Windows Mobile Phone for visually impaired

[Rafaela]

I have a rather unusual question for the members here. My sister is completely blind and I have been looking for a phone that would help her in every day tasks. I have found a program called Mobile Speaks that works on Windows Mobile phones that reads the screen out loud for the user and the same company produces a program called Mobile Geo that works with Mobile Speaks and the built in Microsoft Voice software to help visually impaired people navigate with a GPS receiver. So I am looking for a GSM Windows Mobile phone that has built in GPS receiver that she may be able to use. The biggest thing that I'm having difficulty finding is a phone with a keypad that isn't completely flat so that she can feel the difference between the different keys. Ideally I think it would be easier for her to have a typical 10-key or 20-key and not a QWERTY only phone. I was looking at the HTC S740 but I'm worried that the keys are too flat and it will be too difficult for her to feel the different keys on the number pad. I also found the Asus P527, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to navigate a touchscreen phone without being able to use the touchscreen. So if anybody has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Ackles]

http://www.gsmarena.com/hp_ipaq_voic...enger-2561.php
its a hp blackberry style qwerty easy to use with one hand
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_s710-1891.php
even though its a qwerty it can still be use with the normal key pad.
this is a rather old windows phone.
http://www.gsmarena.com/i_mate_smartflip-1482.php

Im not sure if you wanna use a windows mobile phone for your sister i had own many phones and i find windows mobile a geeky and buggy phone and it crashes every now and then. I will make some research a phone for blind people and i will get back to you on that.

[Selena Nhuanh]

TALKS: Runs only on Symbian? operating system phones. Nuance TALKS converts the displayed text on the mobile handset into highly intelligible speech. With Nuance TALKS, blind and low-vision users can take advantage of most features, including contact directories, caller ID, text messages, help files, access to the Nokia web browser, and other screen content, available on their mobile phones. One advantage is that TALKS uses Eloquence speech synthesizer, the same voice found on the popular JAWS desktop screen reader, so there is a level of familiarity.

this is what i read so the good thing that you can use symbian nokia phone and i think its a better option rather than windows.

here are symbian options
http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3...e=0&sFreeText=

here are more windows options
http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3...e=0&sFreeText=

[monij]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I've used Windows Mobile Phones before, but never used Symbian. I agree that WM can be buggy at times and difficult to use, but that was the only thing I had found. The Mobile Geo program for WM sounds like a great GPS program, so that's why I was really looking for a Windows Mobile Phone. I'll look into GPS systems for Symbian phones as well.

[ms.everything96]

I'm thinking about getting both a Symbian phone and a WM phone and then letting her decide which one to keep. For her the feel of a phone is obviously one of the most important things so it is difficult to decide without her being able to touch them. I really like the HP that you posted in your first reply, but I can't find it anywhere. Any idea where I could get an unlocked version of this phone?
http://www.gsmarena.com/hp_ipaq_voic...enger-2561.php

[manarr_iraq]

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-iPAQ-VOICE-ME...item27adb4d953 its a bit pricey though

[lilmissinsanity]

Is there a store nearby that does sell those? Take her there to see which she likes best.

[fourzerosix]

I found a cheaper one and they have a open box item for even cheaper
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=175454
this is the open box item dont know if they still have it
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=182128

[Sciontcbby!]

This would certainly be ideal, but I don't know of any store that sells unlocked GSM phones, and none of the phones that have been mentioned were ever, much less currently are offered by nationwide cell companies.