the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out

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Tommy: 

Not.

Well, braille display, maybe. But the point of a notebook is portability, 
so it's likely someone who finds that a viable option is happy to forego 
any braille display. Remember, U.S. folks are big on speech, not braille.

And JFW? Not with us. Speakup, or Emacspeak, or one of the other GPL 
options. The price is right, and the software is superior. So is the OS.
 
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote:

> The prices on the ELBA are $3995 for the 20 cell display and $5895 for the
> 32 cell display. You are certainly free to buy whatever you want, however,
> to the price of the Thinkpad you need to add the cost of screenreaders and
> if you want them a Braille keyboard and a Braille display. Jaws currently
> Sellss for $800 and a 20 cell display would cost you around $3000. If you
> add all of this up, the price fore the ELBA looks pretty good. Not to
> mention that the ELBA is compact and in one piece.
> Tommy
> 
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