[Electronics-Talk] experience with kyocera dura xv phone and similar phones

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I have used the Kyocera DuraXV Extreme for almost five years now. I do not use all of the features on the phone, but I find it very accessible for most functions. I can read text messages using the built in text to speech, and you can compose texts using the letter by letter method. Contacts can be entered to. I have found it to be as good of a flip phone as I have ever had as I did have several LG phones over the years.

Good luck.

Allen


-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mar 2, 2026 6:14 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances' <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: [Electronics-Talk] experience with kyocera dura xv phone and similar phones

Hi all,



Does anyone use or seen the kyocera dura xv extreme feature phone?

I usually use phones for basic things so would be okay with a good feature
phone. I currently use a feature phone but not all menus speak.



Does it have clear speech for menus? I thought I read it did have some text
to speech on it.

I know it can enlarge the font.





Can you do basic tasks with it using the built in screen reader?

I mean things like adding a contact, setting alarms, or checking the date.

Can the phone send and receive text messages in an accessible way such as
dictation of a message or typing it in with the numeric keys letter by
letter?



If this feature phone is not too accessible, what is a similar phone that
is?



Thanks,

Ashley

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