I agree with Kelly's comments.  The Pc should have been the first priority.
also, I think the Braille Note people should consider bringing out an e-book
device without the other braille Note features, perhaps lowering the price
substantially.  I have been reading e-books whenever possible for well over
a year now and leaped at the chance to purchase a Road Runner, and I might
well consider another device if the price were reasonable, but I'm not
interested in a notetaker at present.  Perhaps some research should be done
about who would prefer the e-book device alone to see if the idea is
marketable.

regards,

Ilene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Pierce" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: two articles about ebooks on the web:


> Thanks David for the articles.  It is interesting to note that for a blind
> person to be able to read these books currently one must spend between
> $3,000 and $5,000 on a device produced by Pulse Data.  These books cannot
> be read on a pc adapted with a screen reader, something that many of the
> likely blind readers will already have.  Is this not non-access access?
>
> kelly
>
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