that is an okay phone hardware wise, the my touch 4GQ from LG, one thing you will be glad is your not going to have to deal with is the HTC sense UI. Good luck on that phone Jinny and let us know how that works out for you.
On 4/25/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send ma_mailing mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ma_mailing digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Voice mail and the pound key? (Dusty Tague) > 2. Finally an accessible phone (Jenny Keller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:03:53 -0600 > From: Dusty Tague <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MA] Voice mail and the pound key? > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > OK, this is a pain to do, but if the function key doesn't work, try it > in the ma dialer, then in the phone's dialer try the folowing, with the > keyboard closed, arrow up until you hear something labeled, down once, > right two and down three. You should be on the pound. press that. now > play around around until you learn the default button, but you should be > able to tell by the tones. another thing to try is to use your keyboard > and try to find it after entering a number, any number. (note: with the > keyboard open the screen rotates a quarter turn counter clockwise). > Also, you may have to arrow right once before going up and with open up > once before arrowing left.) It is complicated, I know, but I think you > can get it. good luck. After some practice, you will get it and you > will know how to quickly get there. > > I guess the problem hasn't been fixed. One more thing to try, many > phones have the pound key on the d or f key. Try pressing fn or alt and > then d or F while in a number box and see if that doesn't produce the > desired effect. maybe you can also assign one of the couple of > functions to similate the key press to. > > > > On 4/24/2012 4:59 PM, Pedro M. wrote: >> Hello, Yvonne: >> >> I am not sure how the sidekick works, but in my experience with these >> qwerty keyboards, if you hit your FN, or ALT key, twice it would pull >> up the symbols that you might be trying to type in. if that doesn’t >> work then try calling T-Mobile tech support and let them know that you >> are visually impaired, and they would try to help you master your >> phone’s qwerty keyboard. >> HTH. >> Good luck. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Yvonne Cowan >> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:30 PM >> To: 'Mobile Accessibility Android Users List' >> Subject: RE: [MA] Voice mail and the pound key? >> >> Okay, tried both using the alt key and trying to use the keyboard on the >> screen. Neither works. I get nothing when I use the alt key and I >> get some >> sort of list that isn't fully read by ma on the sidekicks screen. >> This is >> getting really frustrating. Are there any other suggestions? >> >> Yvonne >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Myrow >> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:59 PM >> To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List >> Subject: RE: [MA] Voice mail and the pound key? >> >> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Yvonne Cowan wrote: >> >>> Thanks, will give that a try. The alt key is that the one right next to >> the space bar? >> >> No, it's next to the left shift key on the Sidekick. The sequence on the >> bottom row is left shift, alt, at sign, comma, space bar, period, >> question >> mark, the voice key, and the right shift key. The Sidekick's keyboard >> isn't >> quite layed out like a PC keyboard, and this row is a fine example of >> that >> fact. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:30:20 -0500 > From: Jenny Keller <[email protected]> > Subject: [MA] Finally an accessible phone > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Well, I tried to get the side kick, but they don't stock it anymore. > > So, I had to get the LG my touch Q. > > I suppose that will be accessible enough cause it has a qwerty keyboard. > > If anyone has one, can you describe how you move around the screen since I'm > not sure if it has a directional pad, or arrows on the qwerty? > > If no one has it, I guess I'll just have to be the pioneer and hope it works > out. > > Jenny > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ma_mailing mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > End of ma_mailing Digest, Vol 256, Issue 2 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ ma_mailing mailing list [email protected] http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing
