From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HYOiV-0000Jw-00 for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:45:11 -0400 Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E8B7421F for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:44:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24B922BD9B for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:44:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <015c01c7753d$cb75fa70$4ba65c90@vv507j> From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070401212606.GA28030@localhost.localdomain><00f301c77538$2332d220$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20070402152439.GA17487@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: OT: a speakup success story (Re: couple linux(deb) questions) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:44:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-UWMath-MailScanner: amavisd-new at math.wisc.edu X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:45:11 -0000 One note... I said I had dhcp running -- that is not correct. I started it manually if necessary. It would be a bad thing to go to a job interview and plug a laptop running dhcp into the network. That would not get you the job. It might get you escorted off the premises though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Re: OT: a speakup success story (Re: couple linux(deb) questions) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oh, ok, an interesting concept. Haven't thought of a possibility like > that. > > Greg > > > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:03:57AM -0500, John Heim wrote: >> I took it to job interviews and used it to show off my web apps. I didn't >> need a network connection because apache was running on the laptop. So >> during the interview, I'd boot my laptop and show both my web app and how >> I'd work with the screen reader. >> >> I started doing that after some people seemed kind of shocked to see a >> blind >> guy show up for a job interview. Hard to believe but some people aren't >> aware that blind people can use computers. I thought that showing them >> that >> I was actually quite functional, maybe even fluent, on a computer would >> give >> me a better chance. >> >> I even brought a cross-over cable and had dhcp running so they could >> connect >> their PC to my laptop, get an IP, and run the web apps on their PC. All >> this >> on a 150 Mhz laptop with 56 Mb of ram and a 6 Gb hard drive. And it >> wasn't >> bad in terms of speed. The web pages took a little while to load, 2 or 3 >> seconds, but that was easily explained. >> >> I thought it was a very impressive show but even so, I was looking for >> a >> job for about a year. I was already working at the University of >> Wisconsin >> at the time but I was warned I might be a layoff victim. So I had time to >> look for another job. I think though, that the laptop was a big part of >> why >> I ended up here at the University of Wisconsin, Math Department. They >> seemed very interested in what I had done with it. >> >> I guess I can remove all that stuff now. I've been here for 2 years as of >> yesterday. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGESA37s9z/XlyUyARAjCiAJ0ewrpnsv7372vE+vj4bGJHw9Eg1ACggtuI > 1mH/vvKgJq2i7m+r4vPflRQ= > =w91i > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >