How many deafblind AD'ers are out there?

all blind and deafblind related technology is expensive. we're a small market and therefore companies can get away with charging exhorbitant prices which they *know* the blind and deafblind will pay because they don't have any other choice.
 
Everything is expensive price for blind and deafblind device. Did you ask Lions Club or other club to donate braille device for blind or deafblind customers?

I m former member of Lions club. We had donated large display tty at $1000 for legal deafblind customer. then we donated Teletype Corp. model 28 with braille print device at $5,000 for deafblind customer when I installed last 20 years ago. Did you see Teletype Corp model 28 with braille print machine before?
 
Chevy57 said:
Everything is expensive price for blind and deafblind device. Did you ask Lions Club or other club to donate braille device for blind or deafblind customers?

I m former member of Lions club. We had donated large display tty at $1000 for legal deafblind customer. then we donated Teletype Corp. model 28 with braille print device at $5,000 when I installed last 20 years ago. Did you see Teletype Corp model 28 with braille print machine before?
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no, i've never seen the teletype before.

the earliest braille equipment i saw were a pocketbraille from the late 80s (similar to the braillenote except that it had a different file and editing system), a braille 'n speak from the early 90s (i used to own one. it was also similar to the braillenote except that it didn't have a braille display and had crappy speech), a braille captioning device from the 80s and a telebraille II.

when i was in blind rehab back in the early 90s, we used to use a program called vos (verbal operating system). it was a sh*tty screen reader that used to constantly get stuck on a word every time you booted up the computer. :mad2:

the lion's club is an excellent resource for adaptive equipment.

in fact, they paid for my first ibm 286 in 1989.
 
I'm deafblind too. I'm not deaf...I'm just ingorning you.

























Just kidding, I'm not deafblind. I'm hearing the term "deafblind" recently. Sounds interesting
 
LOL for Nathan. You can install MVP for deafblind'ers. LOL
 
Hear Again said:
"deafblinders." never heard that term before. :lol:
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Same goes for AD'ers with a "ers". We get use to it as well in other formus, there are names that ends with "ers" as a member of forums. Dunno why people do that. To each its own...
 
Hear Again said:
yes. they cost $5,000 each. :shock: vr paid for my braille display, braillenote and window-eyes screen reader. if it weren't for them, i'd never be able to afford this equipment on my own.

vr also paid for my telebraille III (braille tty) -- another device that costs $5,000.
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Wow, that's expensive. I'm not surprised because of small demand, so it cost more to make.
 
sequoias said:
Wow, that's expensive. I'm not surprised because of small demand, so it cost more to make.
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i once read an article which described what kind of materials were used inside a braille display and the components weren't expensive at all. i think what really makes up the price differential is the small market population, the physical process and cost of manufacturing, distributing and advertising the product -- as well as r&d. hmmm.
 
This is an interesting thread. I was curious to know what these devices looked like, and I was aware of the BrailleNote and I recall that a blind student was given one for his studies in school, basically so that he could receiv written notes from the board via notetaker as well as tests and other printed materials such as worksheets. From what I understood with the device he had far fewer struggles in school and his grades improved from B's and C' to A's and B's. He wasn't stupid by any means, he just simply did not have adequate access to the material. BTW - he was going to school at a mainstream public high school.
 
This thread and the other thread has brought up more awareness around the AD forum, eh!
 
Thanks to you :hug: you are bringing awareness amongst others as others have done to others.

Pay it forward I say! :hug:
 
I was the one who bring it up after all since it got my interest and attention to the 'deafblind' -- I find it extraordinary interesting! :D
 
Dixie said:
This is an interesting thread. I was curious to know what these devices looked like, and I was aware of the BrailleNote and I recall that a blind student was given one for his studies in school, basically so that he could receiv written notes from the board via notetaker as well as tests and other printed materials such as worksheets. From what I understood with the device he had far fewer struggles in school and his grades improved from B's and C' to A's and B's. He wasn't stupid by any means, he just simply did not have adequate access to the material. BTW - he was going to school at a mainstream public high school.
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i can relate to that student. after i received my braillenote, my grades jumped from b's to mostly a's. i also used my braillenote for braille realtime captioning which made class lectures (especially 3 hour lectures) and class discussions so much easier. my braillenote has made a world of difference in my life in more ways than one. it's a wonderful piece of technology. :)
 
JClarke said:
This thread and the other thread has brought up more awareness around the AD forum, eh!
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jake,

thanks for encouraging me to create the "ask me anything" thread. I've really enjoyed answering ad'ers questions. everyone's questions were excellent. if any of you have any more, please feel free to ask! :)
 
this thread and my thread are two examples of why a separate deafblind forum is needed on ad.
 
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