Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones

[VIRGIE UNDERWOOD]

Hi Isaac,
I guess I will wait a while but I am disappointed because I really wanted 
the blackjack II but when Mobile Speak would not work on the blackjack II 
there was no choice but to return it for a refund!

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "isaac obie" <iobie at gis.net>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones


> Virgie,
> I am glad you were able to do that. No point in wasting money. So what 
> will
> you do now? Wait a while? Thanks.
> Isaac
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones
>
>
>> Isaac,
>> I did get sighted assistance and it still did not work.  I returned it to
>> AT&T and got a refund.  I really liked the phone too.
>>
>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "isaac obie" <iobie at gis.net>
>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones
>>
>>
>>> Virgie,
>>> What did you do with the phone that didn't work? did you get sighted
>>> assistance to be sure it didn't work?
>>> Isaac
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
>>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Brent,
>>>> I purchased the blackjack II phone and could not even get a demo of
>>>> Mobile
>>>> Speak to work on that phone.  Mobile Speak does work on the blackjack
>>>> but
>>>> not the blackjack II phone.
>>>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Brent Reynolds" <reynolds53 at bellsouth.net>
>>>> To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:31 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, Steven, you are usually right and right-on with the information
>>>>> you
>>>>> post.  When you stated, though, that the N75 is the only accessible
>>>>> phone
>>>>> AT&T supports, you were not correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> As of about this time last week, AT&T was officially supporting five
>>>>> phones
>>>>> to go with their $89-dollar license price for MobileSpeak.  These are
>>>>> the
>>>>> Nokia E62, which is no longer being sold by AT&T, but if you find one,
>>>>> or
>>>>> have one, they will allow you the MobileSpeak license for 89 dollars.
>>>>> Next
>>>>> is the N75, which is being sold and supported, and is widely available
>>>>> at
>>>>> probably every AT&T store, either the company stores, or the contract
>>>>> stores.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, there are the Pantech Duo; the Samsung Blackjack; and the
>>>>> Motorola
>>>>> Q,
>>>>> which I believe is the version 9.something.  The Pantech, the Samsung,
>>>>> and
>>>>> the Motorola run on Microsoft Windows Mobile, either version 5 or 6,
>>>>> and
>>>>> would use MobileSpeak SmartPhone.  Whether your supported phone from
>>>>> AT&T
>>>>> uses MobileSpeak, or the smartphone version, the license from AT&T 
>>>>> will
>>>>> still cost you only $89.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a friend who acquired the Samsung Blackjack II, and said he was
>>>>> able
>>>>> to convince the AT&T disability department to allow him the 
>>>>> MobileSpeak
>>>>> SmartPhone license for the $89.  AT&T is no longer selling the 
>>>>> original
>>>>> Samsung Blackjack, and you will most likely not find one in any of the
>>>>> AT&T
>>>>> mobile phone stores.  The Blackjack has been replaced by the Blackjack
>>>>> II.
>>>>> The Blackjack runs on Windows Mobile 5 and the Blackjack II on Windows
>>>>> Mobile 6.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even though my friend in Florida said he was able to get the 
>>>>> disability
>>>>> department folks to sell him the screen reader license for $89, they
>>>>> told
>>>>> me
>>>>> that they were not currently (as of last week) supporting the 
>>>>> Blackjack
>>>>> II
>>>>> for MobileSpeak, because they had not yet tested it and that, 
>>>>> according
>>>>> to
>>>>> the info I was given, "some of the menus don't work propperly with the
>>>>> screen reader".
>>>>>
>>>>> There is another downside to AT&T's trying to tie the license deal 
>>>>> with
>>>>> specific phones.  They should allow it at the subsidized price to any
>>>>> of
>>>>> their customers who have verified officially that they qualify based 
>>>>> on
>>>>> a
>>>>> disability for the lcense, as long as they have a GSM phone that is
>>>>> supported by a version of the screen reader, and are using that phone
>>>>> under
>>>>> a two-year AT&T service contract.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am quite sure that, since the E62 has basically gone away, and had
>>>>> done
>>>>> so
>>>>> within at least two weeks of AT&T's original December 17, 2007 press
>>>>> puff
>>>>> piece about the MobileSpeak deal, and since the BlackJack has already
>>>>> been
>>>>> replaced by the Blackjack II, that leaves only three, and who knows 
>>>>> how
>>>>> long
>>>>> that will last, of the original phones supported under the deal still
>>>>> available, they should be soon announcing additional "supported
>>>>> devices".
>>>>>
>>>>> Of the smartphone models, I liked the keys on the Blackjack II best of
>>>>> the
>>>>> lot I saw at my local store last week, but will probably end up going
>>>>> with
>>>>> the N75, since I can't afford the N82, and the N73 might be somewhat
>>>>> difficult to come by.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brent Reynolds, Atlanta, GA  USA
>>>>> Email: reynolds53 at bellsouth.net  Phone: 1-404-814-0768
>>>>>
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