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

Wed Dec 13 21:00:14 UTC 2017

Amen to that; the blindness market is a smaller one--I know, I know, 
that's been hashed over time and again.  We should see if the company 
has an installment plan to pay for those tech items gradually; 
alternatively check with NFB for low-interest tech loans; just my 2 cents.

Peter

On 12/13/2017 3:26 PM, S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Hello:
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> 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!
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> Sandra Johnson
> SLJohnson25 at comcast.net
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> From: Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 11:37 AM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] FW: Smartphone for visually impaired people
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> Some people recently were asking about easy-to-use phones, so I forward this
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 11:31 AM
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> Image removed by sender. SmartVision 2 -the Smartphone for the visually
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> SmartVision2 isnâ?Tt an app, itâ?Ts an entire Smartphone built from the
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