Just a thought folks. You could make a rule in your screenreaders
pronunciation dictionary to ignore these and then the problem would go away.
I know it's an extra step, but if the power is there why not use it? Just an
idea. I think most if not all windows screenreaders have this capability. I
might even try it myself!



73.
Darren Duff.
amateur radio station KK4AHX.

Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
http://www.cherokeehams.com

Cherokee County ARES.
http://www.cherokee-ares.org
	When all else fails, Amateur Radio

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 5:05 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Regarding the List

I=92m happy to leave well enough alone. I was only throwing it out = there.
If, as Phil says, a setting can be changed to make modern 8-bit = plain text
display properly, I=92m happy to crawl back into my hole. If = everyone=92s
happy with the way things are, I am likewise happy to crawl = back into my
hole. FWIW, I=92d never move it to Yahoo or Google, I = happen to have
access to service with a mailman lists as a feature, as = many of them as I
want. Doesn=92t make any real difference to me either = way.=20 On Feb 10,
2014, at 3:00 AM, Ken Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> As the owner of the list, which I have been for something close to =
twenty=20
> years now in various places, let me say a few things, in no=20  
>particular order of importance.
>=20
> First, we have over 230 current active members. That probably comes as 
>=
a=20
> surprise to a lot of you, I myself didn't even realize it had gotten =
that=20
> high because I hadn't looked at it in quite a while. Most of these =
people,=20
> presumably, wouldn't be here if they weren't happy with the list, at =
least=20
> for the most part, as it presently exists. Now, I will certainly grant 
> =
you=20
> that those who post to it and run into some unique difficulties when =
doing
> so deserve to have those concerns dealt with if at all=20 possible, as 
> a list without its contributors is nothing more than a =
group=20
> of email addresses. But it is also true that those experiencing 
> these=20=

> issues do not make up the majority of the posters to the list, let =
alone=20
> the majority of its subscribers.
>=20
> Second, but related to the above, I personally am probably not going =
to be=20
> inclined to deal with the logistics of moving that many people from =
one=20
> list host  to another, at least not right now. Both my parents are 
> in=20=

> something less than stellar health these days, and that's taking up a 
> =
lot=20
> of my time, over and above just the normal obligations of life. This =
list=20
> is certainly important to me, I wouldn't have kept it going for as =
long as=20
> I have if it wasn't, but it has to take its place in terms of =
priorities,=20
> and again, right now, with it running at least reasonably well, it's =
just=20
> not that high in the stack. Likewise, I personally am not 
> particularly=20=

> inclined to move it to one of the typically-suggested locations for =
such=20
> things, like Yahoo or Google, both of which present various access =
issues=20
> of one sort or another, in addition to mining your personal data 
> for=20=

> all it's worth, and/or selling/trading/giving it away to most=20 
> anyone who will take it. I know privacy is becoming more and more of 
> a=20=

> foreign concept these days, but the privacy of my list subscribers 
> is=20=

> still more important to me than that.
>=20
> Having said all this, however, the concerns about message formatting =
and=20
> the like are also important, and have never not been so. I would be 
> glad to hear privately from anyone who owns a listserv list on the=20 
> icors.net domain who has been able to find a way around them, and in =
fact=20
> would hope they would have already been in touch if there was one, but 
> =
we=20
> shall see. Likewise, if anyone knows of such a person, again put them 
> =
in=20
> touch and I'll do what I can. And most definitely, anyone who wants 
> to=20=

> start something somewhere else is more than welcome to do so, I =
certainly=20
> don't have a monopoly on lists for blind hams or anyone else. I 
> would,=20=

> however, ask that you do me and the list the courtesy of not trying 
> to=20=

> organize it here. Take it private all you want, but not here,=20  
>please. I think both myself and the list deserve at least that much=20  
>consideration.
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
> --
> Ken,
> [log in to unmask]