Hi, Well done. I suggested a product that SONY producedand is selling in large enough quantities around the world.
I wish we had this man's address or contact information. I would liketo see a multi DVD player with some indication for where the focus lands when down arrowing through "features" or "the making of x y z movie". It would not have to read what was there but simply say "1 or 2 or 3 or 6 for the right side items of a 2 column array. Please send me and others writing you privately contact info and that is all I will say onthe matter. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Slaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: accessible products from panasonic > Hi Folks, > Around a year ago I had a conversation with the director of accessibility at > Panasonic in regards to making their products more accessible. > At that time the director invited blind persons to write with suggestions. > It has been a year now so yesterday I wrote Panasonic to see if there had > been any developments in regards to accessibility. > The following is a letter I wrote Mr. Wegner and following that will be his > response. > > Please pass this on to anyone you might think would be interested. Thanks. > Ray Slaton > > To: Wegner, Robert > Subject: Accessible products > > Dear Mr. wegner, > I talked to you about a year ago on the phone in which during our > conversation you invited blind persons to write you and suggest ways in > which Panasonic could make their products more accessible. > I think you told me you heard from around 65 people with various > suggestions. > Just wondered if Panasonic has come out with or is planning to come out > with > a talking vcr or dvd unit? > Thanks. > Ray Slaton > > PS. Panasonic is to be commended on their work on making cordless > telephones > much more accessible than in previous times. > > Dear Mr. Slaton, > Thank you very much for your message. > Since our initial communication, over 140 persons have requested a > talking DVD recorder / player. > At current, we have a working concept unit which we showed to the NFB. > The NFB was very optimistic about it. How ever, no plans exist at this > time on making this in to a real product. My next battle is to convince > our sales company, to request this type of talking unit from our design > team. > If you have any information, stating that this type of product could be > sold with some respective quantities please pass them on to me. > > Best regards > > > > > Robert Wegner > Accessibility Program Manager > Product Safety and Compliance Division > Panasonic Corporation of North America > Three Panasonic Way, Mail Stop 4B-8 > Secaucus, NJ 07094 > Tel: (201)392-6115 Fax: (201)392-4564 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Slaton, Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:42 PM > To: Wegner, Robert > Subject: Accessible products > > Dear Mr. wegner, > I talked to you about a year ago on the phone in which during our > conversation you invited blind persons to write you and suggest ways in > which Panasonic could make their products more accessibility. > I think you told me you heard from around 65 people with various > suggestions. > Just wondered if Panasonic has come out with or is planning to come out > with > a talking vcr or dvd unit? > Thanks. > Ray Slaton > > PS. Panasonic is to be commended on their work on making cordless > telephones > much more accessible than in previous times. > Thanks again and keep up the good work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
