These specialized phones are manufactured overseas by obscure companies that do not have proven track records, so it is difficult to predict their reliability. I have checked the warranties of the Bli

And why do you guys insist on evading my question? Don't sit there and tell me that nothing can ever go wrong with an IPhone. Something as simple as a loose battery connection could cause it to stop w

So you are saying that IOS is such a wonderful OS that it is impossible for anything to go wrong and cause complete loss of speech that simple fixes like the ones you suggest won't resolve? And is it

And the Smart Vision 2 is also expensive and made by an obscure company that provides little information about getting it repaired when it breaks, which it invariably will at some point. Ditto for the

Okay, let's suppose you turn on your IPhone, and there is no speech? Then what? How do you restore Voice Over without sighted help if you have no idea what's causing the problem in the first place? No

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