Hi, This is a very interesting read whether it be old or no. I happen to agree with the author of said article. I'm all for promoting and using products that are as mainstream as possible rather than just sitting in the box and waiting for the adaptive tech companies to knock something together and charge us an unbelievable price for it. I've said this countless times, but with the amount of mobile devices there are out there on the market mainstream, why build a new one from the ground up when you can just develop a screen reader that works on said platform? Apple with their voice over built in, that's seriously going to have affects on the adaptive tech industry in the long run. Also what about the kapseys kapten and now kapten plus? I've just got one of these to replace my way finer access but the point is that it's far far cheaper than any of the adaptive tech companies out there. Ok we'll see what it does when I get it I may not even like it but the point is that it's there and people should be exploring these possibilities. The author asked the question of why we are complacent, I think I have the answer. Basically I think it's just people who get these products anyway regardless of their limitations they seem to have endless support for these devices saying it's the only thing that they can use because they can't see an that also it's what the government will pay for. This I also think is the problem, the various agencies just won't look around they'll take these devices anyway. From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 February 2011 15:50 To: GW-INFO List Subject: An AccessWorld Reader Shares his Discontent with the Reliability of Braille Notetakers - AccessWorldR - February 2011 My apologies if this has already made the list, its an interesting read and its something that GW Micro, Freedom Science Fiction, Human Ware and other manufacturers of note taking devices for the blind should be pressured into taking seriously, that is the reliability and functionality of their expensive line of product compared to that which the sighted world seems to have access to at a far cheaper price, read at http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120205
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