I suspect that many "blind" consumers who use smart phones that are completely devoid of tactile buttons are not really "blind" at all, but visually impaired and retain some funtional vision to naviga

According to Consumer Reports, this Samsung smart flip phone employs a new touchscreen technology that allows it to be thin and flexible enough to be folded in half like a wallet. But in tests, it pro

Okay, gang. Here's what GHacks Technology News has to say about the broken Windows 10 search box issue that users on this and other lists have been reporting: Need another reason that current web sear

Actually, Amazon uses a variety of delivery services including UPS, Fedex, the US Postal Service and a few, less familiar services like A1 International and LaserShip. Most small packages and orders c

Are you sure this is the order number and not the tracking number? Check again. Once you locate the tracking number for your order, enter it into the Google search field, and you should get the tracki

In addition to MSE, Malware Bytes still works in Windows 7. There is a company called 0 Patch that intends to continue providing security updates for Windows 7 through 2023 for $25.99 a year, but acco

Your techie is giving you sound advice. Microsoft Security Essentials will continue to work in Windows 7 for the foreseeable future. Database definitions continue to be updated daily, just as they alw

How do you close Google Chrome? Do you use Alt-F4? Have you tried closing it using the exit option on the Chrome context menu? Gerald

Troy, even if you specify instructions on UPS My Choice that the driver knock on your door whenever a package is delivered or send you a text message to confirm delivery, there is no guarantee that th

If you want an even cheaper alternative, you can find dozens of merchants on EBay that sell talking projection clocks/thermometers for under $10. I have one that I purchased from EBay for about $8. It

Does the Alcatel Flip have voice dialing capability? Or must phone numbers be dialed using the numeric keypad or contacts list? Gerald

And suppose you don't have speech? Then what? This is a long and complicated sequence of steps, and although executing it successfully should turn on speech, have you actually tried these instructions

Does the Alcatel at least emit audible beeps when you press a key? If not, how can you tell for sure whether you have pressed a particular key a certain number of times? In your instructions for turni

Okay, but suppose you press a wrong key by mistake, which would not be hard to do with such a long sequence of steps, and instead of turning on speech, you inadvertently change some other setting. How

I forgot to mention a possible work around for your alarm problem, although it is kind of flaky. You could call Voice Info, the successor to Tell Me, from your cell phone at 866-895-3124 and leave a w

I would be interested in a tutorial for this phone. My biggest concern is restoring speech after the phone crashes and the battery has to be reinstalled. From one of your previous messages, it sounds

You can sign up for a free subscription to UPS My Choice and still receive email notifications about the status of your wshipments. You can also specify delivery instructions, like deliver to front do

No wonder there is a lot of interest in the BlindShell Classic. But for $349, it is seven times more expensive than the Alcatel Flip and is not sold in any stores, which means that you must buy it onl

Aside from the alarm problem, how is the speech quality on this phone? Is it easy to turn on the screen reader? And are the buttons large and easy to distinguish by touch? As for a loud alarm clock ch

I have a USB fan connected to one of the front panel USB ports on my HP small form factor desktop, and it always stops spinning after I initiate a shutdown. I guess the only way to know for sure wheth