Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 19-AT&TWirelessAccessibility

[Kelly Pierce]

... and the husband works for the Federal Communications commission.  given 
this, it seemed strange that she lacked a full command of the FCC cell 
phone access regulations.  These rules require manufacturers to deliver 
cell phones with voice output for baisic calling functions without needing 
to purchase additional software for access.  she claims credit for AT&T 
with voice Aid and other voice input and output features on the Nokia N75. 
Yet, the N75 does not comply with the FCC's accessibility guidelines. 
Some, but not all of the visually delivered information is accessible or 
controllable by a blind end user through voice output or tactile controls.

is she really uninformed and not fully familiar or perhaps might it be her 
job to paper over the the lack of affordable access and non-FCC access 
compliant phones?

Kelly



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
<blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 
19-AT&TWirelessAccessibility


> Hello Brent,
>
> I was unable to co-host last night due to a city commission meeting
> obligation, but I was able to listen to most of the show as it took place
> right before the meeting.  I was actually surprised at the lack of hard
> questions asked.  I was expecting people to call in with some pretty
> challenging issues for her.  Susan is actually one of the good guys.  I 
> have
> a great deal of respect for her.  She's blind and the wife of a leader in
> the tech sector of the blind community, Jamal Mazrui.  Remember, though,
> that she does work for a huge corporation.  :(
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brent Harbolt" <bharbolt at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March
> 19 -AT&TWirelessAccessibility
>
>
> Yeah, just goes to show you what people might believe if they don't do 
> their
> research. Sorry I missed it. Forgot all about it.
>
> Best Regards,
> Brent Harbolt
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Stephen Giggar
>  To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:20 AM
>  Subject: Re: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 19 -
> AT&TWirelessAccessibility
>
>
>  Took a lissen to Main Menu last night. It doesn't shock me at some of 
> the
> things that Susan from the
>  AT&T/Cingular tried to claim was do to them and was their own idea.
>
>  IE. VoiceAid, Message Reader. That existed on the E-Series and the 6290
> long before the N75 ever
>  came out. The Say Name function is on all 3rd Edition phones as well.
>
>  I found some other things as well that shell we say were not all the way
> true and very scued! That
>  doesn't shock me coming from the AT&T/Cingular disability center.
>
>  I would have hoped that they would have cleaned up their information 
> some
> but it doesn't look to
>  good. I guess that comes from the fact that they do not use the products
> for the most part
>  themselves.
>
>  Lets see they are coming up on 4 years this September and I wouldn't 
> trust
> them as my only source of
>  information. I would question anything that they told me and do my own
> research.
>
>  Signed: Stephen Giggar
>  sgiggar at sbcglobal.net
>  Skype: dr-phone.
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
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>  Speak/Magnifier Smartphone Users List" <mss_mailing at codefactory.cat>;
>  <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>  Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:40 AM
>  Subject: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 19 - AT&T
> WirelessAccessibility
>
>
>  > Hello Everyone,
>  >
>  > This week on a one hour Main Menu Live, we hear from Susan Mazrui with
> AT&T Wireless all about the
>  > company's accessibility initiatives for delivering screen readers and
> smartphones into the hands
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