Because I refuse to pay for yet another device and another software package that provides "special" accessibility. I'm perfectly willing to buy a device that has accessibility built-in. Frankly, I'm beginning to be a bit annoyed with the argument that blindness is a small market. Pratik Patel Director, IT Access. Director, PeopleTech. The City University of New York -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:01 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: black berry accessibility you totallydidn't get my message. I am not asking for rim to bring accessibility to us. because i believe the tools are already there. why aren't we doing it for ourselves? On Nov 3, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Steve Britt wrote: Well, first we have to get the hang of that bitter blackberry taste, lol. No, seriously, folks, a big reason is probably that the blind and disabled communities are seen as too small a market to be bothered with. Start making noise, folks; as the old saying goes, it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind