[gui-talk] Cell phone questions:

Tue Aug 11 20:40:39 UTC 2009

What LG phones does Sprint support?  Sorry if I missed that if somebody said 
it, but I just came into this thread late.  Pam.
----- 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 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:


>I have an 8350.  What is the difference between the 8350 and the 8360.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:18 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Cell phone questions:
>
> 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 it's not been superseded by the ENV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>
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> 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
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>>From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
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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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