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TALKS for Verizon Wireless Offers Mobile Accessibility to Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Available Initially on the MOTO Q 9c, TALKS for Verizon Wireless Gives Blind and Visually Impaired Customers Audio Feedback Support for Writing and Reading Text Messages, E-Mail and Notes
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The owner and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network announced today the availability of TALKS(TM) for Verizon Wireless -- a new assistive technology that converts displayed text into highly intelligible speech for Verizon Wireless customers who are blind or visually impaired. Available initially on MOTO(TM) Q 9c smartphones beginning March 15, TALKS for Verizon Wireless supports audio feedback for writing and reading text messages, e-mail and notes.
Powered by Nuance Communications, Inc. , TALKS for Verizon Wireless uses ETI-Eloquence text-to-speech software -- similar to other screen-reading packages on Windows(R) PC platforms -- to offer visually impaired and blind customers instant familiarity and the highest intelligibility. With the TALKS application, the MOTO Q 9c from Verizon Wireless can:
-- Read the caller ID of an incoming call
-- Dial a number from the phone's Contacts directory
-- Add and edit entries in the Contacts directory
-- Read and write text messages and e-mail
-- Read and write documents using Mobile Office
-- Access and compose multimedia message service (MMS) messages
-- Use Mobile Internet Explorer to access the Internet
-- Control speech volume and rate of speech
"The TALKS application helps Verizon Wireless provide the best wireless experience for our customers who are visually impaired," said Jeffrey Dietel, vice president - marketing operations for Verizon Wireless. "TALKS for Verizon Wireless turns the MOTO Q 9c smartphone into a communications tool that will help customers with impaired vision stay connected to family, friends and colleagues through methods beyond voice calls."
The MOTO Q 9c with TALKS for Verizon Wireless will be available online under New Cell Phones, CPO Cell Phones, Prepaid Cell Phones, Cell Phone Plans - Verizon Wireless on Sunday for $249.99 after a $70 online instant rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Existing MOTO Q 9c customers who wish to add the TALKS application should contact Verizon Wireless Customer Service at 800-922-0204.
Customers can learn more about TALKS for Verizon Wireless by visiting verizonwireless / accessibility.
About Verizon Wireless
TALKS(TM) is a trademark of Nuance Communications, Inc. and/or its licensors and is used under license.
Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Brenda Boyd Raney, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7518,
Jeff (I have nothing to do with Verizon. Just thought I would pass this along while on the topic).
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