the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out

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Yes, that link was broken last week as well.


On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 philwh@gate.net wrote:

> Hi.
> >From the ifno on the uxdots site, it sounds as if it may be
> more advanced than speakup as far as cursor and highlight
> or screen attributes are concerned.
> 
> but this is just from the ifno fromt he site.
> I tried to download the demo of uxdots, but the link doesn't work.
> 
> phil
> 
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:28:42PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > True, but that's all the more reason for a speech only version. Why force 
> > people to take the form factor plus the braille, when they can't afford 
> > the price? I know braille is the only medium most European blind folk care 
> > about, but I'm asking from the U.S. perspective.
> > 
> > Now, my second point -- What about the included speech? Is it truely 
> > UXDOTS? If so, why? Speakup is free, and UXDOTS isn't. So, what's the 
> > advantage to the user?
> >  On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote:
> > 
> > > Well I suppose the same way that every Braille display manufacturer does.
> > > Braille cost a lot to make. Your response makes it sound as if the ELBA is
> > > tremendously more expensive than the BrailleNote or the BrailleLite. It
> > > isn't. I think the price is very competitive, especially since it offers a
> > > lot more than either one of the other devices.
> > > Tommy
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp

Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp

Learn how to make accessible software at
http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp





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