Nice to know about the tutorial. So far, I figured most things out by just going through the menus, but I do hope to find a copy of the manual online so that I can get the list of voice commands I can use. They are different from my last phone. I found out about this through an article on AFB's Fred's Head blog.
_________________________________ Robin Van Lant, Program Manager Key Equipment Finance Tel: 720-304-1060 Chris G <[email protected]> 09/15/2010 03:16 PM To [email protected] cc Subject Re: OT - Verizon's Samsung Haven cell phone speaks menus & text messages Hi, You can download a 2 hour tutorial from http://www.mysticplace.info/audio/haven Chris On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:37 -0600 [email protected] wrote: > HI, > A bit off topic, but, since I've seen people ask about cell phones on this > list, I wanted to quickly share that I just got the new Samsumg Haven cell > phone from Verizon and am quite impressed with the out-of-the-box > accessibility. It's just a basic cell phone that is free with a two year > contract (or, I think, about $40 without a contract). So far, I've found > pretty much everything is accessible. It's reading all the menus, reads > text messages I get and so forth. I've never had a talking cell phone, > so I don't know how it compares to using Mobile Speaks or Talks but so far > I can do everything. Haven't tried setting an alarm or putting an event > on the calendar, as I rarely do this, but it's working well on everything > else. The only menu that did not read aloud was a cheat sheet of the > icons that appear on the screen. > Since I'm also low vision, I liked that I can change the color scheme to > gold letters on a dark blue background. > > Hope this is helpful to some of you. > > Robin > > Email Classification: KeyCorp Public > </pre> > > This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It > is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing > or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, > please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal > information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the > Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose > such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which > you are receiving the information. > > 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 > > <pre> > > > If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key > send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the > SUBJECT line. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. -- Chris G <[email protected]> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
