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

[Georgina]

Hi

Well, I'm glad for this discussion for a number of reasons.  Primarily
because I can now access my account with the Open University because a
lister responded that Debian users need to apt-get install lynx-ssl.

Perhaps the list owner has commented upon the appropriateness of the
discussion or not but I'd be suprised if such gags are supported.

Gena



>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.
>
>-- 
>			Ann K. Parsons  
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>
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