Obviously, we can't force people to have surgery against their will. :-) and
you are correct that a lot will have to happen before braille disappears. I
stand by my quote that we are at the beginning of the end of blindness. I
didn't say that we had reached the end of the road, far from it, but we've
set out on that journey, and it appears there is no turning back.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pranav Lal" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: Popular Mechanics Article on Dobelle Artificial Vision System


> Hi Joe,
>
> What about people who find surgery too evasive? From where I stand, I
doubt
> that Braille is going to be replaced. In the distant future, well may be
> but a lot has to happen before that.
>
> Pranav