Are the existing screen-reader and AT companies anyway interested in 
these new prototypes?  Perhaps, if you can't beat them, you've gotta 
join 'em?

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From: "Dan Rossi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] new Braille displays in the works!


>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.
>
> -- 
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> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
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