accessible phones and networks

[Marcy Weinberg]

Dear James and all,  I just spoke to a rep from the accessibility department 
at AT&T this morning at length, and he told me that once I decide which 
phone of the 3 I want, I can order it thru that department and it will come 
to me with the mobilespeak installed.  I can, of course, get it at a local 
AT&T store, and download the trial mobilespeak then when the 30-day trial is 
over phone the accessibility department and they would get me the licensed 
version for the same price of $89.  But for me I'll probably choose the 
phone I want and order it thru the accessibility department and just have 
them install the mobilespeak for me.  So, yes, it can be done that way. 
Marcy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Watts" <jameswatts at intergate.com>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks


> Virgie, from what the disabilities center at A T and T told me, I could 
> not
> order service plus the phone through them, but that I would first have to
> get the phone with contract from a store, then ship it to them for the
> screen reader install. It seems unlike when it was Cingular where one went
> through the disabilities center to do everything. I'm glad I waited, 
> though,
> since, hopefully, the newer phones with Mobile Speak are better than the
> 6620 with basic Talks, but a couple of times in 06, when I called to try 
> to
> order under the old system, I was continually told that the phone 
> supported,
> the 6620, was out of stock, and to call back.
>
> Thanks, Kevin, for pointing out that the Q was available through Verizon. 
> I
> did already know that but that fact confuses me, as, since Verizon runs on
> CDMA and A T and T runs on GSM, the Q one can get from Verizon versus the
> one from A T and T must be somewhat different. Also, as I have said, never
> having done this before, I would need someone to demonstrate for me
> installing Mobile Speak on any phone I get. I probably can get a Q from
> Verizon for less as an existing customer than from A T and T, so the 
> overall
> cost difference might not be that great.
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