[nabs-l] accessible phones

Wed Sep 12 21:23:01 UTC 2012

so can you find a case to fit all of that?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones


> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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