investigate
> currently-available flip phones.  I had a Haven back in the day,
> and also tried the LGNV 3 and Gusto, but found they weren?™t
> easy to text with.  I am totally blind, and so need full TTS so I
> can navigate and use functions without sighted assistance;
> preferably a track-phone, but willing to go with plans if I have
> to?”just would like not to spend some money on contracts,
> monthly bills, etc.  Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>
>
> Sandra
>
> ?œIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is
> because he hears a different drummer.  Let him step to the music
> he hears, however measured or far away.??
> (Henry David Thoreau)
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