Oh, OK. Well forget about that then. You can get any old phone and
make calls with it. The Nokia 6082 was great for that. It had a
keypad, send, end, backspace, and clear. Nice sized buttons. very
functional.
You have to have something extra though if you want to do sms or keep
an addressbook or anything other than call in and out. In that event,
you don't need to syncronize either, so compadibility with the mac
isn't an issue either. The nokia 6082 was serviceable for me in this
regard for a long time. Now I would find it very constraining, smiles.
Best,
Erik
On 5-Apr-08, at 3:19 PM, michael babcock wrote:
I think he was asking for a phone that you didn't have to install
mobile speak or talx onto. I dont know how the newer lg models are,
but you could look into an lg phone, there is an lg list, hmmm, it's
at yahoo, i wanna say [EMAIL PROTECTED] but i could be
wrong. hmm, google "blind lg users" if that's something your
intrusted in.
mike
please visit my af profile, the up and coming accessible networking
site for the blind and all at
http://www.audioficks.net/brinasmikey
or my personal blog at
http://www.gwfans.net
And do have your self a grait day!
thanks
Michael
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yahoo: blindy_2004
aim: ginnyslove2007
----- Original Message ----- From: "erik burggraaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: Q: off the shelf cellphones and the mac
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
