Hello Rick, It is wonderful. It works like this: Cingular will tell you that the Nokia 6620 is the only phone that can accommodate the Talks software. But that is not true. the 6620 is expensive; $300. But the software is free. You need to purchase the software from them up front and they will reimburse you after you send back their rebate statement saying you are blind. The $199 is credited to your account.
Now as far as the software is concerned, it is wonderful. It uses Eloquence. All menus are accessible. It will even tell you how many items are in a list. You can adjust the volume, pitch, speed and punctuation through the Talks menu and submenu. I am very happy with it. If you need any more info, contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leslie E. Underwood, MSW Northeastern Association of the Blind of Albany 301 Washington Ave. Albany, NY 12206 (518) 463-1211 Ext. 232 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assistive Technology Education and braille transcription services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Foxtrot1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: RE: Cingular and the Talks software > Leslie- > I am interested in your opinion of Singular, etc. > > Thanks, > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Leslie Underwood > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 2:53 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: Cingular and the Talks software > > Hi, Funny you should ask! Around ten minutes ago I just got done loading > the Talks in my Nokia 6620. The speech is extremely clear. I have to go > through the CD tutorial that comes with it to learn to operate the phone. > If you email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask your questions, some time > this weekend, I can give you and idea. I'm sure their are others on the > list that also have it. Give me a day or so to play with it and I will > email you my opinion. > > > > Leslie E. Underwood, MSW > Northeastern Association of the Blind > of Albany > 301 Washington Ave. > Albany, NY 12206 > (518) 463-1211 Ext. 232 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Assistive Technology Education > and braille transcription services > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A boy and his dog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:44 PM > Subject: Cingular and the Talks software > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I'm looking for some honest opinions regarding the Nokia 6620/Talks > software deal that Cingular is currently offering. I'm looking for opinions > on things like how blind user friendly is this cell phone and is Cingular > being cooperative when it comes to rebating the cost of the software? > > Also if anyone knows of other cell phone carriers that are providing > > accessible phones I'd be interested in hearing > > about that too. Thanks. > > -- > > Doug Billiar > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
