Hi John,
Thanks for the email!!
To start I am deaf/blind, so I am dependent on my wife who is sighted and can
drive, but she was not confident enough to be able to drive there. So the other
way was by train, but from Herefordshire that is very difficult from here.
In the past we have driven over to my wife sisters in Coventry and got the
train from there into Birmingham and then got a taxi to the Sight Village venue.
I suppose the problem is living out here in the wilds of Herefordshire and near
to the Welsh boarders.
Well, maybe next year I will be able to manage some how to get to Sight village
by staying in a hotel near by.
David.
On 15 Jul 2018, at 20:46, John Ramm <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi David
Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this but I'd be very interested to
know how a venue can possibly not be accessible by car or train as you
suggested with Sight Village Central in Birmingham? I didn't get there this
year myself, but I'm sure lots of people did.
Talk soon, John Ramm
At 09:15 12/07/2018, you wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for all the emails that I have received so far with varying
viewpoints. They were all of interest to me.
But I would like to take things further by saying that I think within about
10 years time those manufacturers that are around today making special
devises for us who are blind or short sighted will not be around, because so
many more things will be on the open market.
Also by then, or soon after, glasses with a camera which can help us to see
things may even be be on sale at places like Specsavers or Boots!!
The only specialists manufacturers left will be those who make braille
machines, especially those that will interface fully with mainstream devises.
For example, you can today buy a braille notetaker for about £900 to £1000
and an up to date tablet for about £500, with a total cost of about £1500.
Or instead you can lay out £4000 for a specially manufactured braille
devise with built in screen, which is based on the old Android systems which
cannot be updated! I know which system I would prefer!
Well, time will tell, wonât it?
David
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