[nabs-l] accessible phones

Sat Sep 15 01:45:16 UTC 2012

so those of you who use keyboards, do you connect them to your phone or use 
a fuller size keyboard?
Me, I'd have to have a closer to normal size keyboard because those small 
keyboards seem hard to type on, I can hardly feel one button from another.
Also, curious how they run. Do you charge them up when you charge your 
phone?
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ignasi Cambra
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:11 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones

I have a similar keyboard. Mine is the Nuu Mini Key. Works flawlessly.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 12, 2012, at 8:56 PM, "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com> 
wrote:

> Gloria:
> If you want a keyboard, I bought the boxwave buddy bluetooth keyboard. 
> I've seen people lugging around desktop-sized bluetooth keyboards, and 
> that'd be irritating. This keyboard snaps to the bottom of your IPhone and 
> it slides out, which is really nice. It makes the phone a bit thicker, and 
> you have to charge the keyboard along with the phone, but it's not to bad.
> On 9/12/2012 11:46 AM, Gloria G 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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