[blindkid] cell phones

[dhammelia at aol.com]

That is incorrect Verizon does offer "talks"?it is fairly recent.
This is a rival product to mobile speaks.
It is a complete screen reader like speaks.

Here is Verizon link for talks.
http://aboutus.vzw.com/accessibility/talks.html

As I said in earlier e-mail it is currently only on Moto Q9c but I have heard rumors that they are going to put it on a new smartphone.

Dave Hammel

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Wright <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Sent: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 12:55 pm
Subject: [blindkid] cell phones




Hi Terry,
I don't know about that I-phone that was mentioned above and if Verizon offers 
it.
Someone else can give you more information on it.

AT&T will not sell you the software unless you are a customer.
You can get mobile speaks from the company, but it is about $300 and I don't 
think that it will work with verizon phones.
>From what I know, and I could be wrong because I am not currently on the list 
for accessible cell phones,
there is no alternative for Verizon.
There is one verizon phone that is mildly speech friendly.
I mean, it does not read the menus and I don't think that it reads text 
messaging.
But, it speaks the numbers and maybe has a talking caller id.
I will ask what phone that this is and get back with you.
Know, however, that it is not as accessible as phones with talking software.
Jan


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