Paul, did you try an adapter withthat phone from us b to serial or however
that goes?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] connecting cell phone to the BN?
> Hi, Brenda. I called my verizon store and talked with a person who had
> helped me before. I asked if there was an infra red phone I could get
> instead of the one with the serial or USB connection I now had. The price
> for the infrared phone was 350 dollars. I figured it wasn't worth paying
> another 350 dollars just to see if an infrared phone would work.
> Although the phone I now have supports serial connection, those cables are
> gone unless you find them from someone on the net and are replaced with
USB
> cables.
> I would bet that a lot of the phones that use cables are moving toward
USB.
> Serial will soon be a relic of the past like floppy drives<grin>.
>
> At 4/12/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Might I make a suggestion? I use Verizon service. One day I went to
> >work. I knew it was going to rain and so wanted all that fresh air in
my
> >house when I came home. All my windows had screens in them, so I opened
> >the windows and left. When I came home, a screen outback was cut. To do
> >that someone had to climb a fence. In addition, among the other things
> >that were gone was my cell phone. Mainly the drawers in my house had all
> >been emptied. The contents of them was on the floor. Even the dimes and
> >pennies were left. I had some dollars in a coat, and they were gone. So
> >was a couple of important cards, I had been broken into. None of my
> >equipment was taken away, just disconnected. My bed had been moved with
> >the matrass taken off. Apparently, kids were in my house looking for
> >cash, mainly dollars to spend. Why they were so stupid as to take my
cell
> >phone, I'll never know. Didn't they know I'd cancel it immediately? Now,
> >though I had a problem. It wasn't as bad !
> >as it looked. My old phone had never really worked well. Why not just
> >get a new one? Instead of ordering from those operators who say all the
> >right things without knowing very much, I called the Verizon Phone Store
> >in my area and asked for the manager. I explained what had happened to
my
> >cell phone and that it wasn't that good anyway. I asked him if I could
> >have his help to get a new one. He told me to come in tomorrow since it
> >was late in the evening. I took his name and showed up the next day. I
> >went to the store and there was a guy who tried to hand me a form to fill
> >out. I just told him that I was there to see so-and-so. I used the
> >manager's name, of course. Within minutes I was assigned a technician,
> >and I got my new phone. Sometimes you just have to do things in
> >person. I think if I wanted to connect my braille mate to that phone,
I'd
> >first ask what I need to know about set-up and how to test the cable he
> >gave me. I'd do it in person with information from Pu!
> >lsedata first. To make a long story short, the technician had to program
> >my phone. It took a couple of hours, but I enjoyed the coffee in the
> >sitting area. If I wanted to connect a cell phone to Braille Note, it
> >would be there with me as much as I could know at the time. Do it it in
> >person with a well-planned call ahead. That's my suggestion.
> >
> >Brenda Mueller
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Seville Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:09:46 -0400
> > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] conecting cell phone to the BN?
> >
> > >Paul, it may be a long shot, but how about calling verizon's much
touted
> > >disability services offices, maybe they could or would make an effort
> > >for a point for disability services. Probably a far out idea!
> >
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
> > >Henrichsen
> > >Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:13 PM
> > >To: Braillenote List
> > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] conecting cell phone to the BN?
> >
> > >Hi, Terri. I tried contacting tech support. They know nothing. Since I
> > >am
> > >in the states, I can't actually talk to someone at PDI. I purchased my
> > >cable from supply net, a place recommended to me on this list over the
> > >phone. I don't think they are going to refund my money because I can't
> > >get
> > >the cable to work with my bn. The verizon tech support guy who worked
> > >with
> > >me over several days, got the cable to work connecting my cell phone to
> > >my
> > >pc. We were able to dial in and actually go to a few web sites. So the
> > >cable works fine. We thought it might be the cable. He and his
> > >supervisor
> > >took it upon themselves to contact PDI and/or humanware. I don't know
> > >who
> > >they contacted, but nothing was done. When ccontacting the person at
PDI
> >
> > >humanware, the verizon person was just told that it was possible and
> > >should
> > >work, but no attempt was made to research the problem.
> > >I also happen to know that a bn user, Marlaina Leiberg, who was a
> > >trainer
> > >for PDI, finally gave up trying to get verizon to work with her bn and
> > >switched to another cellular company. I don't know of PDI was any help
> > >here
> > >or if she was on her own.
> > >I think that what really bothers me is the apparent lack of interest
> > >from
> > >PDI to get verizon service to work with their units. What would it take
> > >for
> > >them to assign someone to research the problem and give us verizon
> > >customers guidelines?
> > >It isn't as if no one has ever heard of this cellular carrier. Since
> > >using
> > >one's bn with a cell phone is so much touted when making that sale, why
> > >not
> > >give better guidelines?
> > >Paul Henrichsen
> > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ><home.pacbell.net/paulh52
> >
> >
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