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From: Mike Barlow
Date: May 24, 2017 10:49AM

@Brandon - Thanks for that and yea that's a shame that the company doesn't
seem to want to respond on such an (potentially) awesome product

*Mike Barlow*
Web Application Developer
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
Office: 732.835-7557
Cell: 732.682.8226
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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> I don't think it will be coming to market any time soon. Many prominent
> people in the blind comunity have been emailing them asking to be
> distributors, investors and beta testers. They have not responded to any
> request.
> They have also been absent from the blind comunity in the U.S. and they did
> not show up at CSUN which is rather strange for a blindness tech product.
> Other than that, it is a really awesome product.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Mike Barlow < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > I don't know if anyone has seen this or not yet but I came across this
> > article
> > <http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/the-worlds-first-
> > tablet-for-blind-people>over
> > the weekend.
> >
> > I've seen the technology before that they use for the tablet screen and
> > it's REALLY impressive, I just didn't think it was ready for commercial
> > deployment yet but apparently the creator <http://blitab.com/>;of this
> > tablet thinks otherwise.
> >
> >
> > *Mike Barlow*
> > Web Application Developer
> > Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME
> >
> > Lancaster, Pa 17601
> > Office: 732.835-7557
> > Cell: 732.682.8226
> > e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >