Ampli455 40DB Phone - Answering Machine Talking CID

Geemarc's Ampli455 offers many convenient features for a person with moderate hearing loss. The phone, with tone and volume control, offers amplification up to 40dB, as well as a bright visual ring signaler and an extra loud ringer. A full duplex, amplified speakerphone is also extremely helpful. For people with reduced vision, it offers nice big buttons, talking caller ID and a talking keypad, and a large, easy to read display. An integrated answering machine can amplify messages up to 40dB as well and has slow message playback to manage the playback speed of those messages.

Features Loud amplification (going up to 40dB) Amplify On/Off switch Tone control (+/- 10dB) Hands-free speakerphone Extra Loud ring (three different settings, going up to 80dB) Choice of 11 ringer melodies Visual ringer indicator Big, backlit screen (it is possible to switch the backlight off to save energy) Large, backlit keys Talking keypad: press any key and the telephone will tell you which number you have pressed 6 one-touch direct dials Answering Machine with up to 30 minutes of recording time Adjustable message playback Listen to your messages via the handset or through the speakerphone Possibility to listen to your messages remotely with a secure PIN number Toll Saver option to check if you have any messages remotely, without paying for the telephone call Talking Caller ID Talking Phonebook with up to 49 numbers Clock Message waiting indicator Redial function on the last 5 numbers Amplified 2.5mm headset jack Amplified neckloop jack Wall mountable Hearing aid compatible.

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Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa

'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping.

Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa.

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