[nabs-l] Phones with a fully accessible calender

Sat Mar 10 03:50:38 UTC 2012

Ashley,

Do you have Verizon? What about the Haven?

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:50:44 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Phones with a fully accessible calender

Maybe a tactile overlay would help with the touch screen.  I'm 
old fashioned
and have a regular phone; it may have a calendar, but if it does 
it does not
talk.  It only talks when incoming calls come in.  I
use another calendar to stay organized.  I wish NFB would push 
for more
accessible phones.  Come on, not everyone wants a smart phone; 
however, I
would like access to the on screen menus; I want to know who 
called
yesterday in my missed calls list; and I want to read texts.  But 
No do not
want the bells and whistles of the I phone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Wang
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:05 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Phones with a fully accessible calender

Hi Justin,
Unfortunately, most smart phones these days feature a touch 
screen, so
you might have to get used to that interface if you want 
something
more sophisticated than the Haven.  I currently have a Nokia 
Symbian
phone with Mobile Speaks, which is a third-party screen reader, 
but as
you might have heard Nokia has discontinued that line of 
products.  I'm
not a big fan of touch screens either but have resigned myself to 
the
fact that I will have to get an Iphone at some point in the 
future--
While it does come with a steep learning curve, I know plenty of 
blind
people who love their Apple devices and am confident that you can
master the technique too with some practice.  Just my thoughts!
Katie

On 3/6/12, Justin Young <jty727 at gmail.com> wrote:
 This is the phone I currently have.  When I tried to upgrade 
they
 didn't really have much to offer in this regard.  So, I kept my 
Haven
 because it was the best one I was familiar with.  I tried the 
touch
 screen thing, but became a bit frustrated with it.  So, I'm 
curious of
 there are any suggestions out there.

 On 3/6/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
 which cell carrier are you using?
 The Haven from verizon is a  talking phone if you use verizon; 
not sure
 though if the calendar talks.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Justin Young
 Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:32 AM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: [nabs-l] Phones with a fully accessible calender

 Hi to All!

 Hope you are all doing well.  I'm not sure if any could answer 
this
 question.  I am looking to possibly in a few months upgrade my 
phone.
 I am looking for possibilities of anything with an accessible 
calender
 where you can enter the location of the appointments and is 
non-touch
 screen.  I tried that once and it didn't really work for me.  
Any
 suggestions you could offer is much appreciated as always!

 Thanks in advance:)

 Justin

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