FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

I did that very thing, Mr. Petersen, and I believe that we may be
getting somewhere.  If my complaints are too loud for you, I'm sorry.
You see, I happen to believe strongly that no matter what one does to
aid persons with disabilities, the primary directive should be
Universal Access.  This means that when you start a project, you build
it so that it is accessible to all from the get-go, not a project that
needs to be retro-fitted.  Retro-fitting has been the way of
making materials, buildings, transportation and everything else
accessible.  It's time it stopped, frankly, stopped now!  We have to
think in terms of *all* users, not just the fortunate few, all users,
that includes every single person who might want to access whatever
the heck it is.  

If I am disappointed in something, I say so.  I believe that Bookshare
is making an effort to remedy the problem, and having the discussion
on here is right because it involves access to something via Linux.
<smile>  What better place to find programmers for Linux than on a
Linux list?  What better place to find programmers for making
something accessible than on a list devoted to accessibility of the
Linux system to persons who are blind?  

Ann P.

P.S.,  It may interest you to know that I thought Janina was writing
to me privately last night.  That's how come I was so frank in my
post.  <smile>  Seems my mail blooper started a whopping discussion,
though.  So, I have continued it. 

A.P.

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