Well there ya go, a socialist program run totally amuck. If your going to get something for nothing, your going to be strapped with someone's idea of what you can and can't have. Yep, quite unfair, but obviously some screen reading developers are afraid of the Mac's ability. Well I'm sure my comments won't set well with some, but it is what it is and I'm glad I can make my own choices. On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:29 PM, anouk radix wrote:
> Hello, I got this message from a friend (Paul Erkens) who will join the forum > soon (his status is pending now). I am not really up to scratch with the > general regime in belgium of giving access technology to blind people. I am > just afraid that this will spread to the Netherlands. > Here I know htat high school and university students that are blind can get a > laptop, a screenreader and a braille display from the state. You dont have to > pay for anything in this scenario. In this case clearly getting a mac with > infovox voices and a braille display would be the cheapest scenario but if > the screenreader manufacturers start a lobby here as well... > Once again I am not sure how it all works out in Belgium. > Greetings, Anouk > On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> So what's the problem here? Does the government (or insurance) routinely buy >> computers for blind people, or just the screen reader? If the former, I can >> see why this is a problem, but if the latter, the good news is that any Mac >> comes with built-in access anyway, not requiring any extra access add-ons. >> -- >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2009, at 7:50 PM, anouk radix wrote: >> >>> Hello, A friend of mine told me this morning htat in Belgium windows >>> screenreader companies have won a lobby that effectively bans blind people >>> in belgium from getting a mac from their insurance (or the government). >>> Because the screenreader people say it is unusable. >>> I think this is a very sad state of affairs indeed and I hope this wont >>> happen in other countries as well. >>> Greetings, Anouk >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
