Doug Sutherland wrote: > IMO the pricing of assistive products is astonishing. I think they stopped teaching economics in schools. :-) For small production runs, per unit costs can be very high. > I find it to be quite unbelievable that a braille > display can cost $10-$15k and keyboards can be $500 > just for special keys for poor motor skills. Are > the peizo parts for braille terminals THAT expensive? It's not the common parts. It's the costs of design, manufacturing, marketing, etc. a product with a limited market -- those costs have to be spread across fewer units than mass-market products. It's the same reason a Twiddler2 costs what it does. And, sadly, HMDs. > How does anyone afford assistive tech? Many ways: It's more important than other things they could buy. It may be purchased by a company as part of a reaonable accomodation of a disabled person per the ADA (in the US). Covered by insurance as part of rehabilitation? Steve -- http://www.stevebarr.com This message contains 100% my opinions. -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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