Scott, If you haven't done so already, go to http://
www.codefactory.es. Click download, then click download wizard. The
wizard will let you select phones by manufacturer or by carrier. When
you know which carriers support which accessible sell phones, then
start making the rounds, or simply decide which carrier you want and
go in to a store with a list of the supported phones and ask to see
them. When you have a carrier, and an idea the type of phones that
are ergonomic to you, begin googling for manuals. Ask here or on
themobile speak lists to find out if any one is using specific phones
on a mac. This is a lot of research and legwork, but the result is so
completely your own, that the effort is well worth your time.
Insidentally, I'm assuming you'll start with mobile speak, because I
have a mobile speak enabled pocket pc and I love it. Assuming mobile
speak also makes for a good starting point because of that
indispensible wizard which makes finding a direction on phone
selection a joy rather than an exercise in tedium and rejection.
Mobile speak renders all of the apps on windows mobile smart phones
and pocket pc's accessible. It supports digital voices on phones with
the resources to run them. It has braille support. It has the
ability to expand itself via scripting using a non-proprietary
scripting language for mobile phones. You'll be using sms in no
time. You might even find yourself scyping, msn messaging, writing up
word and excel documents, and naving around with sendero in a month or
two. It's an exciting time to be a mobile speak user let me tell yah.
Best,
Erik
On 5-Apr-08, at 1:25 PM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
Hi,
This is a very general and emotional question, but what are your
thoughts on the best off the shelf cell phones (aka no mobile speak
or other software installed) that work well for you and your Mac?
Ideally, you want something with good text to speech or voice
commands, along with synching ability. I really don't have a good
answer. And, the suggestions will be different based on the
cariers Verizon/Sprint CDMA or the others with GSA technologyies.
Finally, has anyone seen a text to speech SMS messaging option?
Thanks.
--Scott
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--Scott
