[Users] conference tomorrow in BCT chat room

[Jean Niflis]

I thought the reason technology for the blind costs more is because it's 
made for a smaller group of people. So if talks was also needed for everyone 
instead of just blind people, then it would be more afortable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meka White" <mekawh at gmail.com>
To: <users at zonebbs.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Users] conference tomorrow in BCT chat room


> We pay more for assistive technology, for one thing. Whereas most scanning
> programs that tend to work well for us are in the upper hundreds of 
> dollars,
> our sighted counterparts can get them for less than that. That is just an
> example.
>
> And why proprietary software sometimes makes me irritable beyond belief.
> That's probably what the topic is about, and it is a good one that 
> certainly
> bears some considerable thought.
>
> Meka
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kandi" <kaseffera at aol.com>
> To: <users at zonebbs.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] conference tomorrow in BCT chat room
>
>
> i'm sort of lost. lol exactly what is it that we have to pay more for
> than sighted people do? i mean i don't think i've ever walked into a
> store where they were having some kind of sighted special where if you
> can see you get a 40% discount or something. lol and as far as stuff
> like screenreaders and things like that go, if they needed it i'm sure
> they'd have to pay just as much as we do.
>
> It was reported that on 2/18/2009 6:12 PM, Brandon Heinrich incriminated
> him/herself by saying:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please feel free to pass this along to anyone who might desire to read
>> this. I am, along with the rest of the staff of Tutorialoj, holding a
>> conference tomorrow in the BCT chat room tomorrow at 8 PM eastern
>> time. The topic of the conference will be a contraversial issue, or at
>> least in the eyes of most of m of why we, as people with disabilities,
>> pay more for things when sighted people pay half what we do for
>> certain things. I am hoping all of you will join us, for I think this
>> is going to be a very interesting conference. Come with lots of
>> questions and your imput, as I'd love to hear from you. The fun will
>> begin tomorrow at 8 PM at:
>>
>> http://www.blindcooltech.com/chat. Just install the plugin, and have
>> come and join us!
>>
>> Sin;cerely,
>>
>> Brandon Heinrich
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