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From: Greg Wocher
Date: May 24, 2017 11:28AM

Hello,

It really is a shame. I sent them an email wanting to preorder one of
these and heard nothing. One of these types of devices could really be
benificial for blind web developers. It would help us be able to
understand the layout of the pages we are creating more.


Regards,,

Greg Wocher


On 5/24/2017 12:49 PM, Mike Barlow wrote:
> @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
> e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
> 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>
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > >