New Linux PDA For Blind People

[ahmed]

Hi Nick!
can't you debate and exchange ideas without insulting the other parties?It 
seems you are better off in swearing land man!Because it seems there is no 
rational thinking behind your E-mails man!So I would advise to you think 
twice before you type a reply!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson at bellsouth.net>
To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review 
system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: New Linux PDA For Blind People


> OK, for those foolish enough to try it, maybe a rationale, "post disaster 
> or terrorist act, one can't see the screen because of smoke, so one still 
> needs to be
> able to access the device to seek rescue".  I'd respond, do you really 
> think people would be rational enough to remember what to do, and to 
> function that
> way when they're used to thrashing around with a mouse.  But, if you want 
> to beat your silly heads against a wall, there's one "best for all" 
> defense.  While
> in fantasy land, anyone want to suggest another befiting the ideal of 
> societal mandates in the post Reagan/Thatcher/Bush/NeoCon era of "I got 
> mine
> bugger-off".  (grin)
>
> Nick
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:23:39 -0600, Glenn at home wrote:
>
> Ten years ago, I'd said that the government should not mandate 
> accessibility
> into software, but now, it would be so cheap, when the price was spread 
> out
> over the cost of the product to the general public, that I now believe 
> that
> it should be law, that a device needs to be usable with and without a
> screen.
> I mean, it may have a screen, but it should be just as easily usable if 
> the
> screen was covered.
> I'm guessing it might cost a dollar or 2 over the cost of any particular
> product using software, if it was mandated.
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: New Linux PDA For Blind People
>
>
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> The voice in a blind-friendly mainstream product should be no problem for 
> a
> sighted person.  If they don't like it, they don't have to turn it on. 
> It's
> that simple.  The concept I'm going with here is that a blind-friendly
> product
> won't make a company much money.  This is the excuse given by all the
> companies
> out there who are making tons of money off the government agencies and 
> blind
> people themselves who can make the sacrifice it takes to buy such a 
> product.
> So
> why not make the mainstream product blind friendly at no cost to the
> consumer?
> The voice could be turned off by a sighted person if he/she doesn't like 
> it,
> or
> better yet, it could be very easilly turned on by a blind person if he/she
> needs
> it.  Voice synthesis is extremely cheap to implement now, so it wouldn't
> cost
> the manufacturer any additional money to make it work, and it wouldn't
> reduce
> the functionality of the device.
>
> As for the open source mandate in MA, I think it's a good idea.  It's the
> proprietary nature of screen readers for the unfortunately most popular OS
> that
> makes it difficult to work with for some blind people.  The screen readers
> for
> Windows are based on proprietary technology and for the most part only 
> work
> with
> proprietary technology.  This is changing slightly, but not enough.  This 
> is
> what
> makes blind people think the state of MA is doing a bad thing by trying to
> cut
> costs by switching to a superior open source technology.  Just think what
> the
> state was doing when they forced everyone to use Microsoft formats, or
> Microsoft
> forced the state to use their formats, whichever you like.
>
> Lorenzo
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