[talks-uk] Re: RNIB Bashing!

  • From: "Darren Harris" <darren_g_harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:09:38 -0000

Oh you mean that stupid excuse for a mobile phone, that is so
rediculously expensive, so revolutionary that you can't even text
properly on it? I looked at one and all I wanted to do when I saw it was
to put my foot through it. What a peace of junk of I ever did see one!

-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
Sent: 13 November 2008 17:06
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: RNIB Bashing!


OMG yes I had forgotten about those.

Eleanor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Wilson" <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:00 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: RNIB Bashing!


> Hmm, that rooster really gets on my nerves. Still, guess it's not 
> quite as
> bad as the farmyard animals on their mobile phone!
>
> Barbara
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <talks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:50 PM
> Subject: [talks-uk] RNIB Bashing!
>
>
> Barbra,
>
> More to the point why do they insist on making the Alarms and clock 
> announcements so dam noisy! We're blind not deaf after all!
>
>
>
> Neil Barnfather
> WFA List Administrator
> Talks Users Host
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson
> Sent: 13 November 2008 12:53
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>
> Probably playing with all those clocks they make. Someone asked me
> recently,
>
> why do RNIB feel the need to put a clock on ever damn product they
> produce?
>
> Barbara
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:22 PM
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>
>
>> What are they doing is what I want to know.  If you want to speak to 
>> Hi-Tech and have a demonstration of something that has to be on a 
>> Thursday
>
>> here in London.  What are they doing the other 4 days because they 
>> they
>> do
>
>> not always return my calls or if I ask them to e-mail me they do not.

>> I think they just sit in an office!!!!
>>
>> Eleanor
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Darren Harris" <darren_g_harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:16 PM
>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>
>>
>> What the rnib? They're a bunch of prats who really haven't got a clue

>> at the end of the day.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of All formats
>> Sent: 13 November 2008 11:59
>> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>
>>
>> I should get used to them being around though.
>>
>> They are taking over everything it seems.
>>
>> Still, another list another discussion I guess!
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
>> Sent: 13 November 2008 11:47
>> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>
>> Well I have always seen (for want of a better word) the RNIB as the 
>> Auricle but now I am changing my mind.
>>
>> Eleanor
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barbara Wilson" <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:24 AM
>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>
>>
>>> Hi Eleanor
>>>
>>> Don't ever be surprised that the RNIB know very little!
>>>
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> Get listed, network or find a business at an online directory of 
>>> businesses owned and run by disabled people and associated support 
>>> and
>>
>>> advisory organisations:
>>> www.barkingbabs.co.uk
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:19 AM
>>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>>
>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>> Thank you for that.  I am a bit fed up at present, want to buy the 
>>>> Wayfinder, got one price from RNIB, another at Sight Village from 
>>>> the
>>
>>>> Company and another from Computer Room Services.  Now I am not 
>>>> complaining about any of these Agents for the product but the
>> cheapest
>>>> price came at Sight Village here in London and they did not say it
>> was
>>>> for the day only. I thought I had time to go away and think about 
>>>> it.
>>
>>>> Now I am not going to purchase it.
>>>>
>>>> In fact it was only when I asked Steve or someone on the Access 
>>>> list a question about upgrading Talks that a person at RNIB who had

>>>> told me
>> I
>>>> could not upgrade then said it was news to her that I could upgrade
>> from
>>>> Vodafone Talks to Premium Talks on another phone for £50.00.  That
>> from
>>>> RNIB Hi-Tech!
>>>>
>>>> Eleanor
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <talks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:03 AM
>>>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eleanor,
>>>>
>>>> That's correct, whilst Talks continues to work, minus the ability 
>>>> to move the license again, WFA can only function on one handset at 
>>>> a time.
>>>>
>>>> But they don't charge to move from phone to phone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Neil Barnfather
>>>> WFA List Administrator
>>>> Talks Users Host
>>>>
>>>> Don't forget TalkNav which is a Nuance accessibility and Wayfinder 
>>>> Access software dealer and distributor, for all your product needs 
>>>> with instant product activation and an online store supporting 
>>>> British Sterling, US Dollars and Euros.
>>>>
>>>> www.talknav.net
>>>> +44 161 277 7997
>>>> service@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
>>>> Sent: 13 November 2008 10:01
>>>> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>>>
>>>> No deactivation of Talks there Scot from what Steve said.  He 
>>>> explained that
>>>>
>>>> very well about upgrading from phone A to B and B to C.  Have a 
>>>> look at his
>>>> reply there again.  Steve has told me though that Wayfinder would
>>>> deactivate
>>>>
>>>> from one phone to another if put on a second phone.
>>>>
>>>> Eleanor
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Scott C" <castledine10@xxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Talks List Talks List" <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:47 AM
>>>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks mate.  So wen moving from B to C does talks stay on B or 
>>>>> deactivate?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks Scott.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Steve Nutt - Email Address: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 
>>>>> 13/11/2008 09:38 Sent To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address:
>>>>> talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: moving talks
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>>>
>>>>> As many times as you like, but you can only use one phone per 
>>>>> upgrade. In
>>>>> other words, you buy Phone A, you then use Phone A to upgrade to
>> Phone
>>>>> B.
>>>>> You can still use Phone B to upgrade to Phone C, but you can't use
>> Phone
>>
>>>>> A
>>>>> to upgrade to Phone C.  So in other words, if you sell on Phone A,

>>>>> the new
>>>>> customer can't use it for an upgrade, if you have done so.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>>> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Scott C
>>>>> Sent: Thursday 13 November 2008 09:37
>>>>> To: Talks List Talks List
>>>>> Subject: [talks-uk] moving talks
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks.  How many times can talks be moved from one phone to 
>>>>> another?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know it's £50 to move it over from one to another, but how many 
>>>>> times can I?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks Scott.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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