Shame on you PDI. Are you getting a hefty donation from NFB like Blazie did? Guess everybody has there price. I am an instructor who teaches blind folks how to use these note takers. I have always promoted PDI's support and general practices; preferring your products over the main competitor. I have often thought that even though my personal preference is toward your products I, as a teacher can't be subjective when evaluating a student and his needs. I must focus on that rather than my personal choices. Now I am hard-pressed to be so enthusiastic with PDI after learning this. Even if you offer the same discount to ACB, it is still discriminatory toward those individuals who are not members of either organization. If you think this is going to lead to more sales, I think you are sadly mistaken. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Fwd: Fwd: CCB-L NFB Members to Receive Discount OnPulseData Products
> 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 > > > > ___ > 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 > >
