Aside from CNN, the Weather Channel, Discovery, TLC and the History
Chanel (and maybe ESPN and ESPN2), I can't imagine there being anything
on television worth designing packages to watch it via the computer.
(grin) You'd think watching it on the modulated milbkbottle would be bad
enough! (grin)

Mike < K 7 U I J >

----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: sorry to be a pain in the ...


> You know why they wanted to have Windows anyway was because the
sighted
> folks didn't want to learn any of the commands.  They would just
assume
> point and click.  Although I do know a few sighted people who use the
> keystrokes that they could use with a mouse it is just what I mean a
few
> and far and few in between.  In fact, last summer I surprised a friend
of
> mine at a radio shop where they had a computer set up with not only
> Motorola RSS that is Windows based, but they hooked the computer up so
> they could watch TV via the computer.  Now, I guess that on the screen
> there is a picture of a remote control like you would see on a regular
> TV.  All of the times I saw them change channels or whatever they used
the
> mouse, but I surprised them when I used page up and down and the
numbers
> to change channels.  They were surprised that I was able to get into
the
> menu and to shut the TV ap out.  I didn't have JFW there so the
keyboard
> strokes will work without a screen reader.  The person who has this
set up
> mainly has it tuned to CNN or the weather channel, but I think that
with
> such a program you can have presets as well.  It would be interesting
to
> see how well this would work with JFW.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Rick Lewis wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> > Laziness is also an issue here. Most sighted folks would rather
point and
> > click, not think and use arrows, (or alt-arrows in IE.)
> > We blind guys aren't much different, I suppose, but frankly, it
takes a
> > greater level of efficiency and awareness to effectively use our
software.
> > For both the blind and sighted, those who expect to learn little are
in
> > danger of being left out in the cold, but the blind spectator will
freeze
> > first.
> > We just have a bigger learning curve.
> > And the steps we take for granted are ones that sighted folks
wouldn't
> > bother with.
> > In fact, computers didn't even catch on with the general public
until the
> > learning curve was decreased.
> > --Rick
> >
>