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[David Andrews]

I would say a few things here.

First, the eReaders did have a pilot test. 
Libraries could opt in if they wanted, and offer it to their patrons.

Secondly, the Library, and its individual patrons 
do not get to pick what eReader they get. When a 
given Library comes up to receive eReaders, they 
are assigned the Humanware or Zoomax reader, 
depending on what is available at that time. 
Most, but not all Libraries get the Humanware model.

Without trying it, I think people are being 
judgmental in deciding the Zoomax is inferior and they don't want it.

Remember, NLS is providing you with a device that 
probably costs $1500, for free!

Dave

At 10:04 PM 10/7/2023, Chad Keeney via NFBWV-Talk wrote:
>Karen, My initial reply wasn't meant to cause 
>you distress so I apologize for that. Having 
>been my experience that Blind folk are not given 
>options at times and feel like they have to 
>settle for an inferior product or service 
>strikes a bad chord with me, which was what I 
>gathered from your message. My stance was from 
>an advocacy standpoint. To Charlene I agree it's 
>unfortunate that those here that would use and 
>benefit from this technology were not sought out 
>for testing and feedback if that is the case. 
>Two emails from the listserv in a row that 
>didn't go to spam, on a roll. Sent from Yahoo 
>Mail - Shop Smart, Shop Organized   On Sat, Oct 
>7, 2023 at 10:37 PM, cs.nfbwv via 
>NFBWV-Talk<nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote:   Karen, I don’t think you said 
>anything wrong. You were just expressing your 
>opinion. It is unfortunate that West Virginia 
>didn’t get to test the brand that they prefer. 
>Hopefully, the Library will choose to go with 
>the Humanware brand. Charlene. Get Outlook for 
>iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> 
>________________________________ From: 
>NFBWV-Talk <nfbwv-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> on 
>behalf of Karen Swauger via NFBWV-Talk 
><nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> Sent: Saturday, October 
>7, 2023 8:56:59 PM To: nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org 
><nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> Cc: 
>karenswauger134 at gmail.com 
><karenswauger134 at gmail.com> Subject: 
>[NFBWV-Talk] information only I am sorry if I 
>conveyed something wrong in my message. my only 
>reason for writing was to let people know that 
>West Virginia's are receiving our e-readers. any 
>thing else that I wrote were my thoughts only I 
>was just making conversation. I guess I 
>shouldn't have said anything more than the fact 
>that the e-readers are on their way! 
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