[bookport] Re: book port speach
- From: "David Arocho" <darocho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:00:38 -0700
Hi, Alex,
You are definitely correct that we have many advantages for which we should
be grateful. I am very interested in Latin America and how to help blind
people there. I would very much appreciate it if you could write me off
list with more details about your efforts and how I can be of help.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Parks" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:46 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: book port speach
> I have no set opinion on this, but I think the problem is that
> anyone who buys a BP now is not told that they have the option of
> waiting for a new one. I almost never go off like this, but I
> want everyone to keep something in mind: as we go back and forth
> over this issue, I am about to leave on a missions trip for a
> tiny village in Honduras where electricity is a luxury, running
> water and plumbing are dreams, and an old oil container of some
> sort serves as the kids' playground. There is a blind woman there
> to whom my sister gave her cane when we were there last,
> replacing the woman's cane which looked like it was many, many
> years old. Electronics are a distant dream and the only way these
> people can get good medical attention is by coming to the clinic
> we set up while we are there.
> As I said, I usually stay out of things like this, but I thought
> I would put things into a bit more of a perspective; you can
> argue all you want about APH's policies, but remember how
> fortunate we all are to even have an APH to argue about, let
> alone the electronic means to do so. If any of you are religious,
> I ask that you pray for the 70 people in my church, as well as
> the 40 we are meeting for the trip; that it goes safely for all
> involved and that we meet our goals in the time provided. Thank
> you for any support.
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:57:15 -0500
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: book port speach
>
> >Hi All,
>
> >I purchased the Book Port back when it first came out. Over the
> >years, I have never paid a penny for too many upgrades to even
> count.
> >The product has been constantly improved and new features were
> added
> >until the unit just ran out of room.
>
> >I have been around the access technology industry for 30 years
> and
> >have seen good and bad. The book port is an innovative product
> and
> >APH is to be commended for its unwaivering commitment to this
> device.
>
> >If one purchases the Book Port and finds out within 30 days of
> their
> >purchase that they would rather have waited for the next model,
> APH
> >will take the purchased unit back with no questions asked. How
> can
> >one really be upset when APH is providing a way to wait for the
> new
> >model if within 30 days one decides that the current model is not
> >what he/she wants.
>
> >Robert Carter
>
> >At 07:23 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote:
> >>Respectfully, Bruce, I disagree with you. It has nothing to do
> with being
> >>blind. In fact, I think it is APH which is asking to be excused
> as a
> >>nonprofit serving the blind. In the world of technology, blind
> people are
> >>expected to settle for less than excellence from the adaptive
> technology
> >>providers. I believe that as consumers we can expected better;
> you and a
> >>few others on the list think that such expectations are
> unrealistic and
> >>perhaps unfair. We'll leave it at that.
> >>I won't belabor the issue any further.
>
> >>David
>
>
>
>
>
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