I would not suggest a LG Chocolate Touch… very difficult for me to use… keyboard very small….

 

 

 

Thank you to Betts and to Antoinette.

 

Both the pALS and the partner are very NEW to technology and I am afraid walking into the Verizon store could be quite overwhelming to them both.

 

I had thought of the netbook option, but was afraid of overwhelming them… especially since it doesn’t seem as seamless getting the info/text BACK to the netbook.

 

They really need to take baby steps and sort of need to think compartmentalized at this point.

 

It will be a challenge as they have no history with texting, pagers, or a home computer with email!  YIKES!

 

To top it off, they are both YOUNG! It’s amazing to think they haven’t had technology in their lives.

 

 

 

 

Hi Lisa,

 

I know a PALS who uses the LG enV Touch from Verizon and likes it a lot.  I haven’t used it myself, so I don’t really know how easy it would be for someone who is new to texting.  However, according to cnet.com, it does offer multiple options for text entry on the touch screen, including handwriting recognition, multitap or T9 on an alphanumeric keyboard, and a QWERTY keyboard.  There is also a slide-out QWERTY physical keyboard.

 

Another potentially useful feature of the enV Touch is that it has a simple text-to-speech function.  Within the Notepad tool, there is an option to speak what has been written.  Again, I haven’t been able to try it myself, but my client says it works well.  Another client had the LG Voyager, which I believe is the precursor to the enV Touch, and the Notepad TTS function on his phone produced good-quality speech.

 

 

 

Sorry,

 

The patient’s speech is not intelligible on the telephone any longer.

 

His partner and family want him to start using texting.  They are up for a new phone and I was hoping to point them toward a few models that have a good (i.e., larger)  keyboard or those that have been successfully used with other pALS.

 

Thanks for asking for the clarification.

 

 

 

Lisa,

 

I am not 100% clear what you are asking for?

 

Can the patient speak?  Why does he want to do text?

 

 

Hi!

 

Any suggestions on a verizon phone for a pALS with poor speech to upgrade to a texting phone?  He has “ok” hand use right now, but it is beginning to be impacted.

 

This will be a TOTAL change for the pALS as he has never texted or used technology (computers included).

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

Lisa M. Bruening, M.S., CCC-SLP

Patient Services Coordinator

The ALS Association

Northern Ohio Chapter

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