I think that the gravy days are over. Developers are beginning to realize
that there is money to be made in this market, and the apps that people
really want or need will cost money. Hopefully, we won't go back to the days
where blind people will pay far more for access to their device than for the
device itself. Actually, I always wondered how the developers of the free
apps make any money. The only issue is that blind persons tend to have far
less disposable income than do sighted persons. I would hope that developers
who produce apps for both the sighted and blind would make enough money on
the apps that they market to the sighted to be able to discount apps that
they produce for the blind.
Andy
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From: Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 2:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Tap TapSee
There are plenty of business models where you pay a one time flat fee
and get service for life or some such. The apps and applications I pay
for with a flat fee often come with life time support or include
upgrades at no charge. TiVo used to and may still offer a one time fee
for TiVo streaming for life. These are just a few examples. Just because
someone wants to pay a flat fee instead of a monthly charge doesn't mean
they want something for free. This business model may not be tenable for
TapTap See, so they need to set the model that will keep them afloat and
then people need to determine if they'll pay that or not. There are
quite a few things I think are more than I want to pay for, but just
because I think something costs more than I want to spend, that doesn't
mean I'm looking for something for free.
On 11/08/2013 04:36 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
No, you do want a bit of a freebie. You want to pay a onetime fee for a
service that the company needs to pay monthly for. If you buy the app and
use it just one time, you are paying for your usage. If you buy the app
and use it over and over, and the company must pay costs every time you
use it, you switch from paying for the service to receiving the service as
a freebie.
It is like saying to my doctor, I will pay you $100 as a onetime fee. You
then provide me health check-ups for the rest of the time you are in
business.
As a counsellor, if you came into my office with that proposal, I would
tell you to go elsewhere. After the first couple visits, I am paying for
you to come see me. How long will I be able to stay in business if I did
business that way. Well, I would soon not be able to make my office rent,
so my business would close.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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On 9 Nov 2013, at 10:12, alia robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
I don’t mind paying straight up for the app. that is fine. I do not want
to pay a monthly charge, or pay for 100 pictures. that is my opinion, and
other opinions are fine. What I strongly object to was the original
posters assertion that the people who are not wanting to pay for it think
blind people want “freebies” That is why I wrote in because that is a
spurious and insulting assumption. I stated my reasons for not buying the
app, and none of them had to do with wanting freebies.
Alia
On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Alia,
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I for one am happy to see
that
by far the majority of people seem to understand that you can't run a
business by spending money and not have any come in. I own a retail
business
and if I sold all the product I have to buy and have in inventory for
what I
paid for it or for a 5% margin I would be out of business faster than a
puppydog can wag its tail.
Tap Tap See already stated that they will release an update within a
week
which addresses the issue of failed pictures. Will you some time take a
picture which comes back with a result but a useless result? Yes, most
likely, but on the bright side this may encourage all of us blind folks
to
ask sighted friends or family members to help us develop our picture
taking
skills.
I think it's totally cool to use other apps, many of us have been doing
this
all along, but I think if you learn to be good at taking pictures and
combine Tap Tap See with other apps then 100 pictures would last you at
least a couple of months maybe even 3, 4 or 5 months. This means you may
spend anywhere from $4 to $2 or even a bit less per month on this and if
easy and reliable recognition is important to you than I don't think
that is
an outrageous price.
Having said this it would be nice if Tap Tap See could offer an
unlimited
annual package at a subscription cost of say $99, then those who use Tap
Tap
See a lot have a way to get it for a slightly discounted price and if
you
were to watch for an iTunes Gift Card promo where you could buy 2 $50
cards
for $40 each, you would actually only pay $80 a year or $6.66 a month
for
unlimited use.
I think most people will buy the 100 picture pack and see how long it
will
take them to use it, I just don't use the app often enough to warrant
spending even $5 a month. But I will most definitely buy the 100
pictures
for $7.99 so I can continue to use the app and also to support the
company
and it is my guess the 100 pictures will last me close to half a year; I
do
really like Talking Goggles a lot of time because quite often I can get
a
result in video mode very quickly which is enough to tell me what I am
trying to identify.
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