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Voice to call landline? (self.Blind)
submitted by chickadeeelynnn
Hello! I was wondering if anyone out there has any ideas or suggestions for landline phones that have voice activated calling. My grandmother has severe macular degeneration and is beginning to forget a lot of things due the loss of her sight. She can't remember numbers nor see them to dial.
I've been looking online for some options, but most require wifi or are in the $200-300 range. My grandmother doesn't have WiFi and I can't justify that much money at the moment.
Any suggestions would be appreciated and sorry if this wasn't an appropriate sub or post for this question.
Thanks!
I've been looking online for some options, but most require wifi or are in the $200-300 range. My grandmother doesn't have WiFi and I can't justify that much money at the moment.
Any suggestions would be appreciated and sorry if this wasn't an appropriate sub or post for this question.
Thanks!
SLJ7 1 points 4y ago
The recorder idea is a really great one. You can use audacity to generate the DTMF tones and as long as both the phone and recorder speaker are good, it should get through just fine. The even lower-tech version of this is to just say the numbers slowly; a keypad is pretty logical and there are large-print phones with big buttons that are easy to feel. Most other things require wi-fi; Alexa would be a good option except for that: I know this is an old post; I hope you figured something out.
chickadeeelynnn [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Thanks, I appreciate your input! I'm going to try the recorder option I think, if she is comfortable with that.
ENTJ351 1 points 4y ago
Yeah, the tape idea sounds the best but also memorizing the number pad on the phone is priceless.
retrolental_morose 1 points 4y ago
Years ago, I gave an neighbour a tape recorder. We recorded the names and dialed the numbers onto the tape. He had only to lift the handset and play the recording of the dialing into the phone.
A cheap digital recorder like the MicroSpeak (about $40) would be perfect.
A cheap digital recorder like the MicroSpeak (about $40) would be perfect.
chickadeeelynnn [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Ooooo! That's a good idea. I might have to try that one
retrolental_morose 1 points 4y ago
I've set people up with the Amazon Echo Connect, but that requires both Wifi and another Alexa device. So I think using recordings of the numbers is as low-tech as you can go and make it work.
ok10minute 1 points 4y ago
Would something like this $1 work for your grandmother?
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There are a lot of options for voice activated LAN phones, but as you said they're all around the $200 price range.
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There are a lot of options for voice activated LAN phones, but as you said they're all around the $200 price range.
chickadeeelynnn [OP] 1 points 4y ago
unfortunately no. She can't make out faces anymore. I think that I am just going to have think of something else. Thank you! I appreciate it!
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