hi david i was going to go but because of the heat and the difficulty with the
trains i gave it a miss sadly. i woder if the nav trace has had it's updates
yet. i would have liked to have seen that device but again coming down from
leeds changing at birmingham and getting to the venue was too much for me.
also, i do find the venues rather noisey and busy and i must admit for a
totally blind persons these days a lot of the stuff seems to be for people who
have some vision which is great for them of course. techie is moving so very
fast now and it's good to see which new devices are coming on the market. i
really wish we had a good android satnav app i have just heard steve's sight
village podcast very interesting about his new device i think you wear it on
your wrist and it helps with mobility.
i have not heard much at all though about the event of course some great offers
with jaws were available.
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From: David Weston <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Access uk <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, 16 July 2018 10:01 am
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sight Village
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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 Ál900 to
Ál1000 and an up to date tablet for about Ál500, with a total cost of
about Ál1500. Or instead you can lay out Ál4000 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, wonth""ment it?
David
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