[nabs-l] accessible phones

Wed Sep 12 21:07:24 UTC 2012

You don't actually buy a case, the keyboard snaps to the bottom of the 
phone. I ordered the keyboard on Amazon.
On 9/12/2012 3:03 PM, Gloria G wrote:
> hi,
> just so i am getting things correct. There is a keybord tha tis the 
> same size as the eye phone and it just slides under the phone in the 
> case? Thanks this sounds great. They will have these keybords in the 
> stores, or do I need to special order it? Thanks
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ignasi Cambra" 
> <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones
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>
>> Gloria,
>> What's for sure is that the LG phone you are talking about won't have
>> an accessible touch screen. I don't know what kind of research you
>> want to do, but unfortunately there aren't that many phones out there
>> that have an accessible touch screen. If you are scared of the iPhone
>> because of its lack of a physical keyboard you can get a keyboard case
>> for it. It's a regular iPhone case that has a small keyboard that
>> slides out, just like on HTC or some Blackberry phones. At this point
>> the iPhone is the best option in my opinion. It works great, there are
>> many accessible apps for iOS and there are many other blind iPhone
>> users out there to help you learn the new interface. Now that the
>> iPhone 5 came out it shouldn't be too hard for you to find an unlocked
>> iPhone 4 or even a 4s for a reasonable price. That phone would work on
>> T-Mobile's network and it would almost certainly give you the best
>> experience.
>> Just my opinion...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Gloria G <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Thank you for this information. I have been researching a phone from 
>>> TMoble. It is a LG My Touch Q. I was told it has speech 
>>> capibabilities, but I wanted to make sure. I was wanting to find a 
>>> phone that has both a touch screan and a keybord. I want to slowly 
>>> transition over to the touch screen while still having the option to 
>>> use the keyboard. I will continue my search. Thanks
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin" <robin-melvin at comcast.net>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:46 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Gloria c.,
>>>>
>>>> If you can WAIT, it might be in your best benefit to SEE which 
>>>> SMART Phone Platform has the easiest operating system for you. I 
>>>> believe Windows Phone 8 will ADD out of the Box ACCESSIBILITY in 
>>>> the form of a Screen Reader (most likely Narrator). It has been 
>>>> widely rumored that Android has vastly IMPROVED its own out of the 
>>>> Box Screen Reader for Android Phones. OtherWise, you can join the 
>>>> masses of "The BLIND", who have adopted Apple's iPhone with its own 
>>>> out of the Box Screen Reader VoiceOver.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you want a Basic Phone without a DATA Plan, there are 
>>>> usually a couple of LG Phones, which offer some out of the Box 
>>>> ACCESSIBLE FEATURES, but NOT as much as provided on the Apple 
>>>> iPhone at this time. The only Basic Phone, which offers the most 
>>>> out of the Box accessible features is the Samsung Haven, which has 
>>>> been discontinued and was only offered on Verizon Wireless's Network.
>>>>
>>>> I SUGGEST you inquire to your Mobile Phone Carrier to determine, 
>>>> which Phones are offered to people with visual impairment.
>>>>
>>>> At 07:03 AM 9/12/2012, you wrote:
>>>>> I've never heard of it.
>>>>> Just get the IFone, with the Braille overlay, and you'll be fine.
>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on 
>>>>> behalf of Gloria G [gloria.graves at gmail.com]
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:58 AM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] accessible phones
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I am checking out phones. Has anyone heard of the LG My Touch Q? 
>>>>> If so, is it accessible? I talked to the carrier which is Teen 
>>>>> Mobil, but I have had situations in which the carrier will say 
>>>>> something is accessible or has speech capabilities and they do not 
>>>>> and vice versa. Thanks for any help you can give.
>>>>> Gloria
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