On 13:25 16 Dec 2018, Tweed snipped-for-privacy@who.com wrote in news:pv5jns$s7o$ snipped-for-privacy@gioia.aioe.org:
Jeepers! Technology is advancing even faster than imagined. This product sounds very good and at a reasonable price too.
On 08:25 16 Dec 2018, Woody snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com wrote in news:pv526d$p21$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
My mum had a Doro 580 phone with nice big buttons. It was provided free by the council but was surprisingly hard to use. More so for someone suffering from dementia.
The Doro helpline could never manage to configure the "street locator" feature.
In the end it never got used.
Bill
Take a look at Doro 6520 phone. It, and some other Doro I think have an alarm function where if you press a certain button (which feels different to all the others) it starts calling round pre-programmed contacts.
I use one as my main mobile as I'm a very heavy talker, and it's light and robust with good battery life.
James
I used to work answering one of those many years ago! A very worthwhile job, albeit with challenging hours and moderate pay.
James
Yes we had a few of those on the service I worked for...
One big advantage of those is that the base unit - which does the dialing - is mains connected and self charges, with battery back up for about 12hrs.
The radio trigger worn around the neck has a battery that lasts for bloody ever - and sends an alert when it gets to 2wks life left. The downside when I was doing it, was the signal for low battery was indistinguishable from the one for deliberate activation. Bit of a bugger when it's 2am and you have to wake the service user up to check they are ok... but better the odd false positive than otherwise.
James
The other and I think still available model is the 612. However the 6520 has the advantage that it does 3G as well which means you can use 3-2-1 on 3 and they don't cut you off as a rule.
The panic button is on the back and needs either three quick presses or one longer press depending on setting. That sets off a siren that runs for a defined time to attract attention as well as ringing up to five different numbers it also sends them a text that you have entered. If a line is answered the recipient is asked to press a button to continue (to overcome TAMs etc) and if the phone does not hear DTMF within a predetermined time it drops the call and goes on the the next number. It will go round the five numbers three times before it gives up. If a call is answered by a human and it gets the DTMF it switches to a loud handsfree and the user doesn't even have to hold the phone - just talk at it.
The display is not only quite large (for a clamshell phone) but the text size can be adjusted (bigger) so that it can be read by someone with impaired vision.
It comes complete with charging rest and lanyard.
Finally, as it does not have to do much background work - it isn't smart
- the battery life is akin to that of the infamous Nokia 6310i.
Didn't I write this all up in an earlier post?
On 22:28 17 Dec 2018, Woody snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com wrote in news:pv97v6$582$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
I found you have to be pretty switched-on to work these "easy to use" Doro phones. We had the one below and it was full of little extra fiddly features which detracted from its simplicity and could get a user tangled up.
That's nothing like the one I use, it looks a very odd one.
Apparently there's now a 6530 as well with more features.
I think I replied before reading Woody's 1st post.
James
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