[access-uk] Re: Braille display options

  • From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 14:16:01 -0000

Hi Eleanor

No.  My previous jobs were with the Civil Service, Health Service and Social
Services.


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability

jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: 07 November 2010 11:17
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options

Jackie have you worked for other access technology companies other than the
one where you were 2 years in the employment?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 10:26 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options


> Hi Tony
>
> Thank you.  I don't travel too often and this suits me because of my 
> worsening back condition, but I get out to shows here when I can and 
> of course love meeting people.  As soon as you say to a fellow blind 
> person that you are indeed in the same boat as them, it makes a world 
> of difference, and I found that so often in my job with S and S.  
> Indeed, when it came to the K-Reader, I had a few customers who 
> insisted they wanted a blind person to train them because it made a 
> difference to how they perceived the equipment and could get the most 
> out of using it.  And with so many people out of work who could do a 
> good job but don't get a sniff because they have a disability, it 
> doesn't seem right or fair to me that we aren't being properly 
> represented among assistive technology manufacturers.
> You'd better believe it, I've seen two sides of this argument having 
> been a customer for many years and an employee of a company selling 
> it!
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of tony sweeney
> Sent: 06 November 2010 01:09
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> All things being equal, certainly a blind person!
>
> Not saying that sighted would not know fully but I feel that a blind 
> person qualified and so on would be an advantage.
>
>
> All things being equal I repeat!
>
> A lot of money is paid to S and S by and behalf of the blind so folk bear
> that in mind!
>
> Gladd to know that you are doing well in Ireland, like Eleanor,  would 
> hope
> to meet you at an exhibition sometime; you sound like "a breath of frresh
> air" indeed.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tony Sweeney
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Jackie Cairns <mailto:jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:01 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
>
> They don't have a blind person like myself to go out and demo, train
> and
> support their Braille products as it currently stands and, in my
> honest
> experience, there is nobody like a Braillist to really demonstrate
> what a
> display or other similar hardware can do.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Eleanor Burke
> Sent: 02 November 2010 09:49
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
>
> Ask Sight & Sound Catherine.  Sight & Sound are aware that it does
> not work
> with the N97 Mini as I told them.  Also informed Freedom Scientific.
> Maybe
> it has to do with N97 Mini being a 5th generation phone but it works
> well
> with the other phones.  Don't Sight & Sound have a service, well
> they did
> when Jackie worked there, where someone would come out and show you
> a
> Braille display, in that case, the person could try it with our
> phone and
> then you would know before purchasing it.  There is a really nice
> man at
> Freedom Scientific who uses the Focus Blue all the time with his
> phone.  I
> wrote to him too re the drivers but whether they do anything about
> it or not
> is anyone's guess.  While I was disappointed, I have to say of
> course that
> the Focus Blue is excellent in conjunction with PC also.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:24 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
>
>
> > Ah.  Did you ask the manufacturer about this?  Is there a
> particular
> > reason why it doesn't work with the n97 mini?  Is there any way of
>
> > knowing before purchase whether it would work or not.  I will have
> to
> > ask Sight And Sound about it, but presumably if it didn't work I
> could
> > return it for a refund.
> >
> > Catherine
> >
> > On 11/3/10, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> you want to ensure that it will work as I got the Focus Blue and
> it
> >> does not work with the N97 Mini but iT works with my other
> phones.
> >> -original message-
> >> Subject: [access-uk] Braille display options
> >> From: Catherine Turner <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: 02/11/2010 7:37 am
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> My BrailleNote PK died recently and I decided it wasn't worth the
>
> >> price to fix it, it needing a new memory board.  So I am
> tentatively
> >> looking at braille display options.  I need either to be able to
> >> write notes on the braille display, or for the display to work
> with
> >> my Nokia
> >> E5 mobile phone running Talks.  Having used an 18 cell display
> for
> >> some time now I know I would not want to go below that.
> >>
> >> Am I right in thinking that the Focus 40 blue, at £1995 from
> Sight
> >> And Sound, would be the cheapest option?
> >>
> >> Catherine
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