[Nfb-kzoo] KnfbReader Mobile new pricing and exciting news

[Timothy Paulding]

Oh, you're such a martyr for our cause. Thanks a lot for giving your life to
blind people and helping us achieve our wildest dreams. 

Just don't use the word Handicapped. It makes you sound uneducated about
what blindness is, and what it is not. Words shape ideas. They  are some of
the most important things we use to communicate to one another. So, if
you're gonna be out there representing the NFB, an organization of which I
am a part, I don't want you using the word handicapped. I'm blind and I'm
not handicapped. It's unfortunate the the monitor editors did not catch
that. 

Here's the definition of Handicapped:
-disabled: people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically
handicapped
-disabled: incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

Timothy J. Paulding
217 Paisley Ct.
Kalamazoo, MI  49006
Ph: 269-598-7696
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hingson [mailto:info at michaelhingson.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:54 PM
To: 'Tim Paulding'; 'NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List'
Cc: dandrews at visi.com; info at michaelhingson.com
Subject: RE: KnfbReader Mobile new pricing and exciting news

Look!  I appreciate your position and I respect it.  I stand corrected.  I
am not arguing with you about this.  You wrote me and I explained why I used
the term I did.

I am perfectly willing to use "print disabled" or something else you deem
appropriate.

The article is out there.  The editors of the Monitor also did not correct
the term.  We have what we have.

The fact is that the NFB is selling and co-developed the greatest piece of
technology ever created to enable many people to read print who otherwise
would not have access to that media.  So, do you wish to argue political
correctness or do you want to help blind and other persons with a print
disability be able to have access to print?  For my part I am going to help
get the Reader in the hands of persons who can use it.  Join me or complain
about termonoligy -- the choice is yours.


Michael Hingson

The Michael Hingson Group
     “Speaking with Vision”
                 Michael Hingson, President
                         (415) 827-4084
                   info at michaelhingson.com
                   www.michaelhingson.com


for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit:
http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com





-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Paulding [mailto:tpaulding at dnswm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:09 AM
To: NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List
Cc: dandrews at visi.com; info at michaelhingson.com
Subject: KnfbReader Mobile new pricing and exciting news

Don't wanna hear it from a guy who still uses the word Visually
Handicapped. Anybody ready this guy's article? 

Timothy Paulding 
Information Technology Coordinator
-------------------
Disability Network 
Southwest Michigan
517 E. Crosstown Pkwy
Kalamazoo, MI  49001                                                  
269.345.1516 x28 
www.dnswm.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Hingson (by way of David
Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:21 PM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] KnfbReader Mobile new pricing and exciting news

KnfbReader Mobile new pricing and exciting news

Greetings everyone,

I am excited to announce to you that the National Federation of the
Blind
Reader sales program will be selling the KnfbReader Mobile at this
year's
convention in Detroit.  If you have wanted a KnfbReader and have not had
a
chance to experience it then come to Detroit and see this exciting and
innovative technology marvel for yourself.  You can also walk away from
the
convention with a Reader of your own for the best price ever.

Because of negotiations with our suppliers we now are offering a
KnfbReader
Mobile including software, the Nokia N82 phone, and Talks all for a
bundled
price of $1,595.00.  This price is only good for the purchase of the
full
bundle.  Our normal price for Talks is $295.00.  The Reader including
the
phone without Talks is $1,370.  This means that buying the Reader now
and
Talks later will cost $1,665.00 or $70 more than the bundled price.  We
also
can provide the Reader with MobileSpeak for the same $1,665 price.  At
this
point we cannot offer the less expensive bundled price with MobileSpeak.

For those who do not have a credit card or cash on hand we will be
taking
NFB technology loan applications in the exhibit hall.  We are working on
a
way to provide expedited approval for applications received at the NFB
convention.

In all, owning a KnfbReader Mobile has never been more affordable and it
has
never been easier.  Come see us in Detroit and learn how you too can go
totally globally mobile.

Oh yes, if you plan to buy a Reader at the convention and wish to pre
order
with a credit card, please call me at (415) 827-4084.  By pre ordering
all
you need do in Detroit is come by and pick up the Reader with your name
on
it.

See you in Michigan.


To your success,


Mike Hingson

The Michael Hingson Group
      "Speaking with Vision"
                  Michael Hingson, President
                          (415) 827-4084
                    info at michaelhingson.com
                    www.michaelhingson.com


for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit:
http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com



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