Wow you can get a computer at work? At work we can get a braille display and screenreader but you have to get yoru own pc (I dont mind this just stating it). Ironic since for the money a new screenreader costs they could buy you a mac mini... Greetings, Anouk, On Nov 29, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Hi, > I'm afraid that this will also happen in Sweden. Here, at least in certain > parts of the country, the state buys computers as well as assistive > technology such as screen readers and braille displays and you can also get a > computer and braille display for work from the state and if the screen reader > manufacturers starts a lobby campaign here we will be much in the same > situation as Belgium. > /Krister > > > 29 nov 2009 kl. 02.29 skrev anouk radix: > >> 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. > > -- 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.
