[access-uk] Re: Braille display options
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:54:48 -0000
Hi Carol
I'm currently working on this with the guy from Alva, but it should do, very
definitely!
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
Carol Pearson
Sent: 08 November 2010 12:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
So does the Alvar work with Talks, Jackie?
Oh, if you get a thief around your home, it could have been me! <Smiles>
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---- 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?
> >>
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