Hi Tony
Thank you. I don't travel too often and this suits me
because of my worsening back condition, but I get out to
shows here when I can and of course love meeting people.
As soon as you say to a fellow blind person that you are
indeed in the same boat as them, it makes a world of
difference, and I found that so often in my job with S
and S. Indeed, when it came to the K-Reader, I had a
few customers who insisted they wanted a blind person to
train them because it made a difference to how they
perceived the equipment and could get the most out of
using it. And with so many people out of work who could
do a good job but don't get a sniff because they have a
disability, it doesn't seem right or fair to me that we
aren't being properly represented among assistive
technology manufacturers. You'd better believe it, I've
seen two sides of this argument having been a customer
for many years and an employee of a company selling it!
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tony
sweeney
Sent: 06 November 2010 01:09
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
Hi Jackie,
All things being equal, certainly a blind person!
Not saying that sighted would not know fully but I feel
that a blind person qualified and so on would be an
advantage.
All things being equal I repeat!
A lot of money is paid to S and S by and behalf of the
blind so folk bear that in mind!
Gladd to know that you are doing well in Ireland, like
Eleanor, would hope to meet you at an exhibition
sometime; you sound like "a breath of frresh air" indeed.
Thank you.
Tony Sweeney
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
<mailto:jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:01 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
They don't have a blind person like myself to go out and
demo, train and support their Braille products as it
currently stands and, in my honest experience, there is
nobody like a Braillist to really demonstrate what a
display or other similar hardware can do.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: 02 November 2010 09:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
Ask Sight & Sound Catherine. Sight & Sound are aware
that it does not work with the N97 Mini as I told them.
Also informed Freedom Scientific.
Maybe
it has to do with N97 Mini being a 5th generation phone
but it works well with the other phones. Don't Sight &
Sound have a service, well they did when Jackie worked
there, where someone would come out and show you a
Braille display, in that case, the person could try it
with our phone and then you would know before purchasing
it. There is a really nice man at Freedom Scientific
who uses the Focus Blue all the time with his phone. I
wrote to him too re the drivers but whether they do
anything about it or not is anyone's guess. While I was
disappointed, I have to say of course that the Focus
Blue is excellent in conjunction with PC also. -----
Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Turner"
<catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:24 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
> Ah. Did you ask the manufacturer about this? Is
> there a
particular
> reason why it doesn't work with the n97 mini? Is
> there any way of
> knowing before purchase whether it would work or not.
> I will have
to
> ask Sight And Sound about it, but presumably if it
> didn't work I
could
> return it for a refund.
>
> Catherine
>
> On 11/3/10, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> you want to ensure that it will work as I got the
>> Focus Blue and
it
>> does not work with the N97 Mini but iT works with my
>> other
phones.
>> -original message-
>> Subject: [access-uk] Braille display options
>> From: Catherine Turner
>> <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 02/11/2010
>> 7:37 am
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My BrailleNote PK died recently and I decided it
>> wasn't worth the
>> price to fix it, it needing a new memory board. So I
>> am
tentatively
>> looking at braille display options. I need either to
>> be able to write notes on the braille display, or for
>> the display to work
with
>> my Nokia
>> E5 mobile phone running Talks. Having used an 18
>> cell display
for
>> some time now I know I would not want to go below
>> that.
>>
>> Am I right in thinking that the Focus 40 blue, at
>> £1995 from
Sight
>> And Sound, would be the cheapest option?
>>
>> Catherine
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