Hello, Yes that is precisely what I am afraid of. (for claritys sake, I live in the Netherlandsnot belgium but we are border countries). I very much like making my own choices, thank you very much. I paid this first mac myself because it was rathe rexperimental on my part but I would love for further high school or university students in nl to be able to et a mac, if they are blind of course. Like they can now get a toshiba with hal and a bc640 braille display for instance. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:52 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Well there ya go, a socialist program run totally amuck. If your going to get > something for nothing, your going to be strapped with someone's idea of what > you can and can't have. Yep, quite unfair, but obviously some screen reading > developers are afraid of the Mac's ability. Well I'm sure my comments won't > set well with some, but it is what it is and I'm glad I can make my own > choices. > On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:29 PM, anouk radix wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > -- > > 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.
