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. 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