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Claire

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One thing I love about this web site is how much help I get when I have difficulties unrelated to food. Here's one for you. I have a blind friend I read to a couple of times a week. She recently went from being legally blind to being totally blind. One problem is that modern, cordless phones are almost impossible for her to use. She has a phone in her office that she CAN use -- a very large keyboard that she has memorized, a cord on the handset so if she drops it she can retrieve it. I know my parents have a similar one and I know someone still makes them. I've been surfing the 'net (as have several friends) but haven't been able to find a source. If anyone knows how to find such a thing, it would be appreciated.
 
Claire, if it is the phone with the extra-large buttons you are looking for, I'd say check out eBay. Might be a bit of a needle-in-the-haystack search, though.

However, in your area I would think there might be some blind-assistance organization(s) that could help. Then, of course, there's always searching the Internet for such an organization.
 
Several years ago, I bought a desktop phone for use in my home office at Big Lots for $9.99! It has speaker phone and a data protection circuit for a modem…..and oversized buttons. I don’t use it anymore, and it now resides in the garage on a shelf with other stuff I refuse to throw away! Although……when the power goes out and the cordless phones are rendered useless, this little guy still works like a champ….so I have a valid reason to be pack-rat in this case!! :LOL:

Here is a pic of it:


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You can get a similar phone from Wal-Mart. Check Wal-Mart and Big Lots and you should be able to find what you’re looking for.
 
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