In the spirit of obviously piling on, I agree with you Kerri. Peas in a pod ay; or huh?
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 1:05 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: > I've decided to hime in as well. I honestly can't see the point of a carrier > for the blind. Firstly, it would go out of business with great rapidity due > to the fact that the vlid population is small. Seconly, should we be more > alienated than we already are? No, I say. > On 2013-06-07, at 9:51 AM, Ray Foret jr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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? 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. >> 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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