Hi Joan, what is a COBRA adapter? And, why do you need one if your telephone is hands-free? Thanks, Dan T.
poajoan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } Hi Dana. You are right, he has added quite a few things to his website. It is interresting that the one set up can be used for an environmental control system, using an X--10 system I presume. I have purchased his carrier for when we go on vacation. Using it, I can be carried out into the water for swimming. My phone system uses the Sony Ericsson 600 I Walkman, a Plantronics Voyager Bluetooth, and a COBRA adapter from RadioShack. When I purchased it 15 months ago, the entire set up with a two-year contract with Cingular was $165. I have had absolutely no problems with it, and as he mentioned in his letter to you Dana, Cingular is very disability friendly. I have the free voice dial, but did not know about the free information. I will look into that. I really like my system better for just a phone, because it is very un-obtrusive. I have a telephone mounted on a flexible boom, which attaches to my chair, and a wire that connects the cobra adapter to my chin controller. The Bluetooth is then wireless of course. As he mentions in his letter, there is a bug with the Sony Ericsson 600i, which turns off the voice capabilities, if there is a message waiting. I use that bug all the time. To prevent me from making outgoing calls, when I am in a very noisy place, I just have somebody dial my number and do not answer the phone --voila, no mistaken outgoing calls. I just have somebody click the phone button when I am ready to make outgoing calls. I do not use a headrest on my chair so that flexing microphone would not work for me. Just my opinion, but I do like my system better for just the phone. I chose this Plantronics Bluetooth, because it is very unobtrusive, and it stays in my ear, even when I am outside bumping around. Have a great day. Joan --------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: Vocalize & iTalk Voice Controlled Cell Phone Systems Dan T. and Joan , I don't know how similar this is to the set up Joan has. I don't know what service is uses for sure. I thought previously it was Cingular but I have not read his sites yet as I just got, but I wanted to share with you and whoever else is interested in hands-free phones. It looks like he has some new things to offer since I last looked at his site and wrote to him and I don't know the prices yet. Dana