Agreed. It would be good to know who will pick up the sales and distribution if APH is going to be out of the picture.
Bill Outman -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Test Drive an Orbits Reader Display Anyone? I Don't think so Apparently there is a problem between the Transforming Braille group and the manufacturer and as I was told by someone at APH yesterday, they don't think they will be selling the Orbit reader any time soon, if at all. That is all I was told. I think someone needs to come out and let everybody know what is actually going on. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com Till we speak again, may the warm winds of Heaven blow softly upon your house, may the great spirit bless all who enter there, may your moccasins make happy tracks in many snows, And may the rainbow always touch your shoulder. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Outman" <wout...@earthlink.net> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:46 AM Subject: RE: Test Drive an Orbits Reader Display Anyone? I Don't think so That's surprising, because I know they had one at the NFB national convention last year, and I looked it over. I'm interested in one, just need to work on financing, as my funds are tight. One of my fellow local chapter members has one that I looked at again recently. I am impressed by the crispness of the display, the fact the cells can be easily felt, a factor for me in attempting to read Braille. It could double as my Bluetooth keyboard. Bill Outman -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Test Drive an Orbits Reader Display Anyone? I Don't think so Hello Everyone, Today, I went to the exhibit hall at the 2019 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference here in southern California. Among other goals, I was interested in test driving a few Braille displays for use with my iOS devices. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at the A.P.H. booth and discovered that they had no Orbit Reader 20s on hand for visitors to explore. While I was there, 2 other people walked up and asked about the Orbit Reader 20 and were equally disappointed at the lack of a demo model. I did, however, get a look at an entire host of other BRaile displays, from other companies, including the latest version of the Focus 40. Now, that, is a beautiful device. 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