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]>
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
