My uncle's blind and looking for a suitable telephone. He wants something with speed dial (at least). I've been looking through argos, currys, dixons, etc online but with no luck. I didn't realise how hard it is to find speed dial phones! Can anyone recommend somewhere or a particular phone?
2007-02-03 08:31:41 · 7 answers · asked by Mrs. Miller 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
By the way, I live in the UK and my uncle can't read braille (he went blind a couple of years ago)
2007-02-03 08:42:07 · update #1
RNIB do loads of stuff for the blind/partially sighted. Its not braille stuff. They do all sorts including talking watches etc. My gran has sight problems & gets a lot of information from them when she needs products suitable for her to use. Argos used to do a very large button phone but may have stopped selling it now. Hope this helps as I told someone else this a while back & they found RNIB very helpful
2007-02-04 07:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by la.bruja0805 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This link will show you images of phones in Braille meant for the blind. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=braille%20telephones&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wi
I would also suggest looking through speciality catalogs people with disabilities.
This phone speaks the numbers
http://www.evaluezone.com/ameriphonedialoguejv35brailletelephone.html
http://www.independentliving.com/products.asp?dept=322&deptname=Braille+Phones
2007-02-03 16:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Voice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look for phones that have integrated voice commands.
I've found my Blackberry Pearl 8100 flawless using voice commands to dial by number or name of whom I'm calling.
2007-02-03 16:36:42 · answer #3 · answered by Michael G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my nan lost her eye sight recontaly and had to buy a new phone because of it, the phone that she uses is a bt big button phone and is excellent, she says that she would be lost without the phone was really cheap as well check out www.bt.com for more info!!!
2007-02-03 20:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by foxy lady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just look for one with larger buttons, my dad used to have these special sticker things that protrude, he put one one on the 5 button and could use the phone with no problems, by feeling the sticker he would know where he was, fantastic and you can use them on any phone.
2007-02-03 16:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by thebear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a Panasonic phone with talking caller ID!
2007-02-03 16:37:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to the phone company they will supply service free, phone
2007-02-03 20:46:09 · answer #7 · answered by WILLISCA_49 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋