I would think battery life might be a problem. Further in the third world electricity itself is problematic. If hard copy Braille titles are shrunken any further this will unnecessarily adversely effect those living with less than optimum access to electricity, or optimum access to the ability to expeditiously repair the advanced technology available to read what we who are more fortunate have access to. When Braille was exclusively written in hard copy all blind who could acquire the titles were able to read what was available regardless their ability to access other resources such as batteries or electricity. Also, whether or not the person were deaf made no difference because the medium with one read was exclusively Braille rather than audio. It seems to me we are trying to further penalize those blind who are not as affluent as are we. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:13 PMSubject: [access-uk] Re: when is the new Braille coming out as I have had some information
Dave says "but with a notetaker and many of the modern displays, you can do just that. They are getting smaller and leighter all the time." and they are all free? And training free? And, repairs free? and there is 100% cetainty that if the kit needs a repair user will have less than a day to wait? I am in real world Dave, and know the ansers to all the above is no no and no. Regards, Derek ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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