Hello Steve, The phone has its limitations. The speech is not too bad and like most artificial voices gets mastered fairly quickly. The "spanglish" observation is a bit far-fetched. I do not recognise the issue of crashes except once when I dropped the phone and the battery terminals suffered. As I intimated in my initial message, I did not want a "feature rich" mobile and the phone in question suited. As the old saying goes, "One man's meat is another man's .......... ". I think the issue of suitability is rather like the debate about Jaws vs Window Eyes, Norton vs Other security systems and so on. Good to hear from you and kind regards as usual, Denis I haven't had the crashing problems you refer to -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 25 January 2008 23:16 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: re owasys Hi Denis, You are the first person I have heard to say that the Auasys is reliable. It usually crashes all over the place from the reports I have heard, and the speech is some kind of Spanglish. It is hard work! All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denis Tocher Sent: Friday 25 January 2008 14:11 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: re owasys Hello Brian, I chose the Owa-sys phone because I did not want an all singing and dancing mobile phone. The phone is essentially only useful for calls and text messaging. It has some fancy features like ringing tones plus the essential date/time and phone book features. It is a robust and reliable mobile. I use a Vodafone Pay-as-you-go tarriff and find buying voice packs at £25 for 200 mins the best value. Also, from time-to-time, I top up the calling credit for texts etc and £25 worth goes a long way in my case. HTH. Denis -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of brian parker Sent: 25 January 2008 10:57 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] re owasys Hi list, is anyone out there using the owasys mobile phone that the rnib sponsors. if so, what do you think of it. brian. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1242 - Release Date: 24/01/2008 20:32 ** 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 ** 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