I think it's also important to remember that there has been downward pressure on Braille display prices over the last decade. In 2004, you'd be looking at at least $5,000 USD for a 40 cell display. Manufacturing processes have improved and you can now get a 40 cell display for $2800 USD. I realise that's still a lot of money and it would be good to see prices drop further if manufacturing costs allow, but when you take inflation into account, that's one massive reduction and manufacturers are not keeping the cost savings to themselves and making higher profits. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 25/02/2014, at 3:38 am, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there > I don't think it's realistic for us to expect braille displays to go down > that much in the foreseeable future. There's just not that many of us, > relatively speaking, who need or want them. Even if braille once again became > the hottest thing for us the way it should be, we're a highly specialized > crowd and there's a lot of braille displays out there. In my case, I actually > make more money by spending the money on the braille displays. This is > because one of my customers can use email for sending me work instead of > brailling it all up. So, I get the work faster from them. This means I can > turn in more work as well. > > The fewer cells the braille displays have the less they are going to cost. > The smallest I ever heard of lately is 12 cells, and I don't think it'd want > one that was less than that. > > You might be able to get some used displays. I did once when I needed one but > didn't have much money. When I bought the used one, I ended up getting > several hundred dollars off the price. Not only that, but the display has > lasted and is still going for several years. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Feb 24, 2014, at 8:13 AM, alia robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have always wanted a braille display, but imo it is nearly impossible to >> afford one. I can't see paying *that* much for something, I just can't. I >> keep reading about cheaper options soon, but cheaper has simply seemed to >> mean less useable, imo. >> >> Alia >> On Feb 24, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Justin Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes it does absolutely. You will need to get the feature pack with it >>> however in order to get the braille keyboard. However, it is well worth >>> the investment. >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
