From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2IIEF0s016804 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:14:15 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx14.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.19]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2IIEAMt023169 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:14:10 -0400 Received: from ewr.djernes.net (ewr.djernes.net [97.107.141.189]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2IIE5Tk029505 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:14:06 -0400 Received: from data.home (bzq-79-177-184-254.red.bezeqint.net [79.177.184.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ewr.djernes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 452F9128025 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:14:03 +0000 (UTC) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 ewr.djernes.net 452F9128025 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=quitelikely.com; s=2010; t=1300472044; bh=xQ4D6xx+9VzCg4eotR1560nljRl6FqV1lT5FpSJ+z3E=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=U/WSf7vyzQgK4+KTQPZTsaekGCY9uwIK444lZM+7EkRnKXEtg4H3SxndCfsOWep9L CbtWWctdu/+b+6VJ7z4aWoT8LIUk+IjUbs4Le1vwJigrH/xjAR2D/OUblv6vPZZejV sYq2jQLLRbiqx6uXUS20Q3Vy9djM9ZbanDhwU350= Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:13:59 +0200 (IST) From: Geoff Shang X-X-Sender: geoff@data.home To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: The 4-line limit to E-mail Signature Blocks and Accessibility In-Reply-To: <201103181603.40136.shlomif@iglu.org.il> Message-ID: References: <201103181041.16817.shlomif@iglu.org.il> <877hbwmwq4.fsf@the-brannons.com> <201103181603.40136.shlomif@iglu.org.il> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -0.1 (DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.11 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.110.19 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:14:16 -0000 On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Shlomi Fish wrote: >> I took about 30 seconds to completely digest it. I use speech. >> Not bad, really. > > Does not sound too good. Don't forget to factor in the time actually needed to read it. Depending on the mode of output (speech or Braille), and in the case of speech, the speed of the speech output, this coud amount to a significant portion of those 30 seconds. IN my experience, collumnised signatures don't usually cause too much trouble. If I really want a specific bit of info from a signature, I'll be cursoring through it anyway. ASCII art is another matter. If say the charactors used are spoken by a speech synthesiser, they can get rather annoying or at least hinder comprehention of the text. Geoff.