[Ohio-talk] braille note

[Marianne Denning]

I just saw a notice from Humanware that they will no longer support
the Empower.  I am not sure if that includes repairing or not but you
will not be able to upgrade it from this point forward.

On 5/30/15, Kelsey Nicolay via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am not sure if this is something one of the chapters could help
> with or not, but I will post anyway.  I have a Braillenote m
> power that works other than the Braille display being very faint.
> If I am able to fix the Braille display, I will use it as a work
> unit.  However, the repair is a couple thousand dollars and I
> really can't afford to pay for it myself.  My job developer is
> going to try to talk to my counselor about whether he could pay
> to fix it and justify the repair as a work expense.  They already
> paid to fix it once though (exact same problem).  In case the
> state cannot help me out, would one of the chapters in Ohio be
> able to help me? I am in Medina which does not have a chapter,
> but would one of the other surrounding chapters such as Cleveland
> or Summit County be able to help me out? If so, how would I get
> in contact with them? I think having the Braille display will
> greatly help me at work when I'm doing research on companies and
> making phone calls.  My job developer and I both agreed that
> having a machine dedicated exclusively to work would be better
> than keeping company files on my personal apex.  Any advice would
> be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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