I decided to read this intire thread before responding. Frankly, I'm fullly with Christine on this one for sure. Special carrier for the blind? Oh please!! I hardly think that's necessary at all. Seperate ain't equal.
Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:27 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? 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