[nabs-l] accessible phones

[Ashley Bramlett]

I heard good things about the haven. But didn't verizon discontinue it?

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sarah
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:53 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones

I am getting an Iphone soon.  I would reccomend the Haven I've
never had it but I hear it's very accessible.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:43:01 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones

Hello,
99% of the haven is accessible.  So far, only the volume is not
accessible.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 6:27 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible phones

Gloria,
I haven't read all this thread, but it seems like most are
recommending the
I Phone and you do not want one.
If you just need a phone, I understand that.  The fancy I phone
is so much
more than a phone and you won't want to pay for internet service
and all it
has when you won't use it.

I cannot answer that question.  I use a verizon phone, and it
hardly talks,
so much of it is inaccessible.  It will only talk when you get an
incoming
call by announcing the number and you can set it to announce the
numbers as
you dial; I think that is all is voiced.

The accessible phone verizon has is the haven.  Not sure if its
still being
made.
You might want to just go to the store and ask the sales staff
about
accessibility.  Ask them to show it to you; don't take their word
that it
talks to you.  If they show you, then you know what it does.
Also consider what you want in a phone.  Do you just want to make
calls on
it? Do you feel you want or need to text with it?
If you just want a phone, you really don't need a smart phone.

I think companies really should do more to make accessible
phones.  Last time
I looked for a phone, and verizon  is my provider, I hardly found
accessible
phones.  The only one I saw accessible was the haven, and it was
sold online.
So I could not see how accessible it was; but I heard even it was
not all
accessible, but the major functions  of it would be.
And if you're like me, you do not want a touch screen phone.
Good luck finding a phone meeting your needs.
Ashley

-----Original Message-----
From: Gloria G
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:58 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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