[Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions

[Shannon Cook]

Nelson Mandela said, "It always seems impossible, until it is done."  Believing in a dream world has gotten us this far.  We are all able to communicate via this list on computers/devices with assistive technology software.  That would have been nearly impossible on this scale just 40 years ago.  If it was there, it was not widely affordable.  There are GPS devices that are making the thought of blind people being able to navigate independently by automobile now a blip on the horizon.  Just because something isn't out there now, does not mean it won't be shortly.  Keep hope alive.

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