From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s1.cableone.net ([24.116.0.227]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I32zu-0007os-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:49:50 -0400 Received: from AveratecLaptop (unverified [69.92.97.192]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 113073027 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:49:19 -0700 Message-ID: <026c01c7b7ad$16918810$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> From: "Glenn Ervin" 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> <00b701c7b7b5$209b7110$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:47:23 -0500 Organization: Home 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 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 0, in=4, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 69.92.97.192 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin , "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 04:49:50 -0000 Well, I have decided, in the past year, to do my best to market open-source products to my clients, rather than the expensive screen-readers. Only when the open-source does not do the job, will I promote the expensive screen-readers. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:44 AM Subject: Re: Software speech opinions "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 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup