Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones

[VIRGIE UNDERWOOD]

Isaac,
Thanks, I hope so too.  I really want to get that phone!  I will let you 
know!

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "isaac obie" <iobie at gis.net>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones


> Virgie,
> You have of course, since then learned that it will indeed work. Sometimes
> you have to turn off graphics or something for this to happen on some
> phones.
> I hope you can resolve this issue quickly.
> Isaac
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones
>
>
>> 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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