Hi Barry, By Active Speech, I assume you mean Voice Aid. No, it is not that good. You can view contacts for example, but you can't use it to review text messages that you are composing, because it has no notion of what a cursor is. Tomtom is completely unusable by a blind person to my knowledge, even with Talks. All the best -- Computer Room Services: the long cane for blind computer users. Telephone Low-call: 08452 606 277 International: +44(0)1438 742286, Fax: +44(0)1438 759589 mobile: +44(0)7956 334938, Email: mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill Sent: 13 March 2007 07:21 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Active speech on Nokia's Hi all I'm sorry that this question is rather none specific, but can anyone tell me how good the active speech is on the newer Nokia mobiles or any other makes for that matter. Is it good enough for a totally blind person to use the phone? I've been told that the Nokia E61 is good, and it comes with Tom-Tom that can be used on foot, but the recommendation came from a sighted friend who cannot quite appreciate the finer details. Thanks Barry ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq