http://www.magicjack.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Shaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Magic Jack and accessability of the device/service
It was interesting to hear about the Magic Jack; but where does one find one? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "JardataMailServicesBox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:31 PM Subject: Magic Jack and accessability of the device/service > Hello List! > > A company just sent me a free Magic Jack device; It is a jack that you > plug into the pc via usb and you can make and receive calls free for a > year. The device normally sells for $29.95, but it drops to $19.95 the > next years. You get all phone calls in the US and Canada for free; they > say you can take the device anywhere in the world and your freign > relatives can have a local US area code; and they can dial your local > number via a phone hooked to the device as long as they are logged onto > the net, meaning they could make free calls to the US and Canada from > anywhere. Just like Skype, you can call foreign destinations for low cost > credits. > > the program is totally accessible from a regular phone that is hooked into > the device for calling; however, it does not seem to be too accessible > from the pc screen, as it is pretty graphical. It has the basic phone > stuff, with a few contact and voice message features; you can switch from > phone to headset, but I didn't get it to work yet. > > If other blind people out there uses this device, I'd like to know how to > make it more accessible and, since other blind people use it, there may be > some kind of scripts or programs to help it be more accessible. I'm not > sure, but it seems to have Yahoo and other features and I think it > shouldn't be too difficult to make it accessible on the screen like Skype > and Messenger. > > the system does not put any files on your system; however, it puts a > temporary file on your system that is there only as long as your Magic > Jack is attached; once it is unplugged, the icon is gone. Supposedly, it > works anywhere in the world that has high-speed internet service. I'm > traveling to the Philippines soon and am anxious to see if it will > actually work in one of their computer cafes. Any comments on this would > be appreciated. > > James Robinson ga;acceiem datollrh66%copy ofn > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
