are motorola phones accessible?

[Janina Sajka]

I want to clarify something in your post about your MOtorola phone.

When you say it supports voice, do you mean:

a.)	It understands me when I talk to it? Or, do you mean,

b.)	It voices things that are on screen when I press buttons.


Karen Lewellen writes:
> From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
> 
> Hi Chris,
> new tot he list, and saw this, so
> as I have just gotten a Motorola wanted to add my opinion.
> Granted this depends on what you desire as to accessibility.
> However, thus far my Motorola v60 g, which is for gsm service, something
> more commonly used over seas,  is rather good.
> it includes voice programming allowing you to program in numbers and dial
> them via voice  , tty if desired, and
> a lot of other bells.
> it is also a flip phone, which can help with connection issues.
> again, I do not know what you need, and all needs are different, but
> the line may be worth considering, as it is still rather new.
> Hope this helps,
> Karen L
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Steve Holmes wrote:
> 
> > They're no better than the rest. <sigh>  I used to have an old
> > Motorola 630 (I believe) that wasn't bad with its shortcuts.  I could
> > assign two digit numbers to entries in a phonebook and I thought that
> > part worked pretty good.  It was an earlier modle that did not have as
> > many features as the current phones today.  It was only a dual band
> > and my switch to Verizon's America's Choice plan required me to move
> > up to a tri-band modle.
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:54:50PM -0500, cris wrote:
> > > What is the most accessible motorola cel phone?  I heard much about Nokia,
> > > but not much is said about motorola which is one of the largest  producers
> > > of cell phones for the international market.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Cris
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Janina Sajka
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