[blindkid] cell phones for blind kids

Robert Jaquiss rjaquiss at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 15 04:28:21 UTC 2008


Hello Laura:

     I haven't handled one of these, but I have been hearing ads for a phone 
called the Jitterbug. Its advertised for senior citizens. There are two 
versions of this phone. One version is a simple phone with the normal 
keypad. The other has only a few buttons. You can do a Google search on 
Jitterbug phone and read more about it. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] cell phones for blind kids


>I was hoping that someone might have the name of a cell phone that has only 
>4 buttons on it. I was at School for the Blind in Nashville and a lady 
>mentioned that there is a cell phone that you can get that only has 4 
>buttons that you can program each one who to call. My daughter is totally 
>blind she is 13 and wants a cell phone. My problem is she is delayed and I 
>am afraid she will be calling China,lol. The phone with just 4 programable 
>buttons sounds like it would work great for her. open for suggestions.
> Laura
> www.mymaleka.com
> landjwest at bellsouth.net
>
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>
>
>> My wife and I both have one and love them. It will play the digital 
>> talking
>> books downloaded from the NLS website now. To play the cartridges it will
>> require a separate adapter that will go on the back. It is also a very
>> capable MP3 player and will read books from bookshare.
>>
>> It does require that you purchase a SD card to store all the media on.
>>
>> One of our 5 year olds just loves music. So we took all his CDs ripped 
>> them
>> to the Computer then put them on the Victor. We bought a boom box and now
>> we can play music all day without having to reload the CD player all the 
>> time.
>>
>> It works much like an Ipod or MP3 player but has no visual display and is
>> totally accessible speaking all the commands as you push the controls.
>>
>> The small speaker it includes is OK for listening to books not so great 
>> for
>> music.
>>
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