[icon Discussions] Re: orion
- From: "Les Kriegler" <kriegler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <richkar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'icon-discuss'" <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 02:28:52 -0400
Hi Richard,
Given the way the accessibility market works, you can forget about further
development of the Braille Plus. I expressed my concerns about this when
the Orion was announced. But we blind people are largely responsible for
this, in my opinion. As soon as a product is announced, you see people
droolling to get their hands on the latest and greatest. Then those same
consumers will go to their state VR reps and ask for what they think they
want and need to be purchased. Now, before anybody jumps down my throat, I
know some of you by your own equipment and if you decide to purchase this
with your money, that's fine. But I believe the majority of individuals
have someone covering their costs, be at family members, state rehab, etc.
So we as a group have ourselves to blame for much of what happens. There's
no money made in software development. The cycle is to put a product out
there for a few years, put out a couple of relatively minor updates, and
then it's on to something else. This is particularly the case in the
notetaker market. But the day of reckoning is coming, as voc rehab will at
some point face cuts as everyone else has, and fiscally, these overpriced
devices will start to take a hit. It can't happen soon enough, in my
opinion.
Les
-----Original Message-----
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:38 PM
To: icon-discuss
Subject: [icon Discussions] orion
Hi list;
Haven't seen an Orion but from the information provided it does much
more than I want or need. Long ago gave up on gps or cell phone and
purchased other divices that did the job. The built in text recognition
is nice but I really don't need it. I'd really love! a continued
braille plus with some of the kinks worked out. Checked out the braille
note list and they didn't sound at all positive. The folks on the hims
list are a very up beat positive group and their divice might be more of
what I want but unfortunately it won't support nls and their primary
focus seems to be on the unit with a built in braille display like the
Orion. I like braille in its place but 18 cells requires lots of
scrolling and doesn't do good things to the price.
I guess I will just have to put my thinking cap on and see what comes.
--
richard
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