From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I32u8-0007fX-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:43:52 -0400 Received: from [24.226.66.143] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I32tb-0004cn-BM for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:43:19 -0400 Message-ID: <00b701c7b7b5$209b7110$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070625031627.GC32366@localhost.localdomain><013701c7b7a0$5b1dd2c0$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop><20070626042409.GA25331@cm.nu> <00af01c7b7b4$12296ed0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:44:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:43:52 -0000 "Mercury SGD is our dedicated communication device, approved by Medicare and other insurance programs as a speech-generating device." http://www.assistivetech.com/p-mercury.htm Approved by medicare for over $7000. This is what I mean. If you look at the big picture, there is more going on than what you observe in prices and such. Such prices would not be even thinkable without the fact that it's "covered" which means some people will have them, most will not, and if the market really was free then the prices would be dramatically lower. -- Doug