It's not $2000.
It's $1875. Pre-orders..$1695. And the company is looking for ways to help reduce the price even further.
Now, you will need to think on the business side of things on how to interact with the 10 to 15 million people with moderate/severe to profound hearing loss in the United States. This is not about providing the UbiDuo only to Deaf people. It's for deaf and hard of hearing people across all boards. With business, increasing the communication capabilities with their deaf/hh clients or customers is one way of maintaining their customers loyalty. All I have to do is provide one very good example of how this has worked.
At the Marriott Resort Hotel in Palm Springs during the NAD convention for 5 days, the concierge and front desks were able to use the UbiDuo with their deaf/hh customers throughout the day from morning to night. Literally hundreds have used it during the 5 days when sComm provided the hotel the UbiDuo. The CEO and managers of the hotel were extremely happy when it provided them the means to communicate effectively while maintaining their professionalism at the same time. If you could only hear the many, many thanks they said to the president of sComm who provided them the UbiDuo you'd understand exactly where they were coming from on how important this communication device was for them. Not a laptop but a communication device.
Think business and you'll see how big this could get.
As for personal uses, that's another matter altogether. Either you can present a professional and independent look or you can rely on the crude pen and paper method or hopefully rely on an interpreter during a set schedule to talk with your boss or go to an interview, well, then that's your choice.