[access-uk] Re: Mobile Phones and Low Vision

["Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Justin,

No, that is why I purchased a phone with Talks, as I could not judge the =
large screen versions, as they were in the shop, usually behind glass.  =
While some staff turned them on, most wouldn't, and even if they did, I =
couldn't see much in the shop atmosphere anyhow.

Andrew.=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin R
> Sent: 30 July 2004 13:21
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile Phones and Low Vision
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> Hi Brendan,
> Yes, it's interesting you should say many low vision mobile=20
> phone users
> haven't gone down to the large clear screen route.
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> Speaking from my experience, I would have prefered, ideally,=20
> this approach
> as it would have saved me the =A3150 for talx, lol, even though=20
> I love it and
> think talx is a surreal piece of software that allows me to=20
> do all these
> different things with my mobile I couldn't do with the last two.
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> However, As, when getting my new mobile this year, i tried=20
> the large clear
> screen approach by going around shops to see the phones in=20
> action.  That's
> the only way I'd know, as many of us, whether we've got a=20
> phone that we can
> see enough to do texting, dialing phone numbers etc.
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> However, I do find many of the staff at these shops are not=20
> interested in
> demoing the phones for me to make that judgement.  they'll=20
> hand you the
> phone, but it's not switched on to look at, they won't do it=20
> as the sim's
> not registered or, if it's sim free, no one'll put a sim in=20
> so I can have a
> look.  Yeah, doesn't make a difference telling them I'm=20
> partially sighted
> and need to see the phone's screen.  Discouraging to even=20
> bother with the
> task of searching.
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> That's why i've gone down the talx route and, i can't really think of
> another way of seeing these phones to make a decision.  =20
> Seeing them online
> isn't much good as, their screens are portraid larger than=20
> what they are in
> real life.  Plus, being a magnification user doesn't much=20
> help as, anything
> on screen is blown up larger than what it really is anyway, lol.
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> Sounds like a no win situation.  Mind you, half of my=20
> experiences come from
> living in Ipswich.  So, might be a different story else where.
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> Justin
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Brendan Magill" <brendan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:27 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile Phones and Low Vision
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> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> >     Thanks for your comments, which are most welcome.  It does seem
> > strange to me that there are very few people with low=20
> vision who seem to
> > have gone down the large, clear screen route for phones.
> >
> >        Cheers,
> >
> >           Brendan.
> >
> > --=20
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