The Macintosh GUI interface was the very first commercially accepted
interface, and defined the performance of the interface in 1984.  The
Apple IIe didn't have a GUI, although the IIGS did, and it, too, was
before Windows 3.

Denis Anson



David Poehlman wrote:


>Mack came along before that and apple 2e was there.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Terri Hedgpeth" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:51 PM
>Subject: Re: How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files
>
>
>Jim, Are you serious when you say
>"GUIs showed up in
>commercial form in the late 70s (late 60s in research labs), but it
>wasn't until the early 90s that most of the blind community caught on,
>saw what was happening, and did anything about it."
>
>The first consumer version of GUI that was widely known was Window 3X.
I
>remember blind persons speaking out on the lack of access right from the
>start, even though DOS was the prevalent Operating System at the time.
We
>can't look into the crystal ball and predict what will prevale tomorrow.
>
>Back to PDF. When dealing with simple docs like a news letter or a brief
>essay the conversion process is doable. But for researchers and others
who
>read professional journals with data tables and the like, PDF docs are
not
>accessible. I personally feel that Adobe has only done the bare minimal
to
>keep blind consumers off their backs no more no less. So, I can not
condone
>praising Adobe for their so called efforts.
>
>
>
>_________________________________
>Terri Hedgpeth
>Student Support Specialist Sr.
>Disability Resources for Students
>Arizona State University
>Tempe, AZ 85287-3202
>(480) 965-1232 (v)
>(480) 965-0441 (fax)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pub Marlys [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:12 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files
>
>
>Another item of interest regarding PDFs (copied from the page):
>
>"DocMorph's Reading Room also now provides an important service that
allows
>you to submit either scanned images of printed material or text files.
>DocMorph will return a web page that uses synthesized voice to read the
>material out loud.  It is expected that this new feature will bring not
only
>biomedical literature, but many kinds of printed and electronic
information
>to people who would otherwise not have access to it."
>
><A HREF="http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/">
>http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/</A>
>
>Marlys
>

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Denis Anson, MS, OTR
Assistant Professor
College Misericordia
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Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 570-674-6413