RE: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws

  • From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:17:05 -0700

kerri where in b c do you live? it is the same in washington they will not
buy anything for you

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Kerri
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 14:35
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws
> 
> You are fortunate to have a rehab center. Here in Canada, at least in
> British Columbia, unless you are attending post secondary education
> institution, you do not have the ability to obtain anything unless you
> pay
> for it out of  pocket.
> If cats always land on their feet and buttered toast always lands
> buttered
> side down, what happens if you dropped a cat that was connected to the
> buttered toast?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws
> 
> 
> >
> > That's exactly how I obtained my PC system with JAWS.  My rehab
> teacher at
> > Helen Keller National Center argued successfully to the NY Commission
> for
> > the Blind and Handicapped that I needed a talking PC system to
> achieve
> > more independence as a homemaker.  But, truth be told, I am the first
> and
> > only person for whom the CBVH made such an exception.  Most states
> still
> > will not pay for the cost of a talking computer system unless it is
> > required to fulfill specific educational or vocational objectives,
> not
> > personal enrichment. And most vocational regab counselors believe
> calling
> > homemaking a "vocation" is a real stretch.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kelly Pierce" <kellytalk@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws
> >
> >
> >> Ed,
> >>
> >> Homemaking can be a vocational goal under the Rehabilitation Act.
> It
> >> could be argued that access to a computer is necessary these days
> for
> >> a blind person to maintain a household.  Recipes and grocery store
> >> specials are available on the Internet as well as a tool for
> >> organizing household information.  Consider this funding approach
> for
> >> JAWS.
> >>
> >> Kelly
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/4/10, Zdenek Vopat <zdenekvopat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> here in Czech Republic nvda is popular among many blind users since
> >>> every 5
> >>> years we can ask the municiple government for money for new
> equipment
> >>> and
> >>> since till now the city gave me a reasoonable amount i don't plan
> to
> >>> learn
> >>> nvda if however the city gives me a little money i will look at
> nvda.
> >>> our
> >>> disability pension gets supposively increased as the price index
> >>> increases
> >>> what a joke. right now mine is $450 us aprox. Since i got a
> resident
> >>> visa to
> >>> canada i would like to learn what is the system like there or in
> >>> european
> >>> union countries where i can live as an european. so please write me
> off
> >>> the
> >>> list. thanks.
> >>> zdenek
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 6:44 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> here you go
> >>>> http://www.nvda-project.org/
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Ed Thurston" <thurston@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:27 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: concerns about increasing cost of Jaws
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for responding to my message.  As stated in my first
> message, I
> >>>>> am
> >>>>>
> >>>>> trying to learn  something about MVDA.  I have never heard of it
> until
> >>>>> a
> >>>>>
> >>>>> message yesterday and am trying to set up a computer which will
> last
> >>>>> me
> >>>>> for a long, long time.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I know exactly what you  mean about  medical costs  still driving
> our
> >>>>> personal expense accounts deeper and deeper into the red.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where can I find information concerning this  program?  I am
> trying to
> >>>>> scrounge up enough funds to have  a friend who built this
> computer I
> >>>>> am
> >>>>> using 7 years ago and although it is still working like a dream,
> I
> >>>>> want
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> have him build a new one for me to be ready to take over when
> this
> >>>>> one
> >>>>> finally gives up the ghost.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Well, perhaps, it might be  better to have the program installed
> on
> >>>>> this
> >>>>>
> >>>>> computer so  I can train myself to use  it on a  computer which I
> am
> >>>>> very
> >>>>>
> >>>>> familiar with.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> However, before initiating anything, I  must scrape  together
> the
> >>>>> funds
> >>>>>
> >>>>> to do so.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also I would  really appreciate  a source  of information on MVDA
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for any info  you can  give me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ed,
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