[access-uk] Re: freedom box in the UK

  • From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:38:14 +0100

Hi Steve
Just to provide some further clarification on the Dolphin pen.
The first time you put in the pen into any computer, you may need sighted
assistance to launch and install the Dolphin intercepter.  Once this is on
the machine, you can go to the computer any time and put the pen into the
USB slot, and it will work.
Brian Hartgen
E-Mail:  brian@xxxxxxxxxxx
MSN:  brian@xxxxxxxxxxx
Skype:  brianhartgen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:55 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: freedom box in the UK


> Hi Andrew,
>
> Basically, the difference is two-fold.  Firstly, the pass key, which costs
> 199 pounds, allows you to make any computer talk without installing
anything
> at all, it runs from the mini CD, and when you take the CD out, there is
not
> a trace on the machine.
>
> Secondly, is the CD itself.  I haven't received mine yet, but it appears
to
> be a miniature CD, about credit card size, so it will go anywhere.
>
> Also remember, that on the pass key, you can not only run Freedom Box, but
> System Access as well, which is a fair screen reader.  That means you can
> walk up to any computer and make it talk, just by putting in a CD.  The
> problem with other approaches like the Dolphin Pen, as I understand it, is
> that there is no autorun on a USB device, so yes, you can put the pen
drive
> in, but then you have to manually run the screen reader.
>
> All the best
> --
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> Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Andrew
> Hodgson
> Sent: 12 May 2005 08:50
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [access-uk] freedom box in the UK
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> This seems to be a very interesting product; I haven't looked at it much
at
> the moment because I am on a very slow link to the Internet (64K), and it
> probably wouldn't be a good experience.
>
> However, I am wondering what is the difference between the £70
subscription
> and the £190 subscription?  If I want to pay the £70, surely I could take
> the software round with me and install it on the target machine?
>
> I know people on Linux forums are very excited about the talking web
browser
> in the Linux environment.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Brian Hartgen
> Sent: Thu 12/05/2005 07:00
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] freedom box in the UK
>
> Hi
> Following a recent discussion on this list about freedom box, I would like
> to let people know that computer room services are now a UK reseller of
many
> of the products in the range, which is excellent news. I would publicly
like
> to wish Steve and Angie Nutt the very best of luck with this, since I
really
> do believe in this product and what it has to offfer visually impaired
> people in the future.
> As far as I can gather, the UK price for the yearly subscription, where
you
> receive the software, access to the freedom box network for a year and the
> system access screen-reading product is 70 pounds. I know I have said this
> on Infotech and this list before, but that makes this the cheapest
> screen-reading product available in Britain, and it's damn good for the
> money! Couple this with the superb internet facilities you have within
> freedom box, and you really have a bargain.
> The subscription to the pass key, which is the ability for one to take
> freedom box and system access around with you wherever you go, is 199
> pounds. I feel this this is good value for money, since included within
that
> cost is a year's subscription to the freedom box network.  The cost to
renew
> the pass key access thereafter is 70 pounds per year.
> I hope that Steve and Angie will be able to influence the content of the
> freedom box network a little more towards including a UK perspective, and
I
> certainly have a few suggestions as to how that might be done if they are
> welcomed.  However, there is certainly stacks of value in the use of the
> network as it stands.
> For more information, Steve Nutt is ever active on this list, or visit the
> web site at
> http://www.comproom.co.uk
>
>
> Brian Hartgen
> E-Mail:  brian@xxxxxxxxxxx
> MSN:  brian@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype:  brianhartgen
>
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