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Subject:	Re: new Braille displays in the works!
From:	Dan Rossi <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:39:36 -0400
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I have to fully agree with Terri, as I am in the same exact position as 
she has described.  Using some small grant money to pay for students time, 
I have worked with a professor here at CMU, and these students, and have 
developed some useful software.  However, the process of moving this from 
a working prototype to a marketable product has been, well, it has been 
impossible so far.  One of the largest problems is that I know the 
business plan looks terrible.  How many blind cell phone users, that use 
one of the cell phone screen readers, are there out there.  Of those 
people, what percent would purchase this software?  It is very difficult 
to make a good business case for an investor.

It's a challenge which I have not found a satisfactory solution to as of 
yet.

-- 
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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Tel:	(412) 268-9081


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