The display is the most expensive part of the machine. Even so, a voiceNote costs a few thousand, and upgrades are ridiculously expensive. I think part of it is that the market is smaller, so hw needs more money from each sale to keep developing products. However, it is also that hw has cornered the market for students needing braille notetakers, so they can charge whatever they like and people will pay it. I say this because Hims charges less for their products, and provides free software updates, yet seems to be doing just fine. Any specialized software or hardware is expensive because it is going to less people; look at how much Openbook, DBT, Kurzweil, Jaws, and other programs are. People are trying to fight this, with offerings like NVDA or the Serotech products, but it is a long and hard battle. On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:52 AM, Austin Diepenhorst <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting question, Tyler, I'm curious as well. > > Austin > > On 7/31/12, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello! I am curious why regular Windows computers cost multiple hundreds of >> dollars, >> while Braillenotes cost multiple thousands. Is it the time put into a >> Braille display? >> Tyler Z >> >> > > > -- > Austin Diepenhorst > Bagpiper > > www.theblindpiper.com > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > 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 > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
