This is also a preference thing. For example, I was researching other carriers yesterday, and a particular carrier Lightyear wireless kept popping up. I honestly don't even know what they are, it looks like some pyramid scheme program, however, I do know that there are probably some people out there because again it kept coming up. So, it's up to the individual who wants to use it, and I do think it would be a. Interesting program to monitor, and see how well it does. I also do like the fact that it states that 2% of the voice plans will go to organizations that support the blind, so it would be interesting to see which organizations those are, and if those organizations are behind this network! AT&T offers a disability number, I don't have it on hand. I am pretty sure that Verizon does as well, and I know Sprint customer service individuals have documentation about accessibility. So, three of the four major carriers I am pretty sure have access to accessibility information. It is up to the customer service representative whether or not they want to actually research the questions that a blind or visually impaired individual might have. This particular carrier, should consider marketing the fact that they have customer service individuals trained in the knowledge of accessibility options on mobile devices, and that way there not solely advertising to the blind or visually impaired or disabled market. Just my two cents honestly! Sorry if this upsets anyone. Michael
Michael Babcock Marketing and Sales Manager Commtech LLC Web: http://commtechusa.net phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 Fax: (480) 535-7649 On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > That's fine -- but we should be able to call such a carrier on any phone we > wish, not proprietary phones for that carrier especially. Also, there could > still be a company, web site, etc., which specializes in this sort of help, > without giving the false impression that a specific carrier must be set aside > for us. In my experience, Apple has always been able to find someone who > knew about VoiceOver enough to help, or the rep researched it and got back to > me. I would be willing to stake money that sighted people have called Apple > or other companies, and have spoken to reps who needed to do some research on > a particular issue. Few reps are familiar with every possible bug, every > technical glitch, tip, shortcut, or troubleshooting strategy. > Christine > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:19 PM, "Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, > Commtech LLC" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think we all are looking at this the completely wrong way! Look at it from >> this point of view, you're able to dial 611 from your phone, because somehow >> you disabled speech on your iPhone. However, in the current time, if we >> dialed 611 and STA just how we would be able to enable speech on our iOS >> device again, they might ask us what we are talking about, or transfer us >> around to a myriad of different individuals who still don't know what we're >> talking about. However, if a blind person is able to pick up his phone, dial >> 611, and receive assistive technology assistance, this might be more >> beneficial to him. In addition, there are several smaller carriers out >> there, especially running on the T-Mobile network, like this one appears to >> do. Just something to think about, imagine being able to call customer >> service, and getting assistance using jaws to read that bill, or voiceover, >> on your new iPhone especially if you're brand-new customer. >> >> Michael Babcock >> Marketing and Sales Manager >> Commtech LLC >> Web: http://commtechusa.net >> phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 >> Fax: (480) 535-7649 >> >> On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is >>> provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. >>> Original message: >>>> Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty >>>> pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full range of >>>> experiences available to the sighted on any mobile carrier. Why on earth >>>> do we need a special phone carrier? Separate and marginalized, rather than >>>> expecting to be included in available services. >>> >>>> Christine >>>> http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/odin-mobile-first-mobile-service-provider-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget >>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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