Greetings!
I'm glad you got such a positive response to your questions, it obviously
means that if a blind individual goes to buy a piece of software, it will
work reasonably well.
unfortunately, I'm going to mention a device here which (in my opinion) NO
ONE should touch with a 100 foot pole and that is the Aria made by
Robotron. I'm trying out one right now and all I can say is that some one
is going to have to send Robotron a cann of fly spray to get rid of all the
bugs. I just don't know how some thing like this could find its way onto
the market.
If anyone wants to dispute my abovementioned words, agree etc please E-MAIL
me.
At 22:19 8/02/98 -0500, you wrote:
>OK, folks, I reckon pretty much all the responses I'm likely to get to
>my call for votes on the 'best' technology out there are in by now and
>its time to make good on my promise to share the results. Fact is,
>there were no winners. There couldn't be any winners for the very good
>reason that my attempt at a poll was flawed. I asked the wrong
>question. The more than a dozen people who graciously responded
>anyway were not slow in pointing that out: There is no 'best' program
>or software; there is only what works for you. There is no substitute
>for hands-on experience of the various systems to learn which one that
>might be.
> Unfortunately, my own experience has been that that is easier said
>than done. Although I live in one of the country's larger metropolitan
>areas, I had no idea how to find a demo of any of these things. Some
>people had heard of them but no one knew how to go about buying them
>(as if one could afford them in the first place...). Thus, from
>frustration, I threw my delimma at you-all. What I really wanted to
>know was, what has been your experience with this stuff and how do I go
>about making sense of all these packages? What I should have asked
>was, which of you has needs which parallel mine (Oh yes, Elizabeth, ask
>another easy one!) and what do you use and how well does it serve those
>needs?
> That said, you gave me a lot of useful information. I heard good
>things about Open Book, JFW, Vocal Eyes, Windows-Eyes , DecTalk
>Express, DoubleTalk and a pretty wide variety of other names I'd never
>heard of. I found it interesting that there were no real pans. No
>one said, "X" is a lousy system; don't touch it with a 10-foot pole. I
>think that, more than anything, convinced me that each has its own
>merits, that users of these aids are-- more than heavy-handed me--well
>aware of this, and that I've just got to try them myself. Special
>thanks to Kelly for referring me to her organization's newsletter at
>city-net.com and, especially, to whoever it was who pointed me to a
>vendor list at www.nyise.org/vendors.html.
> In point of fact, the Colombia Lighthouse found the time the other
>day to return my call and was able to refer me to one salesman in the
>area, with whom I have a demo appointment late this month. I will thus
>probably buy the Kurzweil 3000 (formerly , I'm told, called OMNI 3000)
>because the salesman will hopefully remain close by to help me with the
>inevitable bugs. Yes, Willie, after all the literature, after all the
>brain-picking and even the electronic harrasment inflicted on you folk
>on the list, It probably all comes down to the availability of local
>support.
> Thanks to all of you who let me bounce my thought processes off you
>for your patience and responsiveness. Wish me luck.
> Elizabeth
>'Oh-for-a-magic-feather' L.
>
>
Dane Trethowan
MALVERN VI Australia
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