as long as the voc rehab agencies continue too purchase these devices
there are going to be priced really high
pritty much 99.99999 percent of blind people don't even make a income to
aford these high end devices myself included
700.00 a month is my total income 581 of that money pays the rent
the rest has to cover everything utilities food for my guide dog the
basic needs
thank god fore food stamps.
so the voc rehab agencies are getting them fore the clients
when all the funding dries up from the agencies it is going to be
really interesting to see what companies end up by going out of business.
I understand that this is a nitch market
but these AT companies can only do this fore so long
On 11/8/2017 7:11 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Its tipical Humanware though really isn't it? Late to the party yet
again.
There is a segment of the population that can't access an IOS or
Android device so perhaps Humanware's device may be useful for those
people.
What's the betting too that this device is using out of date hardware?
On 11/9/2017 5:47 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
Hello everybody
Sadly, HumanWare has put their device beyond the reach of many, yet
again. And not only that, but they’ve made it an untenable product,
in my view. Everything it does, you can do via iOS and Android. That
includes playing talking books and, I’m pretty sure, DAISY content.
Given that the main stream devices have so much more to offer than
simply being a book player and a GPS navigator, I don’t really think
they’re on to a winner this time.
Sure, the functionality is easy to use, and accessible. But then
again, most people would find it just as easy to use a smart phone
with GPS, and something to the tune of the Seeing Eye, (RNIB) Navigator.
But make up your own minds. I’m just expressing my humble opinion as
somebody who is looking to start advising clients on this sort of
ting professionally. My take on this is, sadly, it won’t last long.
http://store.humanware.com/heu/victor-reader-trek-talking-book-player-gps.html
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