Hello, I got this message from a friend (Paul Erkens) who will join the forum soon (his status is pending now). I am not really up to scratch with the general regime in belgium of giving access technology to blind people. I am just afraid that this will spread to the Netherlands. Here I know htat high school and university students that are blind can get a laptop, a screenreader and a braille display from the state. You dont have to pay for anything in this scenario. In this case clearly getting a mac with infovox voices and a braille display would be the cheapest scenario but if the screenreader manufacturers start a lobby here as well... Once again I am not sure how it all works out in Belgium. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> So what's the problem here? Does the government (or insurance) routinely buy > computers for blind people, or just the screen reader? If the former, I can > see why this is a problem, but if the latter, the good news is that any Mac > comes with built-in access anyway, not requiring any extra access add-ons. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Nov 28, 2009, at 7:50 PM, anouk radix wrote: > >> Hello, A friend of mine told me this morning htat in Belgium windows >> screenreader companies have won a lobby that effectively bans blind people >> in belgium from getting a mac from their insurance (or the government). >> Because the screenreader people say it is unusable. >> I think this is a very sad state of affairs indeed and I hope this wont >> happen in other countries as well. >> Greetings, Anouk >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
