[Trainer-talk] Computers for the blind/Minor Price Increase

[Julie A Adkins]

I was told by a colleague that it was announced  at the national AER conference last month  that now their computers have a demo of jaws on it, and a full version of magic. Like you I could not find this on their website. We have had varying levels of success with their computers at our agency. Some have been in really poor shape, some have been fine.  A couple had to just be sent back.

Julie Adkins
Assistive Technology Trainer
Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
704-516-6617


> On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:50 PM, David Goldfield via Trainer-talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> This is no big deal but Computers for the blind has increased the prices for their refurbished computers.  Desktops with 2 GB of RAM cost $110.00 and laptops cost $160.00.  The Web site doesn’t mention this but desktops can be supplied with an extra gigabyte of memory for $35.  This should be done if financially feasible for the consumer making the purchase, although you can get away with 2 GB if that’s all you can afford.  Nothing about the specs seems to have changed.  The computers run Windows 7 Pro with NVDA for speech and a Zoomtext trial for large print users.  It also comes with OpenOffice, which is now quite usable with screen readers, along with check writing software and over 300 public domain books.  I purchased one of their desktops last December and was more than pleased with what I received.
> Now, if only they could sell a $160.00 Macbook Air …
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> (214-340-6328
> Computers for the Blind
> 3101 High Plateau
> Garland, Texas 75044
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> Computers for the Blind
> 3101 High Plateau
> Garland, Texas 75044
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