phone and screen reader recommendations

[Christopher Chaltain]

I just wanted to point out that I'm running Talks on an N75, and I've 
had almost no instances of Talks or Symbian crashing. Like you, I got it 
for about $35 as part of an upgrade last summer, so even with it's 
warts, I figured it was worth it. BTW, I haven't been disappointed.

If money hadn't been an issue, I probably would have gone with an E70 at 
the time, but I'm not sure if that would still be the case today. I 
liked the form factor of the E70 and the business oriented applications, 
as opposed to the media oriented applications on the N75. An unbranded 
N75 would also have been preferable over the AT&T branded N75 I went 
with. Today, if money were no option, I'd take a serious look at the 
E90, with it's querty keyboard and so on. I'd also take a look at the 
smart phones running Windows Mobile and Mobile Speak or Hal. I like 
symbian, and I've been a Talks user since Talks was still a beta, but 
the number of applications for the Windows Mobile phones and the 
interoperability with Windows would have me taking a closer look. The 
ability to use the Windows Mobile versions of the MS Office 
applications, for example, would be of interest to me. Like I said, I've 
been a Talks and Nokia user since before Talks was released as a 
product, so I haven't really investigated any other options very carefully.

CB wrote:
> i decided to reply to the list so everyone could read my response.  It is 
> not that I do not like Moible Speak.  i was very happy with MSS's 
> performance but I just seem to have to restart my N75 a lot due to voice 
> crashing.  I just installed Talks to see what type of performance I get with 
> it on the N75.  this way I can figure out if it is the screen reader or the 
> phone.  I have read a lot of negative things about the N75 but I ended up 
> getting it for $20 with a contract upgrade so I figured I could not go 
> wrong.
>
> What phone are you looking at that is not supported by with Talks?
>
> thanks,
>
> CB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: phone and screen reader recommendations
>
>
>   
>> Hi,
>> I am curious what is about mobilespeak that you do not like?  I use talks
>> and am happy with it but I am considering buying a phone that talks does 
>> not
>> work with.
>> Thanks for any feedback you can give me.
>> Please write privately so we don't clutter the list and cause bad feelings
>> for any company.
>>
>>
>> write to:
>>
>> v.underwood at verizon.net
>>
>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "CB" <cnoc78 at gmail.com>
>> To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:36 PM
>> Subject: phone and screen reader recommendations
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am a long time user of Talks and now a recent user of Mobile Speak.  I
>>> have also played around with MSP and had a Cingular 3125 running MSS for 
>>> a
>>> short time.
>>>
>>> Currently I have a cingular Nokia N75 running Mobile Speak.  I am sort of
>>> happy with this phone and software combination but am always looking for
>>> something new and better.
>>>
>>> First off, which screen reader do you prefer and why?  this can include
>>> mobile Speak, Talks, and Mobile Speak for Smart Phones.  Secondly, which
>>> phone would you recommend right now and why?  I like the size and clam
>>> shell design of the N75 but am unhappy with its battery performance and
>>> also Mobile Speak's performance.  If money was no object and you could
>>> pick any phone , which would you choose and why?
>>>
>>> thanks for all your help and recommendations.  Hopefully I can get some
>>> good feedback on which phone and also which screen reader I should go
>>> with.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> CB
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Christopher

cchaltain at austin.rr.com