[bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?

  • From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:53 -0500

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?
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > :
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