Blind and visually impaired get help mastering their cell phones
By Devin Henry © Pioneer Press, Minnesota — Janet Dickelman sat with her service dog at her feet, clicking away at the buttons on her cell phone. Across the table from her, a sales representative from AT&T was coaching her on how to use it. But Dickelman wasn’t learning how to master the complexities of modern cell phones. And she wasn’t trying to set up an e-mail account or access the Internet. Dickelman is blind. On Thursday, at the Minnesota State Services for the Blind office in St. Paul, she was learning how to make her phone work better for her needs…. READ ARTICLE