It's kind of funny reading these response. It brings back discussions I had when I first enter into the blind world about 5 years ago. About the Use of a Guide dog or a White cane. Which is better?
Person A say. The Cane. I ask why is that? He say, Well, it lets me know were objects are, and cracks on the side walk. Person B say, The guide dog. I ask Why is that. Because, it takes me to point A to point B in less time, and I can lead a cane user to point A to point B faster. Well needless to say, Person A, gets all fussy about his cane is far superior to a dog. And person B goes, well, if that was the case, how about I break your cane and leave you stranded. Person A goes, well what if I break your dogs legs. Person B goes, then I can just whip out my Old dusty Cane, and keep going. The point is, to this debate, is the fact, each userFighting over something as silly as getting around. Person A, prefers a Cane, because it gives him the information he likes and feels safe with. Person B is using a Guide dog, yet he carry his old cane just in case said dog has a issue. Which means Person B is more likely to make it to his destination more easily then Person A which would have to either Wait till help arrives. This is the same with Screen readers. The difference is Money, and that alone makes using a computer much harder. Plus, not everybody is computer smart enough to use two products either, or to they are set in their ways. Like my friend Person A said. I always carry a Roll ofDuck Tape, just in case. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Mike Pietruk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:03 PM To: Angelo Ercolamento Cc: Richard Turner; [email protected] Subject: Re: Fw: I'm scared Angelo If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't be throwing any more good money after bad, so to speak. We all make those kinds of decisions daily; we buy one salad dressing over another; switch brands of motor vehicles, tvs, shoes, and lawn mowers we use, and so on. A customer has no need to justify wishing to try another product. The only reason this isn't done more with adaptive equipment is cost. If screen readers were $85 and $95 rather than ten times that much, I would bet that many of us would have 3 and 4 on our systems using the best features of all of them when the need or circumstance arose. Our experiences may not parallel those of Angelo; but if we were Angelo, we would probably respond similarily. My relationship with God begins with trust. It also continues in trust. Pastor Mark Cummmins, First Baptist church of Ocala, sermon, 09/14/08 http://wm.thegospel.com/ocala/080914_drcummins.wmv If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
