Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out

[Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net>]

All thy make is the millenium braille lite and type lites now. I used a bns
for years at school, and after awhile, it kept dying shortly after repair,
so used ones aren't the way to go.
At 02:20 PM 11/13/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Well, I guess I would say that no one is forcing anyone to buy anything.
>There is always the good old Braille N Speak. BTW, the price of the BNS
>started out at under a thousand dollars. It didn't stay that way for long. I
>definately would like lower prices both as a blind person and as a
>salesperson but unfortunately you usually get what you pay for. Papenmeier
>has a long time reputation for quality. I have owned and used several of
>their displays and I can personally vouch for their reliability. Also I am a
>firm believer that Braille allows a blind person to be more productive. That
>is a very important factor if an employer is purchasing technology for you.
>Unfortunately most blind people who are not working can't afford to purchase
>their own equipment, even if the price does drop below a thousand dollars.
>The main reason for the high cost in all of these products is the small
>market. If Toshiba only sold a couple of thousand laptops the price would be
>in the tens of thousands of dollars.
>Tommy
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