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Help with My Grandma-Inlaw. (self.Blind)
submitted by SpudGun77
Hi, My Grandma-In-law has been slowly losing her sights for years. It has finally come to the point where she is over 90% blind. She lives on her own and has an amazing socially life. There are just a few things that are getting harder for her. The other day it took her half an hour to phone her daughter.(My mother in-law). So the next day they decided to go phone shopping to see if a mobile could help her. She currently does not have one. The people in the shop said there was nothing they could really do for her. Which I find unbelievable. Can anyone recommend an easy to use mobile for a 83 year old lady with little computer know how? She only really needs to be able to dial friends and family. (For the Americans out there by “mobile” I mean cell phone!)
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robomontade 1 points 6y ago
Also if you're in the UK it's worth signing her up for the 195 service so she doesn't need to dial/remember a load of numbers:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-benefits-and-concessions-concessions/free-directory-enquiries-195
http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-benefits-and-concessions-concessions/free-directory-enquiries-195
fastfinge 1 points 6y ago
The IPhone has voiceover on it, but that is a complicated program with dozens of gestures to learn. However, if you can get her a second-hand iPhone6 for cheap, it might still be worth it. She can just ask siri to call whoever. I know there are some simplified accessible mobile phones for older folks (large push button numbers, etc), but I think they're only available in the US and Canada. Have you checked with the RNIB? They may well sell something themselves. If they don't, they should know what's available in the UK.
SpudGun77 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Thaks for the advice. She is comming over at the weekend so we are going to expriment with a couple of phones and see how she goes. I have just checked on the RNIB web site and there are a couple of possibilites.
LarryWren 1 points 6y ago
There are landline phones with larger buttons, and braille on them. I feel like learning to recognize a few braille numbers (if she doesn't already read braille) would be easier than figuring out how to use a cell phone. Depending on where you are, they probably won't have any in stores (I thought Staples would, but it doesn't look like it), so you'll probably have to order online. There are other things... like not necessarily braille, but my phone is a regular one, but one button has a raised dash on it, and the "talk" button has three dots so one feeling it could figure out where that button was, and know where other buttons would be in relation to it.
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