[blazie-support] Re: hello out there -- I have a question
- From: "eramaybrown" <eramaybrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:54:58 -0500
My last name is also Brown. I saw your web site a few weeks ago and was
wondering if you have some kind of payment arrangements where one might buy
a refurbished braille embosser.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Brown" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:49 AM
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: hello out there -- I have a question
>
> Hello,
> My name is Stephanie Brown, and I just joined this list on Saturday. My
> husband Bob and I formed Computers & Assistive Technologies, Inc. last
> November. I have seen a few posts already about notetaker repair, so I
> thought an introduction might be in order. We repair and support various
> products for the blind and visually impaired, including Blazie's "Legacy"
> line of notetakers. We also sell refurbished equipment. For more details
you
> can visit our website at:
> http://www.computerassistivetech.com
> Also, if you have any questions for us, please feel free to ask.
>
> Stephanie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Penny Golden" <pgolden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <supersteve03@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:42 AM
> Subject: [blazie-support] Re: hello out there -- I have a question
>
>
> >
> >
> > well, Super-Steve, as long as I am still here, I have a suggestion.
> > Can you put in your bid on some of the lists out there for a used
> > braille lite? i bought mine for $2000 some years ago from a Texas
> > gentleman who had got it and then because of diabetes in his fingers
> > could not really read the braille display. At the time I believe the
> > B-lite was selling for $3500 or so; this is well before the F S days.
> > I could call them up out there in Baltimore, or wherever it was, and
> > people would just jump to help one. Not that I will complain about F
> > S in this article. The level of service, though, was better. The
> > place was smaller, of course. How about the computer-assistive
> > people. Perhaps there is a used unit in your price range. I don't
> > know your situation, of course. I'd like to pose a little different
> > thread here.
> >
> > New paragraph. When I was beginning to teach school, our rehab
> > services place had a fund for purchasing assistive devices. I bought
> > a two thousand dollar computer through that fund--it was overpriced,
> > yes, but don't tell me that--and it was interest free monies. I had
> > to pay it off in two years and I managed to pay it off in 16 months,
> > give or take.
> > Are there no low-interest or no-interest monies out there for
> > assistive tech for the handicapped? Or are we visually impaired now.
> > You know, sometimes I just feel handicapped--smiling. I've been
> > diagnosed with some hearing loss in one ear. It goes and comes; it is
> > not significant yet, they say. I know lots of you have much more
> > severe challenges than I face, so forgive my complaining.
> >
> > You've got my two cents' plain now. I bought my millennium 20 from
> > someone for $1000. So used units can be found sometimes.
> > Best, Penny
> >
> >
> >
> > Penny Golden
> > pgolden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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