Windows accessibility has come a long way in the past couple of years. I
recall that DOS accessibility evolved. My first attempts at working with
speech and computers were often frustrated by access limitations. Desk
Mate, a Tandy product, and First Choice, an early suite were less than
paragons of access. But in time DOS became very speech friendly and I
trust that in a year or to Windows will reach the same level. Though only
thing that seems fairly certain is that by the time Windows becomes truly
speech friendly, a new operating system will emerge to challenge the
ingenuity of screen reading soft ware developers.
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> From: Hawke <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Louisville, Ky.,Firm Makes Products,Promotes Ideas to Help
the Blind (fwd)
> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 4:41 PM
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> Sam,
> what the hell is your problem?
> Obviously, you have enough eyesight to navigate in windows quite well.
> I, on the other hand, do not, and have had to learn a great many tricks
to
> get around the problem.
>
> MS-DOS had is uses 9I still have it here on my machine, right along side
> winblows and UNIX. Until now, I didn't have anything to say on the
subject.
>
> Until you can walk a mile in my moccassins, you have absolutely NO CLUE
> as to what you are talking about.
>
> Hawke
>
> Sam Troia wrote:
>
> > This report is abysmal and most obnoxious! I am sick to death of blind
> > people like the person from APH mentioned in the article crying and
moaning
> > about how difficult Windows is for poor little blind people. And they
also
> > complain that Windows lacks intuitiveness. Well, I for one would like
to
> > know where the intuitiveness is in DOS? Ok, I never found DOS
difficult
> > but I can assure you one hundred percent that Windows is a whole lot
easier
> > and a whole lot more intuitive. These people who like to moan and cry
> > should get over it and grow up.
> >
> > At 04:26 PM 12/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Posted at 11:38 a.m. PST Monday, December 14, 1998
> > >------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >Louisville, Ky., Firm Makes Products, Promotes Ideas to Help the Blind
> > >
> > >
> > >By Louise Taylor, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.
> > >Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
> > --remainder snipped
> >
> > --Sam Troia
> > (Your Alternative Uncle Sam)
> > KHUM rules!
> >
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> Sam,
> <br>what the hell is your problem?
> <br>Obviously, you have enough eyesight to navigate in windows quite
well.
> <br>I, on the other hand, do not, and have had to learn a great many
tricks
> to
> <br>get around the problem.
> <p>MS-DOS had is uses 9I still have it here on my machine, right along
> side
> <br>winblows and UNIX. Until now, I didn't have anything to say on the
> subject.
> <p>Until you can walk a mile in my moccassins, you have absolutely NO
CLUE
> <br>as to what you are talking about.
> <p><font face="Braille">Hawke</font>
> <p>Sam Troia wrote:
> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>This report is abysmal and most obnoxious!
> I am sick to death of blind
> <br>people like the person from APH mentioned in the article crying and
> moaning
> <br>about how difficult Windows is for poor little blind people.
> And they also
> <br>complain that Windows lacks intuitiveness. Well, I for one
would
> like to
> <br>know where the intuitiveness is in DOS? Ok, I never found DOS
> difficult
> <br>but I can assure you one hundred percent that Windows is a whole lot
> easier
> <br>and a whole lot more intuitive. These people who like to moan
> and cry
> <br>should get over it and grow up.
> <p>At 04:26 PM 12/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
> <br>>Posted at 11:38 a.m. PST Monday, December 14, 1998
> <br>>------------------------------------------------------------
> <br>>
> <br>>Louisville, Ky., Firm Makes Products, Promotes Ideas to Help the
Blind
> <br>>
> <br>>
> <br>>By Louise Taylor, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.
> <br>>Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
> <br>--remainder snipped
> <p>--Sam Troia
> <br>(Your Alternative Uncle Sam)
> <br>KHUM rules!
> <p>VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
> <br>To join or leave the list, send a message to
> <br>[log in to unmask] In the body of the message,
simply
> type
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> <br> VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at
> <br><a
href="http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html">http://maelstrom.s
tjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html</a></blockquote>
>
> <p>--
> <br>Visit my webpage (now located at <A
HREF="http://www.users.uswest.net/~proudhawk">http://www.users.uswest.net/~p
roudhawk</A>
> )
> <br> </html>
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