I'm forwarding this as a 'public service' message. Many people find Gene
Asner to be a helpful guy on their not-too-techie computer-related and
screen-reading questions.
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From: "Gene" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 12:54 AM
Subject: My Internet tutorial is now free
Please distribute this message widely, wherever appropriate.
After long and careful consideration, I have made my Internet tutorial
available as a free download. No support will be given and no further
upgrades will be made. If people want to work with me for a fee, contact me
and we'll discuss it. My prices are more than reasonable.
I have made the tutorial available as a free download for two reasons:
First, there was not enough interest to justify me doing more work on it to
keep it current. It is still very relevant and will remain so for a long
time but if I were still charging for it, I would have added new
information, such as information about Webvisum and some basic information
about using firefox.
The second reason the tutorial is now free is because I deeply believe that
Internet access is vital to the blind community and the skills needed to use
the Internet are not well known nor are they often well taught. I don't
want the more than one-hundred hours I put into the tutorial to go to waste
and I want to do something about the state of poor Internet use found among
most blind Internet users.
Unfortunately, the blind community gets, or doesn't get, what it supports or
doesn't support. Since there was not anywhere near enough sustained
interest in the tutorial as an item to be purchased, I am unlikely to
produce more tutorials in the future. I would advise those in the blind
Internet community to consider that much valuable material may be lost, not
just from me, but from many others who might provide it because of lack of
support for such work. A high quality tutorial of this type is generally
not going to be produced for free. It requires far too much work and time.
Here is the download link:
http://www.divshare.com/download/5046375-ece
It is very important to read the first two sections of the readme file
before using the tutorial.
Gene
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