[gps-talkusers] Re: a brave new world - cellular phone accessibility

Hello everyone, ,

I have been lerking on this list for a while now.  I don't believe that I have
written a message here though.  Hopefully my message won't be to long winded
though.  

I have been doing a lot of searching on the internet about the issue of
cellular phone accessibility as I had been with sprint for about 4 years, and
didn't want to switch companies, but after my research, I have since switched
to cingular.  First of all though, Yes, Nokia does make phones that can be used
with 2 software packages that provide speech output.  They are: "Talks", and
"Mobile Speak". Below is a link to a review of the 2 screen readers on the
Nokia 6620.  You may have to copy the following links to your clipboard as they
are quite long.  
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw050604

Also in May 2004 Access World talked about a couple of different options for
cellular phone access.  Here is the link for the May 2004 issue.
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw0503toc

After reading both of the articles, you may notice that the Nokia 6620 offers
the best accessibility.  I have also placed a link below to cingular that
explains the details of the rebate that they offer for the Talks software.
Basically though if you purchase the talks software from them, for $199 you can
get a service credit of the price for the software after 30 days.  
Here is the link to cingular:
http://www.cingular.com/about/talks_program
You may want to also check with your cell phone provider to see if the provider
has any series 60 phones that will work with these screen reader packages.  If
cingular isn't an option, you can also purchase the Talks software from Sendero
group.  They can be reached at:
www.senderogroup.com


Jon Squally
Adaptive technology consultant
<http://www.jonsqually.com>
Phone: 503.251.4842
Cellular: 503.752.2291
Email: <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

-----Original Message-----
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donald
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:04 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: a brave new world

OFF TOPIC I know!

Can somebody please write me off topic about cell phones? Does Nokia really 
Make a phone accessible to a totally blind person? I also heard that Verizon 
Makes a cell phone that is accessible. I am confused so I need some help 
PLEASE!!!

Donald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Myers" <dkmyers28@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] a brave new world


>
> Hello, Gerry,
> I think I am going to stick with my original figures here, with the 
> Maestro
> PDA at one thousand one hundred and ninety five dollars, the Trekker for 
> one
> thousand five hundred and ninety nine dollars, and the GPS maps for two
> hundred fifty dollars per state, as plainly advertised on the Visuaide 
> site.
> Perhaps you could tell us what they say when you offer them twenty three
> dollars and ninety five cents.  However, my tender ears should not hear
> things like that.  The cheapest GPS receiver I have been able to find 
> costs
> about ninety dollars.  The Trekker maps are a little pricey because I can
> buy a single CD from Garmin that covers all states and costs about one
> hundred sixty dollars.  However, that Garmin map set may not work with
> whatever screen reading software is on the Maestro.  Doesn't it run the 
> TALX
> software screen reading package?  The last I heard, which was a couple 
> years
> ago, TALX was about three hundred dollars when installed in the Nokia 9290
> cellphone and computer combined.  The 9290 is about the best thing since
> sliced bread for VI people, but I don't know if a braille display can be
> connected to it.  Those Nokia people are pretty fast, so I would not be
> surprised if they were developing a full GPS package for blind and
> deaf-blind.
>
> Regards
>
> Dick Myers

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