/2012/07/26/serotalk-podcast-116-just-stupidly-different/ A podcast and interactive blog on the accessible digital lifestyle, produced by Serotek, the Accessibility Anywhere people Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 /2012/07/26/serotalk-podcast-116-just-stupidly-different/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:04:35 +0000 /?p=1867#comment-2746 The comments on the show defending the pricing of Fleksy are right on, but what isn’t said is that such added expenses leaves apps like this and other technologies outside the budgets of many blind and low vision users. In a community that is still largely either unemployed or way under employed, questions about affordability shouldn’t be brushed off so easily. The point isn’t that apps like Fleksy aren’t worth the cost, or that the cost in itself isn’t unreasonable, given the limited market and the investment of the company producing it, but that even $15 can represent a hardship for lots of blind folks.Sure, some of the complaining about the price of AT comes from folks who feel like they are being overcharged, when this isn’t the case; but others are simply lamenting the fact that AT, and potentially really helpful apps like Fleksy cost more than they can spend.

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