[access-uk] Re: Portset.
- From: "Darran Ross" <darran.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 13:03:22 -0000
Come on now Jackie, you can't leave us hanging like that!
Darran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
|I have to agree with you Ray. I guess it depends on our priorities and
what
| each of us considers to be expensive or suitable for our needs. More
| concerning for me on this one is the company itself, but I'll leave it
| firmly at that (smile).
|
| Jackie
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:50 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
|
|
| > Sorry, but I don't feel obliged to be overly-polite on this one. The
| > price ranging up to near a thousand quid has to be one of the all-time
| > rip-offs, even considering the realities of access tech. I really
| > don't know why anyone with a PC would even consider it, and that by
| > definition, is pretty well everyone on a list such as this one.
| >
| > You can hardly blame the guy for wanting to hold on to the miche
| > market he had with the original teletext reciever, but times have
| > moved on since then, I'm glad to say.
| >
| > Still, as I've said to the original enquirer off-list, I can hardly
| > criticise you if you really want to spend money in this way, but
| > frankly, many wouldn't.
| >
| > Cheers,
| >
| > From Ray
| > I can be contacted off-list at:
| > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
| >
| >
| > -----Original Message-----
| > Gordon Keen
| >
| >
| > Strange, safari went straight to it and I've just browsed through the
| > models available.
| > World wide weirdness!
| > Cheers
| > G
| > From glorious Devon, England.
| >
| > On 2 Dec 2007, at 12:26, David W Wood wrote:
| >
| >> Hi Gordon - this link gives:
| >>
| >> This page is not available
| >>
| >> David
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> -----Original Message-----
| >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| >> Behalf Of
| >> Gordon Keen
| >> Sent: 02 December 2007 12:16
| >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> Cc: Gordon Keen
| >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
| >>
| >> Hi
| >> For alternatives check out:
| >> http://www.tvhelp.org.uk/audes/equipment.index.html
| >> Hopefully competition will force down prices in the not too distant
| >> future.
| >>
| >> Cheers
| >> G
| >> From glorious Devon, England.
| >>
| >> On 2 Dec 2007, at 11:03, Jackie Cairns wrote:
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> My only comment, and please feel free to jump on me if you want
| >> folks (though not literally) (smile), is that it's a rip-off for
| >> £620 or
| >> whatever it costs. I know it speaks, but £620 for that? Phew!
| >>
| >> I loved their Talking Teletext unit when I had mine, but that was
| >> when there wasn't so much information available elsewhere. Certain
| >> Freeview
| >> boxes, while they don't provide speech navigation, do offer Audio
| >> Description, and there are also lots of DAISY players on the market
| >> to tap
| >> into. I just think it's well OTT.
| >>
| >> Jackie
| >>
| >> ----- Original Message -----
| >> From: sue morgan <mailto:sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:35 AM
| >> Subject: [access-uk] Portset.
| >>
| >> Hi list.
| >>
| >> I've been reading about the Portset Accessible Freeview
| >> Receiver and I'm quite interested in it. I'm wondering if anyone on
| >> this
| >> list has one, or knows anything about them. I've listened to the
| >> audio demo
| >> on the Portset website and it seems very accessible.
| >>
| >> Any feedback would be grate as I'd love to have an
| >> accessible freeview receiver.
| >>
| >> Sue.
| >> e-mail sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> mobile 07968825286
| >> msn sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> skype suemorgan1006
| >>
| >>
| >> Gordon Keen
| >> gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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