Hi all,
Now that I've cooled down a bit, let me tell you what I'm thinking about.
I fear, very soon, will come a time, that nobody, I mean nobody, unless
you built the product, will be able to use a product.
I have a manual for the Blackberry Priv, and I can't make heads or tales
out of it.
Anyway, back to the main point. One day very soon, you'll buy an
electronic product, and you'll bring it home, and not only will you not
be able to talk to the company, (Blackberry is the example), but you'll
be able to somehow find a copy of the manual online, or, for our sighted
friends, you will, bring a device home, and open the manual and you or,
everyone else, won't be able to make heads or tales of the manual.
So many people ask, even right now, and it's not as bad as it is going
to be in a few years), but people say things like, "read the manual,
what's wrong with you."
Remember, the people that make users manuals are engineers, the product
builders, who are tech geeks! Most people today, are not, tech geeks!
You know something folks? I don't blame older people who just say, "the
heck with this stuff, I'll just do without, I can't understand this
thing." I use to think they were rediculously stubborn, but I'm starting
to see what they mean.
I'm not talking just about blind people, but all people.
I don't know what the answer is, but I can tell you, this is what's
coming, I can see it, already, and the prospect of not getting info,
and, not being able to read manuals because you cannot understand them,
doesn't leave the tech world with a very good future.
Just my 2 cents worth, but I wondered how everyone else feels? Maybe,
I'm the only one who feels that way, and if that is the case, then
that's good, but if I'm not, then, the tech future of the world,
disabled or nondisabled, is not good, for using tech products.
Harry
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