So, if I go out and buy an Epson TX110 and Abby I should be able to use it without VuScan?
On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > My Epson TX110, standard at 100 dollars does the job perfectly With abbey > fine reader. > > > I don't want to insist with a dialogue which may jeopardize people's belief > in a device which does, irespective of price or squalor of features, very > interesting as there is a paltry ammount of books available over the net, > especially those that i look for. > > But it also, at least for me, come to personal dignity. I don't want to go > and beg for charity at this or that organization for a device which can > rationally and marketably be proposed for half the price if not more with > solid components. A church or a beneficial organization can instead then > concentrate on real applications and research to benefit all the blind people > at mid term instead of benefitting the little portion of blind people who > will go to lengths to apply for subsidies and other protracted measures aimed > at giving governements the clout to claim equality of rights. This money is > not wanted, at from my perspective, as it creates an enteprise which is not > up to par with what is really possible to do. Take for example the US > government which shifted it's internal systems from buggy, slow and extremely > expensive software from contractors to a mainstream platform. This is exactly > what i mean though i can't criticize a device i have never touched and am > just using this as a general direction . > > As for the makers of JAWS, i find it satirycal obviously and blatantly > ludicrous and effectively wasting subsidy money to spend a year's worth of > developement for a ffeature which allows you to Check basball and hockey > scores. This totally broke the deal for me at a point when i thought i might > have to get it for my cross platform network setup. Honestly, do they really > think blind people are just cultured for baseball and hockey? It's such a an > ironic situation that i almost cried after laughing my butt off listening to > the freedom scientific guys talk about it's rich features in looking into > details of the pro baseball season. > > On the other hand, this clarifies a much better view of the blind community. > There are many elderly blind individuals who have had sight before and were > probably fans of those sports, and this is where the money is going, feature > requests. And therefore those organizations with money are pouring it in for > basball and not interactivity or solutions to help younger blind users > increase their cultures and capacities. Make them batmen and not baseballers. > > Sorry i'm getting carried away, i hope things go well with the eyepal and > perhaps i will still drop by my center to ask if they have one to demo, at > least i will have a concise opinion that will then be backed by all of the > above, or i can shut my mouth for all the reasons aforementioned :) > > best regards, > > Yuma DX® > > -- > 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.
