Well, my question is very simple. If I as a blind person don't need Braille then I would guess that the sighted person doesn't need a print monitor! After all if we should listen to speech then a sighted person should listen to speech too! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? : Hi David and list: : : Do these coordinators really believe that adaptive technology is developed : to such an advanced extent that blind people have no need of a basic : literacy tool? If this tool isn't Braille, I can't imagine what they'd : propose, speech I suppose? The question is rhetorical in this group, but : perhaps one that those in tertiary Disability coordinator and so-called : Rehab councillor positions ought to spend some more time considering more : inteligently. : : Cheers, : Dave : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:20 PM : Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? : : : >I had a counselor tell me the other day that she had spoken with the : >disabilities coordinator at a local college and she was encouraged that the : >disabilities coordinator was trying to wean their blind students off of : >Braille. The counselor thought that this was wonderful, and that blind : >people need to start living in the real world and use laptops instead of : >notetakers with Braille displays and Braille keyboards. She used this : >reasoning to reject a recommendation from her agency's adaptive technology : >specialist for a Braille display with Braille keyboard to be used by the : >student with their screen reader and also with an accessible PDA. Of : >course the counselor is always right since the adaptive technology : >specialist is blind he obviously is not capable of making an unbiased : >decision. : > : > Sorry, but this is getting to be more and more the typical response of : > sighted counselors and the sighted management that backs their decisions. : > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Doc" <talmidim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:09 AM : > Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? : > : > : > : If she studies better by braille then tell her to press her point and be : > : sure to have a letter justifying why braille is better for her. If she : > : needs to she can go to her counselor's supervisor. : > : ****************************** : > : : > : A mind is a terrible thing.... : > : robert Doc Wright : > : http://www.wrightplaceinc.net : > : msn : > : godfearer15@xxxxxxxxxxx : > : : > : : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : From: "Clarence Whaley" <clarence.whaley@xxxxxxxxxxx> : > : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > : Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:28 AM : > : Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? : > : : > : : > : According to google it is a talking voice organizer. Too : > : sad that they think it is perfect. Available from Maxiaids. : > : : > : : > : At 09:23 AM 8/25/2006 -0500, you wrote: : > : >A friend of mine just had her voc. rehab. case opened. She's in : > graduate : > : >school and desperately needs some updated equipment. I told her to : > request : > : >a Braillenote or Pac Mate. After meeting with her counselor, she said : > that : > : >the counselor insisted that a device called the TADI was perfect for : > her : > : >needs, and that's what she's getting. I've never heard of it -- and : > she : > : >wants my opinion. Anyone here ever heard of it? : > : : > : : > : : > : : > : -- : > : No virus found in this incoming message. : > : Checked by AVG Free Edition. : > : Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: : > 8/24/2006 : > : : > : : > : : > : :