Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks

[Cy Selfridge]

Oh come on Stephen, you always have to point out the foibles of waiting
until the price is right. (LOL)
Same is true  with the computer game. By the time (usually about 5 months or
so) the ultimate motherboard/processor combo is down to where one can afford
it it is absolutely outmoded. (LOL)
One of my idiot sons is a computer guru/nerd/moron (you choose which one)
and about a year ago he had the world's second or third fastest micro.
Within about 3 weeks his monster had slipped down to 5th place so he had to
upgrade. He got back up to number two and then his liquid cooling system
sprang a leak and he was down to dead last. (ROFL)
How long will it be before we have to have liquid cooling on some of these
phones/PDAs in order to keep the processor cool enough not to catch your
clothing on fire?
Cy, the Ancient Okie...  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Giggar
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:42 PM
To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
Subject: Re: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks

Cy

Well if you are going to wait until AT&T starts carrying the Nokia N82; Then
you will be waiting until the sun explodes. The N82 is to much phone for
AT&T and even then after they got done with it; You wouldn't want it. Look
what they did to the N75 as far as what they crippled and stripped out!

Sure the unbranded N75 is much better but AT&T doesn't carried it that away.

Your bet would be to wait until the N82 comes down to a price point that you
are happy with and then buy it outright. That is providing your price point
is a good price point for the functionality of the phone that you would be
buying. Probably within a year; It will be down to about the $300 to $350
price point. I have found it for under $500 already!

Then their is the factor when it does get down to a price point that you
would buy it at, along comes another phone with better specs to set you
waiting again! <chuckle>

Signed: Stephen Giggar
sgiggar at sbcglobal.net
Skype: dr-phone.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cy Selfridge" <cselfridge at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'"
<blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks


> Hi Joe,
> If there was any way you could do AT&T you could get a Nokia N75 for a
very
> reasonable price and then AT&T will only charge you $89 for Mobile Speak.
It
> is a real bargain in my opinion. I am holding out until AT&T starts using
> the N82 or so before I upgrade from my 6682.
> Cy, the Ancient (and cheap) Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of simon
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:53 PM
> To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
> Subject: RE: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks
>
> hi joe,
>
>  I agree with you on price. but  I can offer you this advice.
>  I use a Device on a CDMA network. the same as sprint or verizon.
>  and even with mobile speak pocket the device is a pain in the thing you
> sit on.
>  yeah it's fully accessible  but  it's a clunker when being used as youve
> got to open it, unlock it find the place you need to go in the system be
it
> phone or sms etc although phone isn't to bad. as you just press the start
> button.
>  but using the likes of a symbian based device they tend to be all there
> ready to work with the touch of one finger or thumb. I find my htc 6800  I
> think it's called over there a pain to use and I'm currently looking to
> change to a more friendly device. for the reason of simple operating
> procedure.
> but as for cost, mobile speak pocket is worth all most as much as my
device
> was so yeah it is an issue.
> symbian phones and software are so much cheaper. and just as good if not
in
> some ways better.
> At 07:25 a.m. 25/01/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi Jonathan,
>>
>>Although I like and agree with the analogy, I can easily afford a
>>bicycle whereas the daunting cost of a rocket ship is less likely to be
>>approved by my fiscal advisory board (wife)... I had been researching a
>>phone that would be mostly used for emergencies.  To carry on with the
>>analogy, therefore, my wife would say that I only need a reliable way
>>to get to work (a bicycle) and I do not need to fly there (although it
>>would be a lot more fun)!
>>
>>Thanks for the input.  It boils down to how much I'm willing to pay...
>>Doesn't everything?
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>>[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan
>>Mosen
>>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:56 AM
>>To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
>>Subject: RE: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks
>>
>>Hi Joe, as well as the accessibility of a smartphone being superior,
>>you also have to consider functionality. To be blunt, comparing an LG
>>phone to the functionality of a smartphone is like comparing the
>>functionality of a bicycle to a rocket ship.
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>>[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Drenth,
>>Joe
>>Sent: Friday, 25 January 2008 1:51 a.m.
>>To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>>Subject: RE: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks
>>
>>Hi Olusegun,
>>
>>Thanks for the information.  In follow-up, though, have you used the
>>built-in TTS of the newest LG phones to compare its functionality with
>>that of MobileSpeak?  In comparing the prices, I'd have to spend $300
>>for MobileSpeak Pocket, plus at least $250 for a Smart Phone capable of
>>running Windows Mobile, compared to getting a phone with just the
>>built-in TTS for a total of $50 or less -- That is a large prices
>>difference for I-DON'T-KNOW-WHAT improvement in accessibility.
>>
>>If anyone out there has the LG enV (VX9900) and can attest to the pros
>>and cons of its built-in TTS, I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Joe Drenth
>>Chalfont, Pennsylvania
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>>[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Olusegun
>>-- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:27 PM
>>To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: Built-in TTS vs MobileSpeak/Talks
>>
>>Hi Joe:
>>
>>MobileSpeak will work primarily on phones with the Symbian software.
>>These are mostly Nokia phones and they run on the GSM network.
>>
>>If you need a Code Factory product that would work on the Verizon CDMA
>>network, consider the Palm Treo 700W for which you will need to
>>purchase MobileSpeak Pocket.
>>
>>To read more information about the various platforms supported by Code
>>Factory's speech access technology, visit:
>>
>>http://www.codefactory.es
>>
>>The LGS phones you referred to in your note WILL NOT WORK with any Code
>>Factory speech access product.  Their built-in speech access is all you
>>can get!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Olusegun
>>Denver, Colorado
>>
>>
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