thank you, I don't think it could have been said any better by
anyone and yours should be the last word on this subject. . I
think it very insensitive and demeaning to tell someone with a
problem that "because of supply and demand they'll just have to
live with what they have". Mrs. Spears paid as much for her
notetaker as anyone on this list, and surely has the right to
suggest something she needs. Perhaps a much better suggestion to
Humanware would be to give us about eight gigabytes of memory in
a future upgrade, so that some of the sensible suggestions could
be implemented and Humanware could do something for their
deaf-blind customers without an additional cost to them.
Sammie Clay
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From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:37:38 -0400
Subject: re: [Braillenote] Back up the tow truck!
Hi all,
I want to put in my vote here too. If you want FM radio, go buy
one
at Walmart for $10.00 There is no reason on earth for the
BrailleNote
to have an FM radio. Now, DAISY reader, absolutely! I think
that
reader should be able to read both audio and text.
Frankly, the problem with many people who are blind is that they
don't
read Braille well, and that's the fault of the miriad sighted
teachers
the U.S. insists on hiring because they can drive! With the
price of
gas the way it is, wouldn't surprise me if schools for the blind
come
back into vogue. Then, maybe our kids would get decent Braille
training, and we wouldn't see people thanking others for
"tharrow"
information! Maybe if there were more emphasis and demand for
Braille, the price would come down. Yes, put the FM radio in the
VoiceNote! Give me a BrailleNote with a decent file system,
(incidently Jonathan's solution for the folders and directory
problem
didn't work), give us FTP and a DAISY book reader/player. If you
were
of a mind to give entertainment stuff, how about some word games
and
trivia games to go with the adventure ones.
Friends, there's nothing like a BrailleNote for editing. You
can't
see what you're editing with Jaws. In Braille, everything's
right
there, all the spacing, all the everything!
Our friends who are deaf-blind need this Braille! It is even
more
important to them than it is to us. Frankly, I'd trade in the FM
radio for TDD support!
Ann P.
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