[blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 63, Issue 20
Richard Holloway
rholloway at gopbc.org
Fri Jul 31 15:12:07 UTC 2009
In my experience, many of the local stores for most cell service
providers have fairly uninformed (and often downright rude) personnel.
I did find that for Sprint, there are privately owned stores and
corporate stores. I wonder if this is typical--
The private stores seem to be especially clueless (I tried several),
at least in my area (Atlanta)- not even knowing what phones were
actually available-- telling me that phones already out would be
available in a couple of months-- things like that.
I have had the best luck with cell phones in general when shopping
many different on-line vendors and going direct to the service vendor
BEFORE I buy to get answers from the actual providers. They seem much
more anxious to help when you are looking to buy (or even renew)
service than after you're locked into a contract.
The majority of the above applies to Nextel (before they were part of
Sprint) and Sprint / Nextel in more recent years.
On Jul 27, 2009, at 10:57 AM, dhammelia at aol.com wrote:
> Verizon uses the "talks" software.? Initially they offered it free
> with a Moto Q9c.? That phone has been discontinued but I heard they
> are putting it on a different phone.? There may be a few Moto Q9c's
> still available.
>
> Check it out on the Verizon web site.?
>
> Don't try going to a Verizon store as we have not found anyone at
> any of the stores who has a clue about what works and what does not.
>
> My wife has one and it has worked pretty well.
>
> Dave Hammel
>
>
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>
> Thanks Jan for the info. Our daughter currently has an LG phone,
> the provider is
> with Verizon. I would like to stay with Verizon, given that is who
> our family
> has a cell phone plan with. Do you think I should just contact AT&T
> and ask
> about the Mobile Speak Software? Thanks again. Teri
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
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> 1. cell phones (Jan Wright)
> 2. Re: cell phones (Jess)
> 3. FW: [vipnews] Individuals with Print Disabilities Gain New
> Opportunities to Read Bookshare Digital Books Using Mobile
> Speak
> Phone Technologies (Jess)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:27:24 -0400
> From: "Jan Wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindkid] cell phones
> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
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> The difference, Sandy, is that you got the software from AT&T.
> The company sells it for a different price.
> AT&T has a promotion that if you have an accessible phone, they
> will sell it for
> $89 with tax.
> If you buy mobile speaks direct from the company who makes it, it
> is more.
> It is important to get a good software, and also make sure that you
> have a phone
> that will support that software.
> Talks and mobile speaks are the two leading softwares.
> AT&T use to support talks, but now sup
> ports Mobile speaks.
> This talking software works with symbian based phones and can work
> with smart
> phones.
> But, if you have verizon or Sprint or another smaller company, it
> might not
> support symbian based phones.
>
> Someone mentioned their daughter needing a cell phone.
> I would ask:
> 1. what company are you already with? Who is your cellular provider?
> Your options might be limited depending on your provider.
> Jan
>
>
>
>
> Check out my written articles and comment at:
> http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/487125/jan_wright.html
> "Bonds of the Heart should never be broken!"
> "Dil kay rishton kay bandhan kabhi naheen tootnay chahiay hain!" --
> Urdu
> translation
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:39:47 -0400
> From: "Jess" <jessica.trask.reagan at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] cell phones
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind
> children\)'" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <4a6b5199.1ac1f10a.17c4.ffff909d at mx.google.com>
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> You guys are seeming to forget about the IPhone 3G S which with the
> IPhone
> you don't need a piece of third party software on the phone because
> the
> IPhone3G S already has Apple's screen reader VoiceOver installed on
> it. You
> need to buy it from your local Apple store. I'm not sure if the
> Apple store
> folks will be able to sign you up for a Cell phone plan through
> AT&T. Or If
> you would need to go to an AT&T store to sign up for the plan.
> Jessica
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jan Wright
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:27 PM
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindkid] cell phones
>
>
> The difference, Sandy, is that you got the software from AT&T.
> The company sells it for a different price.
> AT&T has a promotion that if you have an accessible phone, they
> will sell it
> for $89 with tax.
> If you buy mobile speaks direct from the company who makes it, it
> is more.
> It is important to get a good software, and also make sure that you
> have
> a
> phone that will support that software.
> Talks and mobile speaks are the two leading softwares.
> AT&T use to support talks, but now supports Mobile speaks.
> This talking software works with symbian based phones and can work
> with
> smart phones.
> But, if you have verizon or Sprint or another smaller company, it
> might not
> support symbian based phones.
>
> Someone mentioned their daughter needing a cell phone.
> I would ask:
> 1. what company are you already with? Who is your cellular provider?
> Your options might be limited depending on your provider.
> Jan
>
>
>
>
> Check out my written articles and comment at:
> http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/487125/jan_wright.html
> "Bonds of the Heart should never be broken!"
> "Dil kay rishton kay bandhan kabhi naheen tootnay chahiay hain!" --
> Urdu
> translation
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:04:49 -0400
> From: "Jess" <jessica.trask.reagan at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindkid] FW: [vipnews] Individuals with Print Disabilities
> Gain New Opportunities to Read Bookshare Digital Books Using
> Mobile
> Speak Phone Technologies
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> Behalf
> Of editor at vipnews.org.uk
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:30 PM
> To: vipnews at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [vipnews] Individuals with Print Disabilities Gain New
> Opportunities to Read Bookshare Digital Books Using Mobile Speak Phone
> Technologies
>
>
> PRESS RELEASE
> via PRw
> eb.com
>
> Individuals with Print Disabilities Gain New Opportunities to Read
> Bookshare
> Digital Books Using
> Mobile Speak Phone Technologies
>
> Individuals with print disabilities can now choose new, low-cost
> mobile
> technologies to read more
> than 50,000 digital books and periodicals thanks to a partnership
> between
> Bookshare, the world's
> largest online library of accessible books for individuals with print
> disabilities and Code Factory,
> (Barcelona Spain); a leading global provider of screen readers, screen
> magnifiers, and Braille
> interfaces for a wide range of mainstream mobile devices.
> Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 6, 2009 -- Individuals with print
> disabilities
> can now choose new,
> low-cost mobile technologies to read more than 50,000 digital books
> and
> periodicals thanks to a
> partnership between Bookshare, the world's largest online library of
> accessible books for people
> with print disabilities, and Code Factory, Barcelona Spain; a
> leading global
> provider of screen
> readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for a wide range of
> mainstream mobile devices.
>
> The Mobile Speak screen readers for mobile phones developed by Code
> Factory
> use synthesized speech
> to read aloud information displayed on the mobile phone screens
> including
> ebooks stored on their
> phones. Using this technology, Bookshare members who are blind or have
> visual impairments will have
> new alternatives and features like navigation, bookmarking and text
> search,
> to access digital books
> for work, study or reading pleasure.
>
> "For years, individuals with print disabilities have needed the
> ability to
> read books on a
> readily-available, low-cost, portable device such as the mobile
> phone," said
> Jim Fruchterman, CEO of
> Benetech, the nonprofit organization which operates Bookshare. "We
> envision
> students with visual
> impairments or learning disabilities on the bus reading textbooks
> and other
> assignments with their
> phones; in rural areas or homes without computers, individuals can
> download
> digital books at school
> or a community center with computer ac
> cess and read the content anywhere
> using their mobile phone.
> Mobile phone technologies will bring Bookshare books to people and
> students
> who previously lacked a
> portable technology solution to read digital books, magazines and
> newspapers
> on the go."
>
> To read Bookshare books, users of Mobile Speak can download books and
> periodicals from the Bookshare
> website to their PC and transfer them to their mobile phones or
> PDAs. Code
> Factory provides
> accessible solutions for Symbian phones as well as Windows Mobile
> Smartphones and Pocket PCs.
>
> LINK:
> http://www.bookshare.org
>
> If users have a Symbian phone (e.g. Nokia phone) they can install
> the Mobile
> DAISY Player
> application in addition to the Mobile Speak screen reader application.
> Mobile DAISY Player is a book
> reader which will allow users with sight and visual impairments to
> read
> Bookshare files in DAISY
> (Digital Accessible Information System) format. Mobile DAISY Player
> is the
> first and only mobile
> phone DAISY application to support both DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3.0
> (NISO) book
> formats. Users can
> adjust the speed of reading without changing the pitch, set
> bookmarks to
> favorite places in the
> contents screen, navigate by character, word, sentence or
> paragraph, and
> configure font sizes and
> screen colors.
>
> Individuals with a Windows Mobile device can also read Bookshare
> books in
> BRF (Braille Ready Format)
> through the built-in Braille reader implemented in Mobile Speak
> Smartphone
> and Mobile Speak Pocket.
> The Braille reader application will read Bookshare BRF files in
> English
> through users' active speech
> synthesizer whether or not a Braille display is connected. Users
> having a
> refreshable Braille
> display can read Bookshare books in Braille which is particularly
> useful for
> deaf-blind users.
>
> Bookshare member Larry L. Lewis, Jr., President and Founder of
> Flying Blind,
> LLC, uses the Mobile
> Speak application to read Bookshare books on the go. "My Mobile
> Speak-equipped Smartphone is
> convenient and allows me to accomplish more tasks while carrying fewer
> devices," said
> Lewis. "Code
> Factory's BRF reader allows me the flexibility to read Bookshare
> books with
> a wireless Braille
> display or to simply listen to the text while it is read by Mobile
> Speak."
>
> "Bookshare and Code Factory share a vision to provide individuals with
> disabilities around the globe
> with greater access to a vast collection of digital books and
> information,"
> said Eduard Sanchez, CEO
> of Code Factory. "We value this introduction from Bookshare, a social
> enterprise, to identify the
> latest mobile technologies as a solution that will raise the level
> of access
> for these individuals."
>
> Product Information Links:
> Bookshare Membership - Code Factory Promotion Code
> Bookshare offers memberships to individuals in the U.S. and around
> the world
> for a nominal fee. The
> library has tens of thousands of books including fiction, non-fiction,
> textbooks, educational
> reading, newspapers and magazines, plus two free software
> applications that
> read digital content. To
> learn more visit http://www.bookshare.org/signUpType
> .
> Applicants, other than U.S. students who qualify for free
> memberships, will
> receive a $25 waiver on
> a set up fee. To receive this waiver, you must: 1) enter promo code:
> Codefactory in your
> registration form and 2) send an email to membership at bookshare.org to
> request the waiver.
>
> LINK:
> http://www.bookshare.org/signUpType?promoCode=Codefactory
>
> Mobile Speak Pricing and Distribution Information
>
> Code Factory's accessible solutions are available in the U.S. through
> several distributors,
> including AT&T. The price for Mobile Speak starts at $89 for AT&T
> customers.
> For more information
> about the AT&T and Code Factory partnership visit
> http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/disability-
> resources/mo
> bile-speak-magnifier.jsp
> .
>
> To find the closest distributor visit
> http://codefactory.es/en/purchase.asp?id=54
> To download Mobile Speak screen readers, visit
> http://www.codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=44 .
> To learn how to get a trial, visit
> http://www.codefactory.es/en/purchase.asp?id=285 .
> Mobile DAIS
> Y Player Information
> To download Mobile DAISY Player for a free trial for 30 days, visit
> http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=43#version_2_57
> To buy Mobile DAISY Player, contact the following distributors or
> look for
> other Code Factory
> distributors at http://codefactory.es/en/purchase.asp?id=54 :
>
> Adaptive Technology Resources at http://www.adaptivetr.com
> or call 262.375.2020
> Handy Tech North America at http://www.handytech.us
> or call 651.636.5184
> Vision Cue at http://visioncue.com/contact.php
> or call 888.318.2582
>
> About Bookshare
> Bookshare, www.bookshare.org , is the world's largest accessible
> online
> library for people with
> print disabilities. Through its technology initiatives and
> partnerships,
> Bookshare seeks to raise
> the floor on accessibility issues so that individuals with print
> disabilities have the same ease of
> access to print materials as people without disabilities. In 2007,
> Bookshare
> received a $32 million
> five-year award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
> Special
> Education Programs (OSEP),
> to provide free access for all U.S. students with a qualified print
> disability. The Bookshare
> library now has more than 56,000 members. Bookshare is an
> initiative of
> Benetech, www.benetech.org ,
> a Palo Alto, CA-based nonprofit that creates sustainable technology
> to solve
> pressing social needs.
>
> About Code Factory
> Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain,
> Code Factory
> is the global leader
> committed to the development of products designed to eliminate
> barriers to
> the accessibility of
> mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code
> Factory
> is the leading provider
> of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for
> the widest
> range of mainstream
> mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered
> Smartphones, as well as Pocket PC
> phones and PDAs. Among Code Factory's customers are well known
> organizations
> for the blind such as
> ONCE, and carriers such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and
> Vodafone.
> Code Factory has als
> o
> built strong partnerships with mainstream companies like Nokia,
> Microsoft,
> and HP as well as leading
> AT companies like Baum, HumanWare, Optelec and Sendero.
>
> http://codefactory.es
>
> The content of this Press Release was developed under a grant from
> the U.S.
> Department of Education.
> However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of
> the U.S.
> Department of Education,
> and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
>
> SOURCE
>
> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2606164.htm
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