Mary.Otten@p0.f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Mary Otten) (04/13/91)
Index Number: 14849
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
I noted in a message here that somebody was mentioning the afb journal
of visual impairment and an article on IBM scren reader. When they first
started up that technology center and technology review, I thought it'd
be a pretty good thing. Have an impartial pannel reviewing all this
technology and publishing comparrisons. What could be better? But I am
somewhat disgusted because the guy who is supposed to know all about
spech products, I can't recall his name right now, still doesn't know or
asap. How can he claim to be reviewing stuff when, a full 3 or 4 months
after the program has hit the streets, he's never even heard of it? He
told me he was happy with screen reader and that was it. What kind of
impartial reviewer can a guy like that be? What experiences has anyone
else had with calling AFB with technology questions. I know their
product prices are absured, absurd, but I had had some hope for thei
tech center.
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Internet: Mary.Otten@p0.f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.orgChip.Orange@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Chip Orange) (04/20/91)
Index Number: 15068
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Mary,
I tried to offer my review of reading systems which was published in
Tactic to the AFB Journal of Visual impairments as well. They were
extremely uninterested, went to great lengths to make me see how
difficult it was to get something in the Journal, and when I told them
about putting it in Tactic as well, they got very hostile and said it
wouldn't be possible then to put it in the Journal because "they didn't
publish the sort of thing that Tactic does."
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Internet: Chip.Orange@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.orgGary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro) (05/03/91)
Index Number: 15284
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
-> In a message to Walter Siren <04-10-91 00:11> Mika Pyyhkala wrote:
->
-> MP> One danger involved here is that the general public
-> MP> will be exposed a lot to that stuipd advertisment with
-> MP> Stevy Sonder,
-> MP> and think the Kurzweill is the best thing since pizza and
-> MP> beer.
And they may be under the impression, as someone said before, that
everyone can get one. That may give them a misapprehension as to how thing
really are with us.
-> MP> Speaking of Stevey, I wonder how many people send
-> MP> him typewritten mail. The add makes it look
You wondered that too, eh? That was my first question about the ad.
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