No subject

right.  I
can't see a darn thing, but this isn't a big deal.

I have also acted as a teacher.  Every summer I work with a program =
which
teaches students with visual impairments to use technology.  This =
usually
involves Windows, but has involved Braille N Speaks, and other such =
devices.
I hope, from what I learn here, to be able to teach my students that =
Linux
can be an alternative.

I'm a computer science major.  This means that I spend most of my life
programming.  Again, most of this is in Windows, but I'm slowly learning
about programming in Linux so I have the ability to work to make Linux =
as
usable as Windows for all our every-day tasks.  Its a slow process, =
because
Linux is different from anything I've delt with before.

I'm rambling.  If you've gotten this far in my message, you're probably =
sick
of me.  Well, I don't blame you.  I've spent a great deal of time on =
this
all because I want to see that this discussion, if it must take up space =
in
my inbox and I must exercise my delete finger on it, goes in a =
constructive
direction.  I think that is what we all want, so lets try to make that
happen.  Also, lets try to minimize the noise that others have to hear =
when
reading this list.  It makes me want to sumarily delete messages from =
this
list, or unsubscribe, which I don't believe is any more constructive =
than
the noise that clogs this list.

Chris Peterson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows =
a
page from Napster


> 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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