-=> Quoting JIM HOLSONBACK to ROY J. TELLASON <=-

 JH> Hello, Roy.
 
 
 JH> (Moan) - oh, that reminds me - I need to make an appointment for an
 JH> eye exam and to get some new specs.  I thoroughly dislike the
 JH> aftermath of having eyes dilated. I'd rather stay old and ugly.
 JH> [:-D.
 
 RJT> I gotta do that too...
 
 RJT> We just got Nancy new glasses.  My excuse for putting it off is that I
 RJT> have to pay for it and then get reimbursed later from work,  and so I'd
 RJT> need the money to use.  And having just spent a pile of funds on car
 RJT> repairs,  that's gonna take a little while.

 JH> Yuh, yuh, you hate rebates, and  -----------------  but
 JH> my recommendation -- forget the money delay, and see to it, Roy.
 JH> Heck, among your talents and abilities, what is more important than
 JH> your eyesight?   I'm not currently on speaking terms with that Charles
 JH> Angelich fellow, but from what I've seen in some of his recent
 JH> postings, he currently has some eyesight problems, and I'm sure he
 JH> would agree with me that you should go ahead and have an eye exam, and
 JH> pay attention to the results.

I've got a friend who's been nearly blind most of her life and is
losing what's left. You *don't* want to know what gear for printing
Braille costs, nor what software to "read" the text on the computer
screen costs. And there are exactly *two* portable "computer" systems
that do speech & Braille. One is about the equivalent of an *old* Palm
Pilot or similar handheld (runs Win CE 2.x). And costs $6000. The other
is a modified Pocket PC setup and is "only" $2500.

Oh yeah, an 80-character, one line Braille display retails for $12,000.

You do *not* want to wind up needing any of this gear.

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