freeview boxes are another really good example of this radical price difference. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:06 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: purchasing specialist equipment idea, what do you think? Hi Adrian, Cost of research and development and the fact that blind people can only be a small market. That was the problem that Pure came up against when trying to sell Sonus 1XT with talking menus. The solution would be to design mainstream hardware so that it would be suitable for blind and partially-sighted people to use, incorporating speech into it as part of the package. That's why Apple is finding so much favour with V I people. Time and again we find that an item, such as a caller display is under 20 quid in the high street, but more than four times the price if we look for one that we can use. And the technology to include speech isn't rocket science any more. Best, Clive Clive Lever Diversity and Equality Officer Kent County Council Office: 01622 221163 Email: clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx Kent County Council Room G37 Sessions House Maidstone, Kent. ME14 1XQ -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrien Collins Sent: 27 September 2012 16:32 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: purchasing specialist equipment idea, what do you think? Hi Yes but on another note, why do they have to be so expensive in the first place, isn't it supply and demand? Adrien -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian McNamara Sent: 24 September 2012 11:15 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: purchasing specialist equipment idea, what do you think? Hi, yes I think all companies should offer something like the easy pay like RNIB offer. I do think that something should be done about this. It would make products more affordable and allow more of us to buy some of these products that we may find useful in our personal lives. Ian McNamara** 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 ** 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 ** 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 ** 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