I also knew I wanted it. But then there are those who are not Mac
users, and have only heard that it now speaks. They want to hear it.
Sighted people want to see it. No difference.
As far as implying this is an obscure feature that one shouldn't
expect a sales person to know off the top of their heads, or be
willing to demo. Sorry I can't buy that. It is noteworthy enough to
have been on several headlines, not just blind news.
And think about this. A feature that allows any user to not have to
take their eyes off the road as they drive.
I've also never faulted anyone for not knowing, well almost never. But
for unwillingness to find out, I do fault. To have to force someone to
find out if this or that is correct shouldn't be necessary.
On Sep 21, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Uh, confused! <smile> when I went in, I simply bought one right
off, after checking out the colors. I knew it would talk, so didn't
need to hear it.
I'm not sure I understand the issue if one already knows what the
speech sounds like?… <smile>
I already knew what to expect, so that was no prob. I can
understand though, for someone wanting to look at it per se, but the
odds of having one on display like that or having a salesperson
there who would know about it are probably pretty slim in my
opinion, and, frankly, I'm not sure why this surprises people as
much as it seems to. <smile> I mean, I wouldn't really be thinking
about blindness or 'blindness' products or adaptations if I weren't
blind and didn't know anyone who was, or have some such connection
in my life. Why should I, unless I needed to?… <smile> It
wouldn't make me insensitive or closed-minded, but it certainly
wouldn't be in the forefront of my thoughts, as I'm sure is the case
with most of the salespeople most VI peeps come in contact with…
