[nabs-l] daisy playback devices

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joshua,
I agree. I am beyond disappointed that human ware would discontinue great 
products. I have a wave and love it but I know it won't last forever. Will 
humanware vendors even fix these old products? Okay I might understand 
discontinuing some products. but the vr classic? No way!
The victor reader classic had some advantages; a few are as follows: 1. the 
buttons were larger. 2. The texture
of the arrows was different as I recall. 3. You could put it on a desk and 
it was heavy enough not to knock over, but
not so heavy you could not hold and move it. I say this because I've knocked 
over small products by accident.
Besides, seniors and people with multiple disabilties could use these simple 
cd players.
We are fortunate to have internet connections, computers, screen readers, 
and the tools to download books. But not everyone has these tools. Not every 
one has this ability; they may have ability to pop a cd in and press a 
button though.

I wish I could start a petetion to humanware about this. not a good trend at 
all; especially with multiple disabled students who cannot use the internet; 
but they can press buttons.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:13 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] daisy playback devices

Wow!
What a shame!
I agree with you!
Something's got to give!
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I like the ease of daisy cds.
> But products for them are being discontinued.
>
> Increasingly, we are getting only devices that play sd cards so you have 
> to
> download books. That is fine if you are tech savvy and have an internet
> connection and the site is accessible. For some, those variables do not
> exist though.
> Besides, I want to just pop a book in a player; its easier than 
> downloading
> for me.
> I was on learning ally’s site and saw this disappointing news. Well, I
> actually knew they discontinued the classic and bibe.
> It said,
> “The following players are no longer available for purchase at Learning
> Ally, but training and support materials are available for the Victor 
> Reader
> Wave, Victor Reader Vibe and Victor Reader ClassicX+ “
> The players they sell include the plextalk and vr stream.
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