Out here, you have to really prove that you need a display in order to get one. And of course, if you're not employed, or not a student who can show a definite need for a braille display, as so many or not, then forget it. You can't get help with anything. I think that is not the case in Europe.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2015, at 6:46 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: > > Again, we do this in my state. Blind persons can get what ever adaptive > equipment especially for work. This could be radically different state to > state though. > You don’t need braille displays though to be literate in braille and teach / > learn. I imagine it helps but they definitely didn’t exist when I was a > student. >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I haven't seen any statistics lately, but I have heard in the past that >> Europe had a much higher literacy rate for Braille than we do. That is not >> surprising given the cost of the hardware, and the fact that, at least as >> far as I understand it, it is subsidized, so that all the blind people who >> need one can get a display at no cost in many European countries. We >> certainly cannot do that here. >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 2, 2015, at 5:23 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Nah Anders, I feel your pain completely. Even iOS has acceptable braille >>> support, so it’s not as if they couldn’t port that over to OS X. Clearly >>> nobody at Apple uses or cares about braille. Probably because it doesn’t >>> make them any money from hardware sales. Kinda tragic. >>> >>> Hey Scott, you can stop trolling now. The grand old US of A isn’t exactly >>> known for its braille literacy or deep regard for environmentalism either. >>> :) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
