ACCESSIBLE CellPhones

for great prices on screen readers for your phone found at the link below. http://www.atguys.com/store/ Phone store http://www.accessiblephones.com/phonestore.php Here you are brought to the Phone Store where you can find phones and accessories from leading merchants. If you have a question about a product you find here, please write the store directly using the comments form mentioned above. The link to this form is entered again here so you don’t need to move back to find it. http://www.accessiblephones.com/contact.php There is a “search for” edit fieled one can reach by pressing the letter f once when first accessing this page. Links http://www.accessiblephones.com/links.php On this page, you’ll find links to many of the online retailers which offer phones, both with and without service contracts. Contact us http://www.accessiblephones.com/contact.php The last two links aren’t of any interest to the main reason why you are visiting this site. So there are no URL’S shown. advertisers Privacy policy *II. TALKS For Verizon Wireless Offers Mobile Accessibility To Blind And Visually Impaired Customers HomePage URL: http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/article/2009/03/pr2009-03-12a.html 1. Contact Us: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzwfly?go=/ContactUsControllerServlet When visiting the “contact us” URL above. You are taken to a page with the heading of ” Set Your Location.” a. If using a screenreader, press the letter h twice. The cursor lands on, ” You only have to enter it once, we’ll ave it. b. Next are a few lines of explaination below the above mentioned heading. “Please enter the location for the area where you plan to use your phone the most so we can give you Accurate information about wireless pricing, coverage, customer service, and offers near you.” c. Next is found a line saying “enter your zip code:” Arrow once to the edit field for entering the zip code. d. Arrow down once more to “set location BTN.” And press the spacebar to set your location. I entered my zip code of 62650 and hit the set location button. e. Next on the page is a check box for remembering your location. This is checked by default. If you wish it not to be checked, hit the spacebar once. f. Next is found a “wht is this” link. g. Further down is a combox for selecting your state instead of entering the zip code above. I chose my state. I know this is not necessary after entering the zip code. I just wanted to make sure I get the correct feedback. I open the combo-box by pressing alt plus down arrow. h. Press the first letter of your state if you chose this option and tab once. i. Next is found a list of cities where this service is available. Unfortunately this is not available for me. The closest city is 200 miles north. So I am going to select tht cyt anyway. This is done by pressing the first letter of your city. If it is not in the list, the service is not available in your immediate arrea. j. Once selecting a city, tab to “submit button” ” and hit the spacebar. K. After a mew seconds I was taken to a page with several headings. I am going to list those heading here. The same ones should be in on your page if the service is available. Under each heading is much more to explore when visiting this “contact page. I am listing that URL again here. http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/contact-us.html Explore Why verizon Learn about devices Choosing a plan Decover wireless features Home services I am not listing the plans I was offered. This is not useful to anyone else. But there is very reasonable offerings. *III. Articles written by AFB’S Authors of the Access World Technology Magazine About CellPHone Technology Below are several awsome article resources regarding cellphone accessability. a. AFB TECH Evaluates Cell Phones http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?SectionID=57&DocumentID=2419 This article evaluates 11 Accessable cellphones Cell Phone Accessibility: Reviewing the LG Optimus F3 much more. CERA Kona is an excellent accessible choice. Like the Optimus F3 … November 2013 by Bill Holton Article main URL: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw14110 At the spring 2013 M-Enabling Summit, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced the upcoming availability of the LG Optimus F3, “the first phone to come pre-loaded with Google TalkBack, which allows users who are blind or visually impaired to receive assistive voice prompts.” According to Hesse, “By pre-loading Google TalkBack onto the new device, we’ve enabled users to start getting prompts the moment they take the phone out of the box and turn it on.” This Long Term Evolution (LTE) phone is currently free at Sprint.com with a two-year contract http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/zipcode_intercept.jsp;jsessionid=A25C4C430BB DFDF45FC36C5DA321A3F5.shop59?showZipPTNSection=false&redirectURL=http%3A%2F% 2Fshop.sprint.com%2Fmysprint%2Fshop%2Fphone_details.jsp%3FprodId%3Ddvc749000 2prd%26deviceSKUId%3D74900056%26flow%3DAAL%26planSKUId%3D%26ptn%3D%26tabId%3 Ddt_phones&_requestid=383946 or can be purchased for $179.99 with a no-contract plan from Virgin Mobile . http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/ b. Odin Mobile: A New Cell Phone Carrier Specifically for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision by Janet IngbeOdin Mobile, a nationwide provider of cellular service, has become the first cell phone company specifically dedicated to serving people who are visually impaired. Learn more about this company and its current and future offerings. http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw141008 *IV. iPhone Now at Straight Talk Wireless http://iphone.straighttalk.com/ On this page there is a link called “Why Straight Talk?” Here is information from that page. I am also including the direct URL here in case someone wishes to explore the page themselves. http://www.straighttalkswitch.com/ explore i a. Same Phones Our phones are the same as theirs. Minus the two-year commitment nonsense. b. The rest of this page shows various unlimited plans. Now I am going to go Back to the home page of ” iPhone Now at Straight Talk Wireless” On this page is a link to three cellphones Straight Talk is available for as of today. However, the ” 4G LTE ” link is a dead one. ” APPLE iPHONE® http://iphone.straighttalk.com/ iPhone 5 and the $45/mo Unlimited* Plan. The hottest way to save $950/yr.† DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE OTHERS Enjoy the $45 per month Unlmited* Plan on your other favorite devices. You can get the IPhone and Straight Talk at Wal-mart. read much more when visiting the link above. SAMSUNG GALAXY S® III http://straighttalkswitch.com/galaxys3/ this page contains information regarding using straight talk on the samsung galaxy s. it would be much more useful if interested individuals explore the page. adding in the information would make for a very very long tip today. but i will say, it is quite impressive regarding plans]]>