Grant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (03/26/91)
Index Number: 14166
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Wo! you had quite an experience with the T S I sales staff. I to, way
back when, had a similar experience and I just sort of blew it off and
back then bought a Symphonics 215 from Artic. This was in 1986. Those
people who I've known who have had versabraille systems have been
moderately happy withthem and what they do they do prety well but they
are no subsubstitute for a full blown computing system. In all
seriousness I don't see how T S I can charge $2,295 for the Vert System
and sell many of them when a more responsive, versital, fast running
speech systems are out there for one third the money. Well that is why
in America we have the freedom of choice. Thank goodness in the
products for the visually empaired we are getting more and more freedom
of choice. I'm not sure that that type of freedom has been around long
enough to determine what difference it will make. One more thing on
TSI sales representatives, those who service our areas seem to be
knowledgible, courteous, and eager to help. I've not seen any of that
hard sell of old but of course that doesn't mean it isn't there. Grant
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