[Electronics-Talk] Smartphone for visually impaired people, There Are Ways To Fund It

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Thu Dec 14 12:55:15 UTC 2017 

Busking is playing music on the street for money.  Picture the guy with the open guitar case beside him.  There may be other meanings, but that's the one I know.
Tracy


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From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-Talk
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I was wondering the same thing, Andy.  I've never heard of busking.  Maybe it's an underground term for pushing.

Vince

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> What is busking?
>
> Andy
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> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
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> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
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> people, There Are Ways To Fund It
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>>I don't know what you are talking about.  What are these things?  Pam.
>>
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>> From: Peter Donahue via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 4:07 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>> Cc: Peter Donahue
>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Smartphone for visually impaired people, 
>> There Are Ways To Fund It
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>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>> There's always Busking, Crowdfunding, Dumpster diving,Network 
>> Marketing, and other ways to increase one's income to cover the cost 
>> of assistive technology without getting rehab involved. If you want 
>> it bad enough you'll find a way to raise funds to buy it. That's what 
>> you would need to do if you were sighted. Some of the ideas above 
>> even allow you to do a little community service in the process of 
>> increasing your income to cover these costs.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On Behalf Of Michael Russillo via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 3:00 PM
>> To: S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk
>> Cc: Michael Russillo
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] FW: Smartphone for visually impaired 
>> people
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>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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-----
>>> From: Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 11:37 AM
>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>>> 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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>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 11:31 AM
>>> Subject: Smartphone for visually impaired people
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