To anyone considering the purchase of a smart phone or IPhone at this time. Before you purchase a phone online, be aware that you may experience delays in shipping. Also be aware that if you have trou

I have already checked Amazon, ILA, Maxi-Aids and FutureAids, and none of them have talking clinical thermometers in stock. ILA expects to have them back in stock on March 27. I have the Health Smart

Our list moderator,Gene, will be doing a presentation on the Alcatel Go Flip phone this Monday, March 9, on Accessible World Tech Talk at 8:00 PM EDT. The podcast of this program will be available on

Allow me to address two of your points. First of all, not all deaf-blind people are dependent on Braille, as you seem to imply. Indeed, many of them use IPhones with Voice Over successfully with their

Here's why I have a big problem with your argument. Sure, blindness merchants take advantage of us blind consumers by charging outrageous prices on many products and then tacking on ridiculously high

Unfortunately, the owner/moderator of the Thunderbird list is a guy named Marcio who seems to have vanished into the ether. He has not posted on the Thunderbird or any other lists for months, so there

No, this is not true. The BlindShell is a 4G phone that is compatible with 5G networks, so it should work just fine with most carriers for the foreseeable future. The Lucia, another feature phone desi

Apparently,some screen readers automatically interpret the upper-case letter "V" by itself as the Roman numeral 5 by default and pronounce it as "5" rather than "V", and the letter "X" as the Roman nu

This all started because another list member thought he was being funny by referring to me as the second coming of Christ, which I found objectionable. As far as I'm concerned, this topic is closed. L

The clock I use that you refer to is small enough to fit in a pajama top pocket and has spoken prompts for all menu functions, so it is very easy to set. The speech and alarm sounds are pretty loud, b

Okay, a little clarification. There is no such model as the Alcatel Flip Go 5. There is a model called the Alcatel Flip Go V, and perhaps somebody assumed that the "V" was actually the Roman numeral f

Gene mentioned that he is considering doing a podcast demo of the Alcatel Flip Go 3, so stay tuned. Gerald

No, I'm not really Christ. I'm Jewish and find your reference to Christ in this context highly offensive and inappropriate for this list. Don't do it again. Gerald

Which is great if you live near a Costco with an audiology department. But unfortunately, I don't,and would have to buy them from a private audiologist. And I am not comfortable buying a refurbed IPho

Well, thanks for giving me credit for doing something good. LOL! Gerald

But the big problem with full size keyboards is that they are not very portable. But even if you could carry one around in a briefcase or backpack, it would not be very practical to use in the street.

Again, I can choose to use a computer with a full-size keyboard. I have no such option with a smart phone or tablet. The only option for a keyboard is a blutoot keyboard whose keys are so small that t

The difference is that a computer has a tactile keyboard. A smart phone doesn't, which makes it more difficult for a blind consumer to resolve a problem without sighted help. Don't mix Apples with ora

Not if the battery is user replaceable, as it is on many cell phones. Gerald

Remember when Appleboasted that it would start making IPhones in the US? How did that work out? Now they are all made in China in sweatshops whose workers are paid coolie wages to maximize Apple's pro