The HTC is a personal device. But it gave me the opportunity to test drive blackberry connect and Mobile Speak.
I looked at the phone selection for the 89 deal, and the only one that fits my needs was reviewed and turned out to not be durable. I've been waiting for more phone choices.
I am working out how to approached the reasonble accommodation request.
Joe
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Darrell Shandrow"
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:36:47
To:,"Blind sysadmins list"
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
Hello,
If you are required to use BB Connect in order to do your job and purchasing
MSS is a way to accomplish the goal, and your employer wants to reasonably
accomodate you, then purchasing MSS may be in order. Of course, all this
depends on the situation. If your job is still new, then Vocational Rehab
may still come into play. There are also post-employment services. Of
course, if you're going to use it for personal purposes as well, that's
another matter entirely. Maybe, you could go for the $89 MSS deal with
AT&T?
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From:
To: "Blind sysadmins list"
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
The trial version of Mobile Speak runs for 10 minutes before disabling
itself. It runs pretty well on my HTC S710 with Blackberry Connect. I'm
almost 100 percent confident that this setup will work for me, still in my
testing phase.
Its not as easy as it sounds to ask my empolyer to help pay for MSS, I may
end up purxhasing it on my own,
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Stephen Guerra"
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:05:44
To:"'Blind sysadmins list'"
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
Darrell and all--
The Blackberry connect works well with Talks and Nokia phones, such as the
N75, N82, E62 PDA, etc.
I have not gotten any word or indication from Code Factory that Blackberry
Connects works with any of its phones, but it does not appear that it should
be an issue.
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of
christophermcmillan@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:44 PM
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
Dear Darrell
I have heard nothing regarding this from Code Factory.
I have heard rumors that Humanware and Code Factory are working on something
but being from the AT Industry as a Operations Manager, this could take a
while.
RIM has been put to task on this as a 508 Issue for the Federal Government
but they can get by with this type of solution.
I had this type of Dialog when I worked for ALVA BV so I know how hard RIM
is to deal with.
Chris McMillan
CEEK Technology, CIO
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From: "Darrell Shandrow"
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:24 AM
To: "Blind sysadmins list"
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry (was RIM) (was Just joined today)
Hello Christopher,
The AccessWorld article mentions use of BlackBerry Connect with Nokia
phones. I am wondering if the Windows Mobile version of this software is
accessible with Mobile Speak?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher McMillan"
To: "Blind sysadmins list"
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry (was RIM) (was Just joined today)
Blackberry can be made accessible.
Here is the link on users who are doing it.
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw080605&select=1#1
Sincerely,
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology
http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com
http://www.ceektechnology.com
Skye: chrismmcmillan
WM: chrismcmillan@ceektech.com or
christophermcmillan@hotmail.com
E-mail: chrismcmillan@ceektech.com or
christophermcmillan@hotmail.com
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From: "Toner, Barry (LIT)"
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 12:00 PM
To: "Blind sysadmins list"
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry (was RIM) (was Just joined today)
As far as I'm aware Blackberry does not support any speech package.
There is a Nokia, Nokia E something or other I think that has software
that can emulate Blackberry features.
Barry Toner
Placement Systems Engineer
Liberty Information Technology Direct Line: 02890 167000
Adelaide Exchange Fax: 02890 445511
24-26 Adelaide Street Switchboard: 02890 445500
Belfast BT2 8GD Email: b.toner@liberty-it.co.uk
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From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of
Andrew Hodgson
Sent: 17 March 2008 15:54
To: blind-sysadmins; vjoey
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry (was RIM) (was Just joined today)
Hi,
RIM is Remote Incident Manager:
http://www.serotek.com/enterprise.html
The version for network administrators etc is called Remote Access
Manager - RAM, which is on the same page.
I investigated the price of this for a charity a while ago, and the RAM
pricing was very expensive, it would cost us around $15,000 for a 5 user
pack, if I remember correctly.
On the subject of the Blackberry, are you using speech with this in any
way, or do you have enough sight to see this?
Thanks.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: vjoey@comcast.net [mailto:vjoey@comcast.net]
Sent: 17 March 2008 14:42
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] RIM (was Just joined today)
RIM. Meaning Research In Motion? That's the makers of Blackberry.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Andrew Hodgson"
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:10:23
To:blind-sysadmins
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] RIM (was Just joined today)
Hi guys,
Is anyone here using RIM in a corporate environment on a corporate
network?
The reason I ask is because I would be worried about spending this
amount of money on such a product, if I had never heard of the
manufacturer before in that space. For example, I know that Citrix is a
leader in remote management and desktop sharing. However, other than in
software for the blind, I have not heard of Serotek advertising widely
in this space. Until this happens, I am concerned that people will not
want to adopt this solution.
Discuss.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bobo, Greg [mailto:Greg.Bobo@matrixsys.com]
Sent: 17 March 2008 14:07
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Just joined today
Thanks. I'll take a closer look at Window Eyes.
Greg B.
Email: greg.bobo@matrixsys.com
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From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
[mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of
Troy Hergert
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:26 AM
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Just joined today
I use window-eyes on servers and work stations. RDP through Windows
works great for me. You don't need extra licenses to load Window-eyes
on a
computer that you want to connect to. I've even logged into a server
from
home and then into various work stations. I still get pretty good
connection using rdp from computer to computer to computer.
Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobo, Greg"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:59 AM
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Just joined today
I am happy to have stumbled across this list. I am looking for
accessible remote control software. I don't have the ability to
install
Jaws on every computer I touch, so any help would be appreciated. I
used Jaws and Window eyes for access.
Thanks in advance,
Greg Bobo
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