[bookport] Re: has any heard of this divice

  • From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:39:42 -0500

Actually, the Pac Mate behaves exactly like an Ipaq.  
Certainly there are differences, but for some, carrying around a lap top
simply isn't the ideal situation.
The scanned images issue has already cost someone I know a job.  But is
this the fault of assistive technology?  Would having no technology make
the problem go away?


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:35 PM
To: bookport
Subject: [bookport] has any heard of this divice 


Hi;
I don't often post to the list but can't resist.  My issue with note
takers 
be they braille notes or packmates is that you end up learning an entire
new 
system.  Why bother when a lap top and screen reader will do the same
thing.
As for technology, it works great at home or if it is on its own.  Take
it 
to work and connect it to your employers network and software which
wasn't 
written with a blind user in mind and you have a real eye opening.  The
next 
challenge may be to see what the screen reader folks do with the
increasing 
amount of documents that end up as scanned immages.  True you can
supposedly 
run them through your open book or kurzwile but it is by no means
straight 
forward.  As fun as the technology can be I often think that for every
step 
forward adaptive items take the real world takes at least two steps.
Richard
 




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