Hi Dan
I wish I could answer that for you, but when my friend put the system together, he found that he needed the cobra adapter in order to make it truly hands-free. I don't know why, but it has worked very well for 15 months. If you are interested in the same thing, I will get Christian, who is my electronic guru, to e-mail me the reasons why, and exactly what he had to do. I am most grateful for all of my voice-activated things, and I am extremely grateful for Christian who comes and bails me out when my X10 system goes wrong, and multiple other things. God has certainly put some very valuable helpers in my walk, so that I can live life to the fullest. Joan _____ From: Dan Tessiatore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 7:46 PM To: poajoan; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] RE: Vocalize & iTalk Voice Controlled Cell Phone Systems Hi Joan, what is a COBRA adapter? And, why do you need one if your telephone is hands-free? Thanks, Dan T. poajoan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Dana. You are right, he has added quite a few things to his website. It is interresting that the one set up can be used for an environmental control system, using an X--10 system I presume. I have purchased his carrier for when we go on vacation. Using it, I can be carried out into the water for swimming. My phone system uses the Sony Ericsson 600 I Walkman, a Plantronics Voyager Bluetooth, and a COBRA adapter from RadioShack. When I purchased it 15 months ago, the entire set up with a two-year contract with Cingular was $165. I have had absolutely no problems with it, and as he mentioned in his letter to you Dana, Cingular is very disability friendly. I have the free voice dial, but did not know about the free information. I will look into that. I really like my system better for just a phone, because it is very un-obtrusive. I have a telephone mounted on a flexible boom, which attaches to my chair, and a wire that connects the cobra adapter to my chin controller. The Bluetooth is then wireless of course. As he mentions in his letter, there is a bug with the Sony Ericsson 600i, which turns off the voice capabilities, if there is a message waiting. I use that bug all the time. To prevent me from making outgoing calls, when I am in a very noisy place, I just have somebody dial my number and do not answer the phone --voila, no mistaken outgoing calls. I just have somebody click the phone button when I am ready to make outgoing calls. I do not use a headrest on my chair so that flexing microphone would not work for me. Just my opinion, but I do like my system better for just the phone. I chose this Plantronics Bluetooth, because it is very unobtrusive, and it stays in my ear, even when I am outside bumping around. Have a great day. Joan _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Vocalize & iTalk Voice Controlled Cell Phone Systems Dan T. and Joan , I don't know how similar this is to the set up Joan has. I don't know what service is uses for sure. I thought previously it was Cingular but I have not read his sites yet as I just got, but I wanted to share with you and whoever else is interested in hands-free phones. It looks like he has some new things to offer since I last looked at his site and wrote to him and I don't know the prices yet. Dana
