accessible phones and networks

[Stephen Giggar]

No the Nokia 6500 will not run any screen reader. It is not a Symbian or Windows device. So Neither 
Talks, MobileSpeak and or Hal will run on this device.

Signed: Stephen Giggar
Skype: dr-phone.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saqib Hussain" <saqib500 at samobile.net>
To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks


> Hi all. Will Mobilespeak work on the Nokia 6500 slide
> Original message:
>> 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
>
>> the phone at
>> ----- 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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