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

[Amanda Lee]

Hi folks!

In retrospect, everything afore-mentioned in this thread is most definitely
applicable to Speakup since the root purpose was to ascertain that Speakup
plus lynx plus Linux which is the Operating System supporting all of the
items above are able to work together with the application itself which is
Bookshare.

As  for the ensuing tangential thread! know what! it's still aplicable
because the Access and Usability  issues discussed herein are also most
definitely related.

There are many aspects which involve Speakup which naturally emerge because
all parties involved in this effort are essentially in their own unique
universe.  There is really no other forum quite like this one whereby we may
work together as a community comprised of naturally evolving teams to
resolve the unique issues of Speakup.  This List is not for the casual user
nor for the user who desires a tightly controled environment.  For such
constraints would severely stiffal the positive outcomes which naturally
emerge from our candid and open interactions.

Amanda Lee

Alexandria, VA



----- Original Message -----
From: "Georgina" <gena at gena-j.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a
page from Napster


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
>email:  akp at eznet.net ICQ Number:  33006854
>WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
>"All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."
JRRT
>
>
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