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Please ignore the secure message stuff. My message is
below.
Sorry, Ed Ed Hitchcock OT/L Technology Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago From: Edward
Hitchcock On the note of texting from a computer… Yahoo
mail allows
you to do it direct to phone numbers and comm..
partner
can
reply to same… So if you want to do it that way… Ed Hitchcock OT/L Technology Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone OK, I may be taking you off track here, but hear me
out. Verizon offers netbooks with broadband access. This might
be
a better way to go. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/netbook/index.jsp With a netbook you will have all of the access options similar
to a
computer. To send a text message, he could send it via email –
here is a
listing that I found (it is dated, but I think this info is still
valid… To
send a text via email, use the following format for the receiver’s
cell phone
carrier… T-Mobile:
phonenumber@tmomail.net
AT&T:
phonenumber@txt.att.net Alltel:
phonenumber@message.alltel.com Metro PCS:
phonenumber@MyMetroPcs.com Where phonenumber = the receiver’s 10 digit phone number
There is an issue with getting SMS back TO the netbook. I
found an article that talks about using Google Voice to do this - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_in_google_voice_receive_and_reply_to_sms_by_email.php Alternatively, if his relatives had email on their phones, then
they could just go back and forth with emails. Probably not what you were looking for, but that’s my 2
cents. Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP Assistive Technology Specialist The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter 42 Broadway, Suite 1724 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to
soar" -- Helen Keller From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of lisa 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 M. Bruening, M.S.,
CCC-SLP Patient Services
Coordinator The ALS
Association Northern Ohio
Chapter phone:
216-592-2572 toll free:
888-592-2572 fax:
216-592-2575 Check out our webpage: www.alsaohio.org Become an ALSA Advocate! It's easy! Go to our website and follow the tab for Public
Policy. Click on Advocacy Action Center and sign up
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Matter
Most From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone Lisa, I am not 100% clear what you are asking
for? Can the patient speak? Why does he want to do
text? Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP Assistive Technology Specialist The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter 42 Broadway, Suite 1724 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to
soar" -- Helen Keller From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of lisa 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 phone: 216-592-2572 toll free: 888-592-2572 fax: 216-592-2575 Check
out our webpage: www.alsaohio.org Become
an ALSA Advocate! It's easy! Go
to our website and follow the tab for Public
Policy. Click on Advocacy Action
Center and
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