[nabs-l] Accessible phone

[Kirt Manwaring]

Does the haven have a qwerty keyboard?

On 4/9/11, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> George,
>
> My Samsung Haven is through Verizon.  It is a very basic phone with the
> exception of texting.  It has no online capabilities, no MP3 player,
> none of that stuff, but it is fully accessible.
>
> It was specifically designed for visually impaired and deaf users.
>
> The speech is a bit annoying because there is a pause between functions,
> but I can still do everything on my own with it.
>
> There is also a Samsung Gusto which is the same phone except it has more
> cool stuff like what you mention, and it is fully accessible.  I have
> not had the opportunity to play with a Gusto either.
>
> I would like something like an I-phone, but right now, cost is a bigger
> factor than convenience.
>
> I am not sure what other companies offer the Samsung Haven and Gusto.
>
> Bridgit
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 11:01:35 -0400
> From: Jorge Paez <computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com>
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> 	into Our	Enemy?
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> Bridgit:
>
> I too do that.
>
> Even though I don't listen to vinal records, I still listen to CDs.
> I have an iPod, and an iPhone which I use to listen to the music
> collection I've put on there but there are still CDs in my room.
>
> And I use a note taker too.
>
> Think its faster in many ways to a computer--braille 2 contractions are
> usable as a pose to writing everything out grade one, despite the fact
> I'm quite fast at both.
>
> And yes, I won't mention names, but I knew a friend who spent all her
> time on the phone, then Skype/Clango, and Twitter.
>
> Just to feel connected, and she used to just talk to random people from
> around the net.
> Not only is that bad, but in this case unsafe.
>
> And yes, as far as old tech, I've always used a brailler--its the only
> tool my Vision Teacher allows for Math which I happen to like,
> because it keeps all the equations at my fingertips without having to go
> back and forth from braille display lines.
>
>
> By the way: do you have a plain phone for AT&T?
>
> All I need is to be able to text and take calls.
> Maybe put some music on it.
>
> Reason I'm asking is because I mostly use my iPhone for that--calls and
> ocational texts,
> and the iPod feature.
>
> I only use the internet for email, and even so I never type emails on
> the touch keyboard.
>
> (preferibly if it has a quorty keyboard for texting)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jorge
>
>
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