From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 24727 invoked from network); 14 Dec 1998 14:17:56 -0000 Received: from mail.redhat.com (199.183.24.239) by lists.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 1998 14:17:56 -0000 Received: from wlestes.uncg.edu (wlestes.uncg.edu [152.13.173.71]) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA08267 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:09:25 -0500 From: wlestes@wlestes.uncg.edu Received: (from wlestes@localhost) by wlestes.uncg.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA01668; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:09:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:09:31 -0500 Message-Id: <199812141509.KAA01668@wlestes.uncg.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: wlestes.uncg.edu: wlestes set sender to wlestes@wlestes.uncg.edu using -f To: blinux-list@redhat.com In-reply-to: <199812140555.VAA29035@ohio.river.org> (message from Richard Uhtenwoldt on Sun, 13 Dec 1998 21:55:00 -0800 (PST)) Subject: Re: the glass tty model of human-computer interaction References: <199812140555.VAA29035@ohio.river.org> List-Id: > I'm not blind, just interested in making my software blind friendly. In general, I have noticed that "good Unix programs" are best for me as a blind user. > it occurs to me, tho, that if I were a blind user using text-to-speech > hardware or a braille output device, I would prefer a line editor. but the > Linux Access Howto mentions Emacspeak but does not mention any line > editors. > > so, if you are blind and have used a line editor, please tell me whether > you prefer line editors or visual editors. My own preference is for visual editors. I think this is because visual editors reflect more naturally the structure (lines, pages, paragraphs, etc.) of files and line editors typically do not. So this is not inherent in line editors, just a historical development. --will