[blindkid] Fwd: Accessibility to Verizon Wireless Phone

[Barbara Hammel]

We tried to order one of these at the beginning of the week and they are all 
sold out.  They did not know if they were going to get any more and in fact 
they thought they were going to discontinue that model and they didn't know 
if they had any plans to put TALKS on any other phone.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:38 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: Accessibility to Verizon Wireless Phone

>
>>TALKS For VERIZON WIRELESS offers mobile acceSsibility to BLIND 
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>> >>> VISUALLY IMPAIRED CUSTOMERS
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> Available Initially on the MOTO Q 9c, TALKS for Verizon Wireless 
>> >>> Gives
>>
>> >>> Blind
>>
>> >>> and Visually Impaired Customers Audio Feedback Support for Writing 
>> >>> and
>>
>> >>> Reading Text Messages, E-Mail and Notes
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The owner and operator of the nation's most
>>
>> >>> reliable
>>
>> >>> wireless network announced today the availability of TALKST for 
>> >>> Verizon
>>
>> >>> Wireless - a new assistive technology that converts displayed text 
>> >>> into
>>
>> >>> highly intelligible speech for Verizon Wireless customers who are 
>> >>> blind
>>
>> >>> or
>>
>> >>> visually impaired.  Available initially on MOTOT Q 9c smartphones
>>
>> >>> beginning
>>
>> >>> March 15, TALKS for Verizon Wireless supports audio feedback for 
>> >>> writing
>>
>> >>> and
>>
>> >>> reading text messages, e-mail and notes.
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> Powered by Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN), TALKS for 
>> >>> Verizon
>>
>> >>> Wireless uses ETI-Eloquence text-to-speech software - similar to 
>> >>> other
>>
>> >>> screen-reading packages on WindowsR PC platforms - to offer visually
>>
>> >>> impaired and blind customers instant familiarity and the highest
>>
>> >>> intelligibility.  With the TALKS application, the MOTO Q 9c from 
>> >>> Verizon
>>
>> >>> Wireless can:
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Read the caller ID of an incoming call
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Dial a number from the phone's Contacts directory
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Add and edit entries in the Contacts directory
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Read and write text messages and e-mail
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Read and write documents using Mobile Office
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Access and compose multimedia message service (MMS) 
>> >>> messages
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Use Mobile Internet Explorer to access the Internet
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> *         Control speech volume and rate of speech
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> "The TALKS application helps Verizon Wireless provide the best 
>> >>> wireless
>>
>> >>> experience for our customers who are visually impaired," said Jeffrey
>>
>> >>> Dietel, vice president - marketing operations for Verizon Wireless.
>>
>> >>> "TALKS
>>
>> >>> for Verizon Wireless turns the MOTO Q 9c smartphone into a
>>
>> >>> communications
>>
>> >>> tool that will help customers with impaired vision stay connected to
>>
>> >>> family,
>>
>> >>> friends and colleagues through methods beyond voice calls."
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> The MOTO Q 9c with TALKS for Verizon Wireless will be available 
>> >>> online
>>
>> >>> at
>>
>> >>>
>>
>>www.verizonwireless.com
>>
>>  on Sunday for $249.99 after a $70 online instant
>>
>> >>> rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.  Existing MOTO Q 9c
>>
>> >>> customers
>>
>> >>> who wish to add the TALKS application should contact Verizon Wireless
>>
>> >>> Customer Service at 800-922-0204.
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> Customers can learn more about TALKS for Verizon Wireless by visiting
>>
>> >>>
>>
>>www.verizonwireless.com/accessibility
>>
>>.  For more information about
>>
>> >>> Verizon
>>
>> >>> Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless 
>> >>> Communications
>>
>> >>> Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to
>>
>>www.verizonwireless.com
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