[Electronics-Talk] FW: Smartphone for visually impaired people

[S L Johnson]

Hello:

Thanks for this information.  I got excited when I began to read about a 
phone that I could use that was a smart phone with real easy to feel 
buttons.  Then I got to the price.  Why do all the companies making products 
for the blind price them so high that most of us cannot afford them?  I know 
you will all say research and development but the reality is that most blind 
people, especially retired seniors who have to live on less than $760 per 
month, cannot afford it.  I wish there was some way of making these products 
more affordable to all of us.  A smart phone with GPS, OCR scanning and 
other helpful apps would be a great help to all blind people but only those 
with the financial resources will be able to have it.  The same is true with 
the Braille notetakers.  All of these wonderful products will never be in 
the hands of most of the blind because of their high price.  I know it will 
never change but I wish it would because I really could use this phone and a 
new Braille notetaker that is still supported and up to date instead of used 
equipment that I can no longer get repaired by companies who no longer 
support them.  I apologize for venting but I am reallyfrustrated!

Sandra Johnson
SLJohnson25 at comcast.net
-----Original Message----- 
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Subject: [Electronics-Talk] FW: Smartphone for visually impaired people

Some people recently were asking about easy-to-use phones, so I forward this 
ad:





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