Great. April Fools is over, which means we should stop spamming the list with this thread now. On 4/2/2017 12:03 PM, Wayne Scott wrote: > My little Focus 14 braille display cost me $1200. I need to get it > fixed which Freedom Scientific is giving me a flat rate estimate of > $250. That is ten times cheaper than Humanware wanted to charge me to > fix my old braillenote. I ended up getting a new braillenote. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Reese" <ment...@dslextreme.com > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 21:59:25 -0400 > Subject: Re: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > Thanks Lelia, > I'd heard about research into cheaper braille displays, and there are > other devices, Android ones, with braille built in, (admittedly quite > a bit more expensive), and given Apple's proven commitment to greater > accessibility than, say, Microsoft, well, putting it all together, I > was prepared to believe it. > It was very well done. > Evan > > From: Lelia Struve > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 9:40 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > Actually Evan, glad to know I'm not the only one who was taken in and > is feeling sad. At least you know you're not alone LOL. > > Lelia > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Mike B. <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: > > > I think you added an extra 0! I believe it's supposed to be $1,000.00. > Take care. > Mike > Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! > Early to bed, early to rise, keep my iHemorrhoids from being a surprise. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shaf Patel > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > $10,000 + tax. > > > On 4/1/2017 8:56 PM, Dani Pagador wrote: > I missed the price on that special iPhone. How many pretty pennies > that I don't have would it cost me??? > > On 4/1/17, Shaf Patel <shafpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The HIMS notetaker is quite a decent device. It's definitely worth > getting if you can get the funding for it. > > > On 4/1/2017 8:43 PM, Richard Turner wrote: > It was almost believable, other than the price. > Both Humanware and HIMS are touting android devices with a braille > display, of course they are 4 to 5 thousand dollars. > > Science fiction has proven to be possible in the past, so one could > only hope, grin. > Richard > > > On Apr 1, 2017, at 4:51 PM, Evan Reese <ment...@dslextreme.com > <mailto:ment...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: > > Well, I admit it, I was taken in. I guess my judgment was clouded by > wishful thinking. It would sure be cool to have such a device. > Feeling a bit sad, > Evan > > *From:* Merv Keck <mailto:blind5spar...@gmail.com > *Sent:* Saturday, April 01, 2017 6:49 PM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind > with integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > > Considering how many resources Facebook and other companies spend > each year trying to eliminate fake news, I am constantly amazed at > the number of people who are amused by these obviously fake and not > amusing stories. If someone posted a fake story about a blind > friendly device on May 22^nd or a new Cumulative update on March > fourteenth and then at the end of the message they said. Hey only > kidding. Everyone would be angry. Not the least bit amused. > > > > > > *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Baracco > *Sent:* Saturday, April 1, 2017 6:33 PM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind > with integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > > > April fools! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:*Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca > > *To:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:*Saturday, April 01, 2017 3:23 PM > > *Subject:*Apple rumours hint at special iPhone for the blind with > integrated 2-row 20-cell braille display > > > > Hi, > > > > In the most recent Today in iOS Podcast which I listened to this > morning at around the 32 minute mark, Rob mentioned that > apparently reliable sources from Mac Rumours and 9to5Mac said > Apple is working on a special iPhone for the blind with a 20-cell > braille display. This may be available as early as this fall, the > braille cells would take up part of the screen, but of course > there still would be a smaller area which accepts the familiar > touch gestures as well and it will be priced similarly to the > rumoured iPhone 8 at just over $1,000 US. Below is a direct link > to the Podcast, if you subscribe to Today in iOS you can quickly > skip ahead and start listening at around 32 minutes into the > Podcast. I am not much of a braille user myself, but I know many > on this list use braille all the time and this would probably be > a big hit for braille users. Here now the link, if you listen by > going to this link on a computer look for the button Jaws speaks > as "Unlabelled 0": > > > > http://tii.libsyn.com/tii-item-0424-ios-103-gold-master-and-ios-1 > 032-beta-1 > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V > iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this > list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, > please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than > posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached > at: mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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