Verizon Wireless announced a new service available for the blind and visually impaired customers. The application is Talk and it will help you convert text into speech so you can take advantage of a variety of features like phone numbers, caller ID, SMS messages, emails and notes. Using voice only, Talk users will be able to do the following:

• Dial a number from the phone’s Contacts directory
• Add and edit entries in the Contacts directory
• Write text messages and e-mail
• 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

Talk will be available at first on Motorola Q9c handsets. The phone will be available starting tomorrow, March 15, for $249 with a contract.

via cnet

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