[nfbwatlk] FW: ILRUSurvey: AssistiveTechnology forPeople With Disabilities

[debby phillips]

Ah Mike, if no one had dreams we wouldn't have space ships.  
(Grin).  You are a pragmatist which is great, we who dream need 
to have people who can bring us back to reality sometimes, but if 
dreams die then I think we die a little.  (Now, I'm not just 
talking about Braille and notetakers, but what become our 
passions.  As for computers and all, I'm no techie.  I can only 
tell those who are what my desires are.  And in the end, people 
like me do buy products.  My Apex won't last forever and I will 
be in search of a new product to replace it with when it ceases 
to function.  Will I get everything I want?  Probably not.  But 
maybe by throwing my ideas out there somebody who IS a techie and 
wants to improve things will hear me and others like me and say, 
Okay, this is a challenge I want to pursue.  I'm glad that so 
like Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, pursued their dreams.  
I'm glad that I had the opportunity to use `VersaBraille, Braille 
'n Speak, and the Braille Lite, and now the Apex.  Each of these 
products have paved the way for what may come as new products.    
Peace,    Debby