Hi, In spite of my NFB membership, I can't condone what PDI is doing. How can PDI offer a discount to NFB people and not to CCB? This definitely smacks of discrimination and will succeed in alienating a number of potential customers. Blazie did a similar thing some time ago and paid the price, too. Don't do it, PDI. It's a bad business move, definitely not cool. Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: [Braillenote] Fwd: Fwd: CCB-L NFB Members to Receive Discount On PulseData Products > > >Hi. Is the following, from the NFB, really true? If so, it's really > >discriminatory! Why not extend this discount to the ACB, or, for that > >matter, to all blind people? > > > Is PDI really abandoning its policies of fairness, to offer a discount to a > particular blindness organization? If they are, it's really a sad commentary! > > Jonathan, could you please address this? Does your past history with ACB, > and the current problems facing that organization have anything to do with > this turn of events? > > Doug Martin > > > > >NFB MEMBERS TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT ON PULSE DATA HUMANWARE PRODUCTS > > > >BALTIMORE, MD, AND CONCORD, CA (October 27, 2003)-The National > >Federation > >of the Blind (NFB) and Pulse Data HumanWare announced today that NFB members > >would > >receive a 5 percent discount on selected Pulse Data blindness related > >products. The NFB is a membership organization with more than 50,000 > >members who > >can benefit from this special discount. Pulse Data HumanWare > >specializes > >in assistive technology for persons who have difficulty reading print due to > >blindness, low vision, or learning and/or reading disabilities. The > >company is located in Concord, California. > > > >The discount, which will remain in effect indefinitely, will be > >available > >on the BrailleNote and VoiceNote, devices similar to the personal digital > >assistant > >(PDA) used by the sighted. Like the PDA or the pocket PC they each > >feature a scheduler, database and word processing functions, and access to > >e-mail and > >the Internet. Also discounted is the Braille Star, a forty-cell or > >eighty-cell portable refreshable Braille display that can be used with > >either a laptop > >or a personal computer. > > > >"Having a BrailleNote means that a blind person can have a whole library > >of Braille books and articles on a device the size of one print textbook," > >said > >Marc Maurer, NFB president. "Technology, when designed well, provides > >quick and easy access to information for the blind. We look to companies > >like Pulse > >Data HumanWare to provide these up-to-date technologies. We are > >especially pleased that Pulse Data HumanWare is helping to make these > >products available > >to more of our members by offering this discount," Maurer said. > > > >"Pulse Data HumanWare has always been dedicated to providing nonvisual > >access to information," said Jim Halliday, president emeritus of Pulse Data > >HumanWare. > >"Electronic data in the twenty-first century is changing the way > >information is stored, retrieved and used. Now blind people using the > >BrailleNote can > >have realtime access to information available in electronic books, > >newspapers, magazines, and Internet sites just like their sighted friends, > >coworkers, > >and classmates." > > > >The Mountbatten Brailler, a Brailler with a memory function, will > >also be > >available at the 5 percent discount. It allows young blind children to > >start > >writing and exploring Braille at the same ages that sighted children > >start exploring print. Other products include the PIAF, a tactile graphics > >device > >and the ScannaR, a tabletop reading machine that allows an individual to > >scan and read text in synthetic speech or to transfer the text directly onto > >a > >BrailleNote, where it can be read at a later time. Pulse Data HumanWare > >also carries a whole series of SmartView video magnifiers and the new > >portable > >PocketViewer for people with low vision. > > > >With more than 50,000 members and 700 local and state affiliates and > >chapters, the National Federation of the Blind, located in Baltimore, > >Maryland, is > >the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people > >in the United States. NFB members believe that with effective training and > >equal > >opportunity blind people can reduce the impact of this disability from > >tragedy to physical nuisance. The NFB improves blind people's lives through > >advocacy, > >education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence > >and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today > >and the > >voice of the nation's blind. > > > >Lorinda Riddle > >Coordinator of Public Affairs > >NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND > >410-659-9314, extension 419 > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@nfb.org > >www.nfb.org > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
