Sms For The Blind

what are the devices in the market available for the blind to use to pair with the mobile phone in order for them to make calls or send sms and receive sms?

There is text-to-speech software for the PC so Im guessing that they would need to use a PC to send and receive SMS from Cells. (I do but just because Im more comfortable with email than with trying to type sms like my kids do)

Software like that might work on a blackberry or some other PDA. Im thinking its too much to fit into a cell phone (yet)

2007-09-25 22:00:35 by blueoyster1

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... and have it read by a computer to the person on the line? I had an SMS sent to me the other day on my land line and a computer read it to me. I'd love to send e-mail to my blind grandmother who is unwilling to use a computer. Is there such a technology?

Nope. in the visually impaired world your always a step behind the times and unfortunatly NORMAL technology isn't there yet. sorry! That would be cool though...

2010-03-12 19:48:55 by Kirino

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I have a couple of very close and dear friends who happen to live overseas.

One has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, the other is very quickly going blind.

What in the *heck* can I do to help them? The one with bowel cancer has had a bout of this a couple of years ago so I don't know what to think about that :(

...and the one who's going blind - we mainly communicate via SMS and e-mail/paper mail... and it hurts her eyes to read or do anything like that now, so I don't know how I'm going to 'talk' to her... :((

I have often told them how important they are to me... but I'm unsure how to deal with this. I lost my Mum to bowel cancer 15+ years ago and that wasn't very good... Dad lost his sight for a time long before I was even born but it came back - he still often talks about that time.

Thanks for any of your thoughts...

The best thing you can do for your friends, is continue to be a true friend to them. I know from experience. I was diagnosed with brain cancer, when I was a teenager. And it really takes a toll on someone when their friends turn their backs on them in their time of need. I also went blind in one eye. So my advice is, don't pull away from them. Let them know that you're a true friend that cares. Believe me, it'll help make those bad days so much easier to bare. God bless you!


P.S. I no longer have cancer. And have cut those old so-called friends out of my social circle.

2007-05-29 23:36:45 by Skeeve

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i've been in touch with this guy through email and then sms for over 3 months. i cant call it blind date because our mutual friend introduced us to eachother, but we havent seen each other yet. heis in another country ...he was supposed to come here for a trip and thats how we were introduced to eachother.
we send email or sms every day at least 6-7 times, sometimes more, sometimes he calls too.
since a week ago our talk became a bit naughty...
we havent talked about having a relationship, but he always calls me his future wife( which i dont take it serious), anyway, he is coming here for a short trip just to see me...

and i dont know if i can have affair with...i have never had such a relation with anyone...besides i havent been physically active for more than a year and ofcourse i need that..
however,i dont know in longdistance thing,after 3-4 months of talk, how things should go at the first date....how intimate they can be....

can someone help?
dont attack me...im just asking a question

.The risk is that if you allow the situation to turn sexual, what happens then? Are there any plans for either of you to relocate so you can date locally? If not, what about trust? Right now you just chat...after sex, one or both of you are likely to start wondering what the other is up to, who else they are seeing, what happens if they meet someone else they can date regularly, etc. It can drive you nuts.

If you just want a little fling, and can keep it that way in your mind and heart...then have sex and enjoy yourself (safely, of course!). If you cannot keep your emotions out of it, I'd suggest not allowing things to turn physical until (and if) you two are in a position to see each other on a regular basis. Long distance relationships rarely work out, and adding sex (and the emotions that go with it) is just likely to turn something that has been fun so far, into a situation that is more torture than pleasure.

2010-02-20 07:17:26 by tina h

Well they spend the evening talking getting to know each other and spelling out what they are looking for in a relationship. Turns out they both want the same things - what a coinkidink! They hit off and make out - well as far as one can go without it being called a slutty night. That was saturday. Anyway, he asks to see her next day, she agrees, he never calls! Surprise!!! She calls him, he says hes busy with friends watching a movie too tired to go out! Thats sunday. She contacts him monday, no replies to her calls or sms's so by the evening she gets abusive - remember macy gray song "why didnt you call me?!". Tuesday. He calls her says shes over-reacting and things arent as they seem. Says he will call again after work - surprise NOTHING! Wednesday no contact whatsoever from both. Thursday he calls apologetic saying hes interested and wants to see her again (thing is cant commit to when) yada yada! She suspects hes in a relationship and is also a pathalogical psycho lying. Well?!

The real question is why she would want to pursue this any further in the first place. If he doesn't respect her enough to call either when he said he would call, or failing that, the first chance he got after that, then she should be asking herself whether or not she really needs someone like that. When that same behavior becomes a pattern, she should realize that if she continues to pursue this relationship, she is just begging to be set up for a fall.

2006-09-14 22:40:51 by Jena L