accessible phones and networks

[Marcy Weinberg]

Thanks for the info, David!  Sorry, yes, I meant the Pantek duo.  Guess the 
trio would be a bigger phone (smile)?  Thanks again!   Marcy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman at handsontechnologeyes.com>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks


> did they reduce the list?  they used to have 5 and I had heard they were
> going to ad more.
>
> I have a pantek duo never heard of a pantek trio.  I love bo that and the
> nokia N75 that I have.  The pantek is more complex but both are quite
> accessible.  You might go to:
> http://www.codefactory.es
> and checkout their knowledge base though it doesn't have much in it now, 
> it
> is growing all the time.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marcy Weinberg" <rhymingmom at epix.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>
>
> Hi, all!  So, here's the deal.  Yes, it's true that AT&T offers 3 phones
> that they will install mobilespeak on.  They are the Nokia N75, the 
> Motorola
> Q, and the Pantek Trio.  So, now my question is, even before I go and have 
> a
> looksee at all of these, what has been anyone's experience with any of 
> these
> phones and with mobilespeak?  Thanks for any feedback as I continue on my
> gathering of info!  Marcy
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Chao" <kevinchao89 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:58 PM
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>> James,
>>
>> The Motorola Q is one that is available on the  Verizon Wireless CDMA
>> network as well. So, it would be possible to get the Q and Mobile Speak
>> and
>> you would have a fully accessible phone on the Verizon CDMA Network.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of James Watts
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:19 PM
>> To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>
>> As far as I know, while Dennis's assessment that Talks may be the better
>> of
>> the two screen readers is correct, not that I have yet had personal
>> experience either with it or Mobile Speak, I also believe him to be in
>> error
>> when he said that T Mobile offers Mobile Speak for $89 with a two-year
>> commitment. It is A T and T which offers Mobile Speak for $89 with a
>> two-year with one of three select phones including the Nokia N75, the
>> Motorola Q and one other model with which I'm not familiar. It would be
>> nice
>> if what he said was true as my family has bugged me to go over to T 
>> Mobile
>> for more than two years now. I have been a Verizon customer as some of
>> their
>> LG's give limited voice feedback out of the box. My question is somewhat
>> like Lauren's in that while I would like full access, I would like my 
>> next
>> phone to be at least reasonably accessible, but I have had no previous
>> experience installing third-party software on a phone. If the latest LG's
>> including the 8350 and 5400 don't have any additional voice readout than
>> the
>> ones of two years ago, it may not be a good idea to stick with Verizon,
>> but
>> probably move to A T and T and get something like the Q with Mobile 
>> Speak.
>> I'm presently in Denver, but soon moving to Calhoun in northwest Georgia.
>> It
>> appears that most people in that area are on A T and T and when I have
>> been
>> there I have generally had very poor coverage with my VX 4650. Besides, 
>> of
>> the four largest carriers, namely, Sprint, Verizon, A T and T and T
>> Mobile,
>> only A T and T has a store in Calhoun which may be important as reliable
>> transportation may prove difficult to come by at best. The way I
>> understand
>> it, one buys one of the selected phones and the contract from the A T and
>> T
>> wireless store, and when notifying the center for customers with
>> disabilities of this, the customer then ships the phone to them at which
>> time the screen reader is installed on the phone.
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