Here is the response I received from Wixey. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
----- Original Message ----- From: Wixey Digital To: 'Dale Leavens' Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:11 PM Subject: RE: Talking digital equipment Dale; Thanks for your email and your suggestion. I will definitely think about this for future products. I am not sure we could do it without actually losing money in the process but it is possible to do and may have benefits. I have heard from other low vision woodworkers, so I know you folks are out there. We have been told that larger digital displays are a help and we do try to make ours as large as possible. Anyway, I again thank you for bring this to our attention. As they say, "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". Barry Wixey Wixey email [EMAIL PROTECTED] web site www.wixey.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dale Leavens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 5:18 PM Subject: Talking digital equipment I am writing to suggest that you might like to add speech to your digital equipment. In particular your new angle gauge is of interest to me but other equipment would lend itself to that inclusion. This would make your equipment accessible for blind and low vision woodworkers and machinists but might be helpful in those circumstances where equipment is being adjusted where it is inconvenient or not possible to have the measuring equipment in line of sight. I am subscribed to a mailing list of blind handymen with over 200 members which is admittedly a small number but neither does it represent much of the potential. Anyway, my point is to bring the possibility to your attention. I have written a similar message to Beale who produce a similar instrument. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
