Re: FS. SMA Renewal. minor gripe

Hi:  I have to agree with Jacks idea one hundred percent.  However, with the 
technoloty of today I thing Freedom Scientific could get in the habit of 
using other means such as a secured email.
Your Friend
Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: FS. SMA Renewal. minor gripe


> Hi, Jack,
>
> I believe that the print material is on the floppy for you to read. I have
> had Jaws for over seven years and have found that all the info I need is 
> on
> the floppy. Since FS has now gone to a CD for authorization purposes and
> because some new computers are being shipped without floppy drives, I
> wonder if they should not have sent another CD witha Braille note that it
> contains a readme file, or just print the directions in Braille. However, 
> I
> think the floppy is there to allow you to put the necessary information
> they want on it and then send it back with your check. Check your floppy. 
> I'll bet it has the same stuff on it as the included print stuff. I got
> that too since I did not renew my SMA when FS called. I need to wait a 
> bit.
>
> Evelyn
>
> At 09:36 AM 3/9/05 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>Well, I received an envelope in the mail yesterday with a floppy disc and 
>>a
>>mailer for said disc to renew my SMA's with Freedom Scientific.  My minor
>>gripe
>>is this.  OK, they can make a Braille/print return address sticker for 
>>their
>>envelope, and they can make a Braille/print label for the floppy
>>disc.  Why then
>>can't they also sent the included info in Braille/print as well?  I have 
>>two
>>pages of print material that came in the envelope.  Luckily I have a 
>>scanner,
>>but I'm so tired of organizations that are geared toward the blind sending 
>>me
>>information in print.  APH and NLS do the same thing.  Do organizations
>>that are
>>aimed at the deaf sent all their info out on audio cassette?  OK, just a
>>little
>>sarcasm.
>>I'd just like to see these organizations that send out information for the
>>Blind
>>make the info available in a format that I can read.  This is the year 
>>2005.
>>Haven't we advanced at all over the past 30 years?    Jack
>>
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