[gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

Tue Aug 11 19:18:10 UTC 2009

Andy,

I'm an LG phone user and a member of the Blind users list I recently 
provided the subscribe address for. I'd just like to make one small 
amendment to the below. and that's the fact that this ENV 3 is LG's latest, 
but not in the overall sense of being its one and only newest offering. As I 
tried to say, badly, in an earlier post, there's a whole line of LG phone 
that are current and worth considering for their accessibility features. 
like the LG VX 8360. For instance. it's not been superseded by the ENV 3. 
It's just not as fancy in terms of having the qwerrty keyboard and generally 
being more like a PDA, so to put it.

that's all. There are a number of LG phones available through Verizon right 
now, and not just this one. It's simply the latest in its own model part of 
the LG line, and supersedes the ENV 1 and ENV 2.

I hope that's a helpful distinction for me to have made.

Joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

I believe that the current LG offering from Verizon is the ENV3.  It has
both a standard keypad and QWERTY keyboard.  All basic functions talk
including getting info like battery status, signal strength, etc,
creating and adding and deleting from the address book, talking caller
ID, and it will also read text messages.  The main thing that does not
talk is Email and internet. I have seen it on specials for as little as
$79.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of albert griffith
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:48 PM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

Steve, are the LG phones reasonably accessible?  Can  you add contacts,
access its address book, and enter voice prompts without sighted
assistance?
I'm investigating the possibility that many of us can avoid paying for
and
learning an additional program
If these rudimentary functions can be performed without outside help.
P.S.
if you feel one of these phones is accessible, what's its version
number?
thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:02 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

Joel,

My family currently uses two LG phones that have some accessibility
built in
through Sprint.  According to Sprint, the LG Rumor 2 can read text
messages
but I have
not figured out how yet and can find nothing in the manual.  Even though
the
list you mention is oriented to Verizon, possibly there is enough
similarities between the
various LG models that someone may have ideas.  Have you already
provided
the subscription address and I just missed it?

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:22:50 -0400, albert griffith wrote:

>I've signed up for the list anyway.  thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:33 AM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

>Then don't bother with my list, if you don't want. Find a mailing list
for
>the other ones They have them. Others jay know the Web pages that are
their

>homes where you can subscribe. Sorry.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

>I'm researching this question for a good friend who just isn't tech
savvy
at
>all.  I don't think I'm at the lurking stage yet, smile.  I noticed
>something interesting on the mobile speak price list: the two programs
and
> The software with a phone included are all listing for $295.  I'd
think
>there'd be some difference in pricing.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:33 PM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

>Al,

>I've got an LG VX 4650, which is kind of an old model by now, but still
>works fine for me and provides all the accessibility I need, although
there
>are now newer models of the LG line that is mostly sold to Verizon
>customers, and of all cell phones except for the brand new IPhone,
which
>costs a good deal more and offers capabilities that someone like me
doesn't
>even care about, the LG line is pretty cool. The best. The phones that
work
>with that third party software that's like screen reader stuff, so you
pay
>for the phone and then a few hundred more for the software, that's
another
>trip entirely. Another ball game.

>If you want, I can provide the subscribe email for the LG blind users
list,
>I mean now it's called the Verizon blind users list, and if you
subscribe
to

>it you can lurk and start getting an idea of what's up with the Verizon
>phones, especially the LG line.

>Joel
>Original Message ----- 
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>Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:17 PM
>Subject: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

>I've read some about off-the-shelf accessibility of some cell phones
such
as
>the LG series.  However, I haven't been able to find articles written
>recently.  Is this because Mobile speak and Talks have covered the
market
>for right now or what?  Thanks
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