The last time I checked with these Australian folks, the price was $1000,
which is too pricey for me as a nifty gadget. If hearing is not a problem,
the ORION TI-34 at $199 is the most affordable stand-alone talking
scientific calculator. However, as far as I know, the Leo is the only
stand-alone scientific calculator accessible to a person who is deaf-blind.
Nevertheless, my deaf-blind students prefer using the scientific calculator
on their refreshable braille notetakers. Now, once you own a personal
computer and/or a notetaker, you might wish to use a scientific graphing
calculator software program such as the Accessible Graphing Calculator
(AGC) or Graph-It. My students and I really like the AGC because it's
"nifty" and the price is right at $75.

However, I keep checking back about the Leo, hoping the price will come
down. In fact, I just e-mailed them for the latest price. Maybe the price
they quoted me was in Australian dollars. I'll let y'all know if the price
is "right" yet.

Susan

At 09:20 AM 9/28/01 -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
>In my wanderings, I came across this exciting new tool for braille users
>especially students or those who work in scientific mathmatics.
>or if you just like collecting nifty gadgets.
>
>http://www.sensorytools.com/leo.htm
>Hands-on Technolog(eye)s
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>http://members.home.com/poehlman1/
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>voice: 301.949.7599
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