All thy make is the millenium braille lite and type lites now. I used a bns for years at school, and after awhile, it kept dying shortly after repair, so used ones aren't the way to go. At 02:20 PM 11/13/01 -0600, you wrote: >Well, I guess I would say that no one is forcing anyone to buy anything. >There is always the good old Braille N Speak. BTW, the price of the BNS >started out at under a thousand dollars. It didn't stay that way for long. I >definately would like lower prices both as a blind person and as a >salesperson but unfortunately you usually get what you pay for. Papenmeier >has a long time reputation for quality. I have owned and used several of >their displays and I can personally vouch for their reliability. Also I am a >firm believer that Braille allows a blind person to be more productive. That >is a very important factor if an employer is purchasing technology for you. >Unfortunately most blind people who are not working can't afford to purchase >their own equipment, even if the price does drop below a thousand dollars. >The main reason for the high cost in all of these products is the small >market. If Toshiba only sold a couple of thousand laptops the price would be >in the tens of thousands of dollars. >Tommy > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >