Strategy: Mobile phone with text to speech
10 Keywords: Nokia 5500, Text To Speech, Audio Messages, Smart Phone, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Visual Difficulties, Visual Acuity, Dexterity, Magnification
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"I have a Nokia 5500 Sport. You can send audio messages as well. As far as whether it's fiddly to listen to messages, it depends how you do it. You can do messages -> inbox -> options -> listen...but if you leave the phone in standby mode, you can get the message reader to work on the received message by just holding the left key down.
You can also do it by hitting the top part of the keypad twice if you've set it up to work like that (it's supposed to be for people who are inaccurate because they're jogging/in the gym).
You can read about it on the Nokia 5500 guide (PDF download)
I know that's not the same as having a fully speech enabled mobile, but they tend to need good motor control.
Windows mobile supports different font sizes. The Windows platform has the option of Normal or Large font. This can be accessed from Settings > More > Accessibility > "System font size". Not all apps support Large font."
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"I wanted a mobile phone that I could use whatever position I was in, or when my movement and vision were less good, as they change depending on my medication. I didn't want a phone designed for older people, as they don't have all the features I like, and I didn't want a smartphone because of cost. I had the previous two incarnations of this phone, so was familiar with the access options that were designed for 'sports' users, but are equally applicable to people with minor vision or motor control issues."
- HannahTip
If you need to choose an easy to use mobile phone the RNIB have produced an Accesssible Mobile Phone guide and tiresias.org have useful checklists on the types of adaptations that might help with links to companies selling these products.
