Hi Gordon
I couldn't agree with you more. For most people on a budget, they are
prohibitive and, as you say, many are moving to Apple or Android devices and
just want Braille support via a cheaper option like the Seika Mini. The
Hims products, in the main, are nice, but not realistically
Where get seika mini please
Regards
William
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On 2 Nov 2013, at 09:40, Jackie Brown thebrownspl...@btinternet.com wrote:
Hi Gordon
I couldn't agree with you more. For most people on a budget, they are
prohibitive and, as you say, many are moving to Apple or Android
Hi Dane
Picking up on your point about people turning up their noses, I do agree
that there are a lot of people with differing disabilities who expect
something for virtually nothing, and life is just not like that. Perhaps we
will get to hear more about the new way of producing Braille displays
I'm no expert on Braille displays but I'll give you an example of what I'm
talking about.
Over here people are making a noise about the cost of Daisy Talking Book
Players and perhaps they have a point, you're looking at $400.00 to buy one
outright, you can rent the player if you like but as
I can agree with that, human where says they are for employment, but if they
were, they would be keeping up with the times more than they are now. They're
both for education and employment but like I just said this really doesn't seem
to be the case anymore.
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On Nov 2,
Dane
Like I said, it is rich in features, and also in price. Since all you’re doing
is effectively agreeing with me, what was your point? I have no issue with the
rich feature set and it is true that other competing device manufacturers would
do well to look at implementing some of these or
Hi Gordon
Thank you very much, that is very kind. No, please do write to me off list,
if I can help I will.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
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Hey Jackie
Is it possible to buy from RNIB without paper documents in print being sent to
your door? I’m really stamping down on this kind of thing here because even as
Lynne says, it deprives blind people of their right to privacy. I have nothing
to hide, of course. But it’s the principle.
Hey… Was this meant to go off list? Because it came through on list
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On Nov 2, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hey Jackie
Is it possible to buy from RNIB without paper documents in print being sent
to your door? I’m really stamping down on
Hello Dane
No, I don’t think your last point is valid. In employment, you need note
taking, word processing and databases, things like that. Not DropBox unless
you happen to be a business person on the move.
I don’t for a second dispute the Hims products are extremely attractive if, and
Hi Gordon
I have a Direct Debit set up with them so that if I want to buy something,
they debit it within I think three weeks of the order. They always send out
a Braille/print summary with the due date for collection of money, but I
suppose you could ask them to send you this electronically?
This is a totally different issue I think. DAISY players are also available in
software, for free, for Windows users anyway. So why the fuss?
Kind regards
--- Gordon Smith ---
gor...@mac-access.net
Information Technology Accessibility Consultant;
Providing Help Support To Young People
Big difference, we're talking about a system that doesn't require any knowledge
to get it running, that's the main point, all the user need do with Daisy Pi
is plug it in and turn it on, wait a few seconds and the user hears Daisy Pi
Is Ready and at that point you read to your hearts content.
I'm not in a position to argue exactly what employers want and don't want and
perhaps I didn't explain myself well enough, what I am saying that - as it
appears to me - Hims Inc seem to be more disposed to the idea of integration
into a sighted world whereas other company's have a different
I am actually happy that the next release of KeySoft will allow people to start
writing in Nemeth Code. I am still not quite clear how it will exactly display
to reachers once it's been printed, but you can print assignments in Nemeth
code and turn it in to your instructors. That is a definite
First you said there isn't any need for knowledge, then you said you have to
configure stuff if you want something more, like for different reading
environments. It's great, Dane, that you are proud of your technology. But it
is also too bad you have to knock other people down for their
Yep okay what I meant was that there's no user knowledge required to use the
system but a little knowledge may be needed to configure the system as with a
PC or Mac.
to explain I suppose as many of you may not know what a Raspberry Pi is, its a
computer, just the circuit board without a case
Hi Jackie
I have no problem with them sending out paper invoices although I believe that
they should send them only in accessible formats so that you don’t have to
either wait for somebody else to read them or mess around scanning them. What
I’m saying is that they are an organisation
This sounds a bit like driving a hundred mile round trip to go and visit your
next door neighbour.
Kind regards
--- Gordon Smith ---
gor...@mac-access.net
Information Technology Accessibility Consultant;
Providing Help Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus
Braille
Hi, Gordon
From what I understand, UK math Braille is different from Nemeth code, which
is the ystem of math Braille the uS has adopted. But yes, it's a system of
math braille.
Mary
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Hi!
Some very odd things happened here in the last 30 seconds, I realised that I
hadn't replied to all of Gordon's point in his last message on this subject so
I went to look in the Sent Items folder, edited the message I'd sent and then
it just vanished it seems into thin air, can't find the
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