[nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN

[Mike Freeman]

Bonnie:

You and I should agree to disagree on this one. I don't think the market
will get nearly as large as you think it will because most senior citizens
just want their sight back -- they don't really *want* to learn new
technologies and, frankly, to use the technology that most of us find
useful, they're going to have to admit they're blind -- something most of
them are loath to do. Admittedly, this is a generalization but it's what
I've seen.

To give people some idea of the miniscule market out there, if our NFB
Independence Market sells twenty thousand of *anything,* it's doing a
land-office business.

It will be interesting to see who's right. (grin)

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie
Ainsworth
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 3:55 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN

That being said, Mike, we do have an aging population and many of them are 
experiencing vision loss.  I'm of the belief that demand for devices and 
products with speech will become a bigger demand than we think.  Text to 
speech is becoming a god-send for several I know already.  Most are wanting 
larger fonts so wham...in goes screen magnification or options for larger 
fonts.  I don't think this is is as far-fetched as we think.  It's fast 
becoming a reality.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN


All:

Let us have done with deluded thinking. We are a very small market and, 
therefore, what we do or do not do will have a negligible effect upon the 
general market. Apple emphasized accessibility in order not to lose out on 
the Massachusetts education market. What we buy or don't buy or what rehab 
has in disposable income will ultimately have little to do with what 
adaptive technology sellers will charge for their wares.

We are a drop in the bucket. That's part of being a minority. 


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