Ed: I suspect it has to do more with the notion of having assistive technology categorized as durable medical equipment so that it could be covered by various insurance programs. All the more reason not to waste even more tax dollars on bloatware that excludes the community it is supposed to serve from participating in its development. On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ed Barnes wrote: > Hi Janina and list, just one small correction, the Chirping Bat group or > whatever they are caled are actually located in the US. > On another note, why doesn't this Jerry person just keep better records > from now on and then he wouldn't have to ask pepeople to fill out his dumb > survey which is a waste of 45 seconds of everyone's time. > There's no dignity here for anyone who is silly enough to fill this out > and I think it's offensive, in my opinion it's an invasion of privacy too > in a small way. > I for one won't be filling it out > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
