I agree with you Terry. Although there have been times where my requests for new things has been overlooked, such as introducing Braille Music software so that one can do music composition on the BN or simple theory exercises, most times, if there are enough consumers who desire something, especially something as important as TTY, HumanWare will come to the party. It is a shame that the deaf-blind users have not been listened to for so long but hopefully, with the competition facing them and enough of us speaking out for it, TTY will become a function for the BN. I hope it will happen soon.
Cheers! Michele -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Clasper Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 5:04 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Wouldn't it be nice? I think one of the great things about HumanWare is that whilst of course the most driving force has to be the business commercial perspective they are unlike most other companies in this industry good at marrying the commercials and consumer disirables. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:58 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Wouldn't it be nice? Well, all I can say is competition in the marketplace might be the best thing. If other manufacturerers are moving forward and offering better access tools, then any company worth its salt will hopefully pick up the ball and work to catch up. Up until fairly recently, the BN was the only real braille-based productivity tool we had. Now there is competition, and it will hopefully force all the companies to take a serious look at what they are doing and the direction they want to go with their products. If we're honest, the BN family is behind in a lot of areas, but then it also has some great things to offer. Humanware has to keep pace with the competition, and it's that competition that will drive more decisions rather than individual requests from users. No company wants to lose face or market share. This is just my opinion on the whole blindness market for access technology. Some might think me cynical, but I think Humanware will listen more to what the competition is doing and offering, and will hopefully respond accordingly. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karyn Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:24 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Wouldn't it be nice? > Thank you very much Michelle. I know people who have been talking to > HumanWare about this for the last 3-4 years with no results. Now > Freedom Scientific has an application out for this. Granted it costs > about $1200 and is a separate piece of software. I certainly hope HW > will do something with this application. > > As for some background on me. I am blind an dalso have a mild to moderate > hearing loss. While I can use a telephone without need for a TTY. I am > speaking for those who cannot. As I have said, this application would > also > be useful for blind people who work in situations where access to this > equipment is essential, like your situation Michelle. > > Take care. > > **All outgoing messages scanned for viruses using Norton Antivirus > 2006. > > Karyn Campbell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
