Hi Lou,

I also passed my Extra exam all the way back in 1986.  Makes me feel old
when I think about it.  I was fortunate that I had parents who would spend
hours upon hours with me.  For many reasons and now that we're living in
what I like to call a "brave new world" this just usually doesn't happen
anymore.  This is the reason why we need greater real accessibility.  Even
those of us who have gotten our tickets should be interested in making sure
that newbies get access to study materials!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Revisiting Accessible Amateur Radio Study Materials


> Fine.  Not all of us had the luxury of being born with this condition.  I
> find the tone of this remark insulting.  But, anyway, I got through my
> Extra exam, so I guess I really don't particularly care whether any of
> this
> stuff is made more readily accessible or not.  Perhaps it is best left as
> it is.
>
> --Lou K2LKK
> At 06:46 PM 1/16/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>>Lou, sighted folks are expected to be able to read math so the same should
>>be
>>true of blind people.  Having doctoral level math under my belt I can tell
>>you
>>that the braille for doing so well exists especially for the basic types
>>of math
>>on the extra exam.  I found the only thing necessary for the math was to
>>have
>>the formulas correctly read.  This does not mean in words, it means to
>>read the
>>mathematicws as written by someone who knows the signs or via a scanning
>>program
>>up to the task of translation of scanning mathematics.
>>
>>Tom
>>
>>
>>Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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