Who paid for your screen reader?

[Janina Sajka]

Ed:

I suspect it has to do more with the notion of having assistive
technology categorized as durable medical equipment so that it
could be covered by various insurance programs. All the more
reason not to waste even more tax dollars on bloatware that
excludes the community it is supposed to serve from participating
in its development.

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ed Barnes wrote:

> Hi Janina and list, just one small correction, the Chirping Bat group or 
> whatever they are caled are actually located in the US.
> On another note, why doesn't this Jerry person just keep better records 
> from now on and then he wouldn't have to ask pepeople to fill out his dumb 
> survey which is a waste of 45 seconds of everyone's time.
> There's no dignity here for anyone who is silly enough to fill this out 
> and I think it's offensive, in my opinion it's an invasion of privacy too 
> in a small way.
> I for one won't be filling it out
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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