[Nfbmo] Looking for Info About Basic Cell Phones LG LX370

James Moynihan jamesmmoynihan at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 13:31:30 UTC 2013


It seems to me we have already had this discussions about cellphones.  We 
are reviewing the sametopic over and over again.

Cordially,

Jim Moynihan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Looking for Info About Basic Cell Phones LG LX370


> Fred,
>  Actually, Sprint offered - may still offer - a phone that did  provide
> some text-to-speech, but it is very limited.  It wouldn't go  more than a
> level or two down (example, it could voice navigate you to open  settings 
> to
> read some tips on using the phone.  But going down another  level you lost
> speech.)  The buttons were tiny, also.  As far as I  recall, it was not a 
> touch
> screen, you used a navigator (circular) button to  move between the icons,
> and pressed a button inside the ring to select the  button. Susan Ford, I
> believe, found a non-smart  phone that worked for  her.
>
>   If anyone is interested, this was the LG LX370 offered via  Sprint.   I
> also recall that there were phones, such as a Nokia model,  that came with
> an OS called RockBox that plus a text-to-speech program that  offered some
> reasonable functionality - but it wasn't cheap.  I think the  pioneering 
> KNFB
> Reader knocked that system off the market.
>     Dan
>
>
> In a message dated 3/17/2013 11:39:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> goodfolks at charter.net writes:
>
> Dan, there  are very few if any phones available with speech other than 
> the
> Iphone and  some of the Android offerings. You might check with AT&T or
> Verizon,  but I'm thinking that because we are again such a small market
> that
> there  is very little effort to grow this type of phone market. There is,
> however  Public Law 255 which was passed by Congress in the 90's which was
> supposed  to insure that all phones be made accessible, it never did
> happen,
> and to  this day, it is not the phone carriers which have come forward, 
> but
> either  phone manufacturer or third party initiatives which have made some
> in-roads in to this market.
>
> Fred
>
>
> ----- Original Message  ----- 
> From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
> To:  <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 11:27 PM
> Subject:  Re: [Nfbmo] Looking for Info About Basic Cell Phones
>
>
>> Yep - a  friend has one of those.  But there a re other people who have
>>  problems reading any text because of macular degeneration.  I've gotten
>> them
>> on to Talking Books (albeit in other states) - phones w/  text-to-speech
>> would be much appreciated.  And there is the  vanity factor - they don't
>> want to
>> be seen in public with one  of those clunky jitterbugs.
>>      Dan
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 3/17/2013 11:17:23 P.M.  Central Daylight Time,
>> goodfolks at charter.net writes:
>>
>>  Dan there is  a phone, the Jitterbug with buttons which are a bit
> larger.
>> It
>> can be had  from http://www.greatcall.com or  from Independent Living 
>> Aids
>> which  website is  http://www.independentliving.com
>>
>> Fred olver
>>
>>  -----  Original Message ----- 
>> From:  <DanFlasar at aol.com>
>> To:  <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>  Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:28 PM
>> Subject:  Re: [Nfbmo]  Looking for Info About Basic Cell Phones
>>
>>
>>>   Gary,
>>>    I understand your point - I put off buying  an  iPhonbe  for a long,
>> long
>>> time.  But  after 3 different  phones that seemed to offer  some  speech
>>> assistance and each one  being lacking, or getting to  be more and  more
>>>  expensive,
>>> the iPhone  didn't look that bad.
>>>    But  hopefully, technology  has advanced in the area of  'regular'
>> phones
>>> as  well?  I sure would like to know of what's out  there  that
> actually
>>> is
>>> accessible and doesn't cost   excessively.   I have  friends who have
>>  severe
>>> visual  impairment and/or arthritis that makes trying  to  press tiny
>>>  buttons to
>>> be a major  problem.  Actually, I had the same  problem  with small
> button
>>> phones myself - another reason that  the larger icons  of the  iPHone
>> helped
>>> me
>>> a great   deal.
>>>   But, what's out there in terms of  non-smart  phones?
>>>  Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message  dated  3/17/2013 8:54:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>>  gwunder at earthlink.net  writes:
>>>
>>> Hello,   Fred.  I have no wish to be  argumentative, but I have to tell
>>> you
>>> that  there are a lot of  older blind  people, not to suggest that 
>>> Shelia
>>> Wright is  one of   them, who simply want to telephone to be a 
>>> telephone.
>>>  They
>>>  are  not interested in going to a menu that says  they want to use the
>>> phone
>>> as a  phone rather  than a web browser, an email  client, or a music
>>  player.
>>> The  advance that Apple has given to  blind  people in working out a
>>> strategy
>>> for  us to  use  touchscreen technology is fantastic and I love it, but 
>>> I
>>>  realize   that I am a power user who very much likes all of the  extra
>>>  features
>>> that  the iPhone provides.  It is the best radio I've  ever had, but it
> is
>>>  not
>>> the  best cell phone I've ever   had.
>>>
>>> One of the items that will be on our   convention  agenda has to do with
>>> smart
>>> phones  and all they can give  to  blind people, but in our board
> meeting
>>> there
>>> was an  equal chorus for  having  something on the agenda for people who
>>>   simply
>>> want a telephone to be a  telephone.  I think we  dare  not forget about
>>> this
>>> segment of the   population.   Not every blind person can afford in
>>>  iPhone;
>>> not
>>> every   blind person can learn  to use one; not every blind person once
>>> the
>>>   hassle  involved in using touchscreen technology when we can still
> find
>>> telephones  with buttons.
>>>
>>>   Warmly,
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original   Message-----
>>> From: Nfbmo  [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf  Of  Fred 
>>> Olver
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 5:55 PM
>>>   To: NFB of Missouri  Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo]  Looking  for Info About Basic Cell  Phones
>>>
>>>  At this time, I can't  imagine anyone wanting "just a basic cell
> phone"
>>> when
>>>  the Iphone has so much to  offer.
>>>
>>> With it you can read   books, send  and receive email, order dinner, use
>> it
>>> as
>>> a  GPS  alternative  while traveling by car, bus or on foot. You can
> surf
>>> the
>>> internet, access  NFB newsline, get  local weather  forecasts, listen to
>>> your
>>> favorite  radio  stations etc.  To settle for something less capable is
> a
>>> mistake because the   21st century's need is for  instant communication
> on
>>> all
>>> sorts  of  levels.  The android sector of phones are severely limited 
>>> in
>>>  terms
>>> of offering  accessible software  from the phones'  manufacturer as well
>>> as
>>> other  sources  of possible downloads in  the google play store.  Also,
>>> because
>>> of the   configuration of the  Android phones there appears to be much
>> more
>>>   of
>>> a  possibility of viruses being able to get in to  your  phone.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----  Original  Message -----
>>>  From: "Shelia Wright"   <sbwright95 at att.net>
>>> To: "'NFB of  Missouri Mailing  List'"  <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent:  Wednesday, March  13, 2013 5:44  PM
>>> Subject: [Nfbmo] Looking for  Info  About Basic Cell  Phones
>>>
>>>
>>>>   Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I just got a Sam Sung M400 out   of  necessity. My initial impression 
>>>> is
>>> very
>>>>  positive. The  voice menus  are very similar to my antique LG-550 -
>>>> Fusic
>>>>  with
>>>> even  added  voice menus thus expanding the  accessibility. However,
>>>> there
>>>> still  seems to be some   features not accessible yet. I do love the
>>>  quality
>>>>   of
>>>> sound and almost no  learning   curve.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I  would like to  be able to text but the sales rep at the Sprint
> store
>>> said
>>>>  he was 99% sure that it would not  read the incoming text   messages.
>>>> Therefore, I left  text messaging blocked on my phone  as  there is
> still
>>  a
>>>> additional fee for basic phone plans;  However,  when  experimenting
> with
>>> the
>>>> phone, I   received a text from Sprint about  usage of minutes. The
>>>>  phone
>>>> read
>>>> this message aloud. So does   anyone  know if it will read incoming 
>>>> text
>>>> messages from  other    sources.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also,  if you've used  this phone is  there any drawbacks. There is  a
>> short
>>>> window  of time in which I could   return it if not  satisfied.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>    Shelia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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