[gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: state policy

Hello, Scott,
Do you mean $1349 for the GPS receiver and GPS software?  What does the BNPK 
cost on top of that?  People seem to think that is really expensive, but the 
market is so small that it sort of has to be expensive so the R & D gets 
paid for.

Dick

From: scott <w8sef@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: Re: state policy
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:59:27 -0500

  Hi
I was quoted 1349 for the Pk version

 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Ann K.  Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx
 >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:08:43 -0500
 >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: state policy

 >Hi all,

 >Your information is skewed.  You are giving out disinformation, Dick.
 >First of all the BrailleNote does cost thousands of dollars, depending
 >on which model you buy.  However, the GPS program doesn't cost that
 >much.  It's in the neighborhood of $800.00 to $1,000.00.  The
 >receivers are indeed coming down in price, and this is reflected in
 >the lessening of prices for adaptive software.  However, in order to
 >use the GPS technology, the output from the receiver needs to be
 >adapted so that it can be accessed by a person who is blind.

 >If you read this list, you will soon discover that there are several
 >alternatives for GPS which have been adapted.  None of these, I'm
 >afraid costs less than say $700.00.  It might be well if you would
 >check your information before giving it out to determine if it is
 >disinformation or not.

 >Ann P.

 >--
 >                      Ann K.  Parsons
 >email:  akp@xxxxxxxxx
 >WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
 >"All that is gold does not glitter.
 >Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT





(8):[(8)

Other related posts: