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Jim Rebman <[log in to unmask]>
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* EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
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Tue, 7 May 2002 08:03:17 -0600
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>I wonder if they noticed the conflict in the idea of a mouse driven screen
>reader.

I think that while such a feature can certainly be useful to some people,
it should hardly be called a screen reader.  If there is no speech access
to graphical controls, or truly interactive access to text, you simply
can't think of it as a screen reader -- maybe they should call it a text
reader or something like that.

-- Jim

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James A. Rebman

Cognitive Levers Project
Center for Life-Long Learning and Design
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Boulder

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent.  It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the
opposite direction."

 - E. F. Schumacher

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