[nfbmi-talk] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola toCooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind

[Jim Prather]

Aggreed!!!  My current  Q9--H, via AT&T, to put it nicely "sucks."  I 
can't even use the AT&T MEdianet because the phone wasn't design for it, 
while all the others are.  This also goes true for the Cellular Video 
feature.  I use alternate sights for ringtones and apps; some of which 
cost as much as AT&T's top plan.  Might try the accessible IPhone when 
my contract is up.

James (Jim) "Turtle" Prather
MSB Class of 1974
CMU Class of 1980

"Red and White Flow on Forever."  (from School Alma Mater)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dennis" <dennisl1982 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: September 14, 2009 12:42
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola 
toCooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind


> what about such things as email and text messaging?  in my opinion 
> this doesnt go far enough
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Freeh,Jessica (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)" 
> <JFreeh at nfb.org>
> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:29 PM
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola to 
> Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
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>
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>>
>>
>> CONTACT:
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>> Chris Danielsen
>>
>> Director of Public Relations
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>
>> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>>
>>
>> Jennifer Erickson
>>
>> Motorola, Inc.
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>> (847) 435-5320
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>> Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com
>>
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind and Motorola
>>  to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>> Baltimore, Maryland and Libertyville, Illinois (September 14, 2009): 
>> The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's oldest and largest 
>> organization of blind people and the leading advocate for making 
>> mainstream devices accessible to the blind, and Motorola Inc., a 
>> leading manufacturer of cell phones and other mobile communications 
>> devices, announced today that they have entered into a cooperation 
>> agreement to promote technologies that improve the accessibility of 
>> cell phones to blind consumers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Certain future Motorola cell phones will provide verbal readouts of 
>> information such as the time and date, battery level, signal 
>> strength, user's phone number, caller ID information for incoming 
>> calls, missed and received calls, and voice mail alerts.  Blind users 
>> will also be able to take advantage of verbal readouts and 
>> voice-command features for ring tone status, inputting and accessing 
>> contacts, and various other settings. Motorola expects these cell 
>> phones to be available in 2010.  The parties have also agreed to work 
>> together to make additional phones and features accessible to blind 
>> users.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, 
>> said: "In an age where productivity and success increasingly depend 
>> on access to mobile technology such as cellular telephones, it is 
>> critical that blind Americans have equal access to today's cell 
>> phones through user interfaces that do not require vision.  The 
>> National Federation of the Blind appreciates Motorola's commitment to 
>> making the features of its cell phone products accessible to blind 
>> users without the need for third-party software, and we look forward 
>> to working together with Motorola to make future improvements to the 
>> accessibility of telecommunication technology."
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