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I like, admire and respect Mike May for his technical prowess. However
I doubt that more than a few percent of blind folks would take
the time and effort to fight through restaurant web sites while
making everyone else including the staff wait for the orders.

On the other hand, next time you are at a place that has fancy
menus, ask if you can have one to try brailling it and scann it
with your precious reading machine.

then check it for accuracy with sighted help.

I'll bet the real accuracy is pretty lousy in a lot of cases.

Remember that just because the reading machine makes words that
sound like a menu that doesn't mean its correct.

Nor can I imagine wading through a tape of a long menu, for
heavens sake you can't skip items you aren't interested in unless
the thing is tone indexed, even then you can't find what you
want.

So far as I am concerned, this is a prime example of a situation
where sighted help, though by no means perfect, is so far the
superior method, that I rarely bother to ask for anything else.

If a braille menu is offered, I take it, it is fun, and I like to
encourage those places that have them, but even though I am a
relatively proficient braille reader, it's slow and everyone
including me is hungry.

Why did I put you all through all this highly biased babble?

because we need to realize that no matter how much we love
technology,sometimes their is no single best answer, and probably
there won't ever be one.

Happy holidays, and let's eat!
Oh, aren't you ready to order YET??????
<GRINS>
tom Fowle


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