Hi Karen, If you're still on fido, they have the lg google nexus 4. It's rather iphoneish but it's half the price and does all the same things. You can buy a mini bluetooth keyboard for it. I'm looking at them on ebay right now because I want one. Between that and a handsfree you could do most things on the phone.
You can't use any phone strictly by voice command, especially not a high end phone like the IPhone or google nexus. Voice commands on all these phones require a data connection, so if you don't have wifi or gprs connectivity then voice commands won't work. They are also unreliable in noisy areas. They are a break on your privacy, and they are only accurate about 90 per sent of the time even when conditions are optimal. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2013-06-26, at 12:55 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > Hi folks, > I do not want one truth be told. My goal is a phone with buttons, and while > some remain available from my provider, I may not end up with much choice > lol. > I understand from many using the iphone for dialing that it is slow and a > pain. > my questions are two, and very strict ones. do not mistake me, I know it is > fine as a smart device, but I am 100% firm on what I need in a phone only. > My questions are two. > can I do everything entirely by voice? speak the numbers, if for some odd > reason I want to send a text, etc.? > second, if I must add a keyboard for dialing, does one exist? not for > typing, strictly for dialing the phone. > I type 85 words a minute, I do not wish to spend time poking rapidly at a > screen trying to dial the phone. > so, are either of the two work arounds options? > thanks, > Karen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.