[nabs-l] Accessible phone

[dreicer, zachary]

no - I wish!

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From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
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Date sent: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:59:05 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accessible phone

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

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 Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 11:01:35 -0400
 From: Jorge Paez <computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com
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 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Interesting discussion: Is Technology 
Turning
 	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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