I have friends in England that have come to visit us for two weeks a number 
of years ago.  I'm half British.  You couldn't pay me to live in England 
based upon the lack of blind resources alone compared to the United States.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vernaleken" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: blindness sucks and more


> Harvey,
> I totally agree. I have a blind friend living in England and the support 
> far
> exceeds anything in the US.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Harvey Heagy
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: blindness sucks and more
>
> Look at England where they have accessible cable boxes, accessible DVD
> players, DVR recorders made by Panasonic.  So if Panasonic can make them 
> for
> England, why not for us?  There seems to be more sympathy for 
> accessibility
> over there than here.
>
> Cobalt still makes the talking microwave oven that speaks everything, but 
> no
> longer for the United States, and I don't know if a converter would make 
> it
> work here.  But my point is that England seems to have far more
> accessibility than we have.  Someone from England spoke at last year's ACB
> convention on that very issue.
> Harvey
>