Thank you Alex,
I work in rehab, and I donate a lot
of my time, and care a lot about empowering the Blind, and I don't like it when
folks give us a bad wrap.
I too use a notetaker, and the only
negative thing about them, is the fact that they come out with out-dated
technology.
I hope that now makers of notetakers
like HW, will use something like the Raspberry PI or Banana PI
inside.
I have been planning on putting one
of my Raspberry PIs inside an old notetaker with a Braille keyboard, and sending
the keyboard entries through the GPIO pins.
Some folks have done this with
joy-sticks, so it should work for a Braille keyboard.
I can expand the case and fit a
battery inside, as well as a hard drive and WIFI dongle.
That is more likely a winter project
though.
But if it works, I will be running
Linux and Orca on it.
Glenn
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 12:50:55 -0500
From: Alex Midence
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You need to get your facts straight and you
also need to do something about your condescending rhetoric. It is
extremely off-putting and quite offensive. Note taker's are not
dead. I use mine every day and know many others who do. I find it
invaluable in corporate meetings where I have to be able to listen and
contribute but want to read over handouts and make notes. I use it in
church to read before the congregation. I use it at night to read bedtime
stories to my children. I also use it for learning new skills as it has a
braille display and can play daisy books. Some things are better
assimilated via reading. And, yes, I got it from a government agency and
no, I do not feel guilty because I have been a gainfully employed tax payer for
about the last 20 years which means I helped pay for it. I am glad and
profoundly greatful for the existence of organizations such as the ones you so
blithely and disrespectfully refer to because of all the good they do for many
man
y other people. A lot of the folks who work there are
underpaid and overworked but still do what they do because they care enormously
and believe greatly in empowering blind people in many ways besides
technology. They should be recognized as a valuable treasure for the blind
community and lauded for all the good that they do instead of disparaged by
people in the very communities they exist to serve. You should be ashamed
of yourself.
Alex M
