From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PEJ6-0001Qt-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:54:08 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0C2rj700818 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:53:45 -0600 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:53:45 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: anti-word Message-ID: <20020111205345.A812@uic.edu> References: <032101c19afd$0345e440$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <032101c19afd$0345e440$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com>; from amanda@shellworld.net on Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:06:32PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yeah, I'll agree with that too. But then, isn't most or all of windblows (grin)? Greg On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:06:32PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote: > Because Word is designed for idiots! > > Couldn't resist that one! > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:27 PM > Subject: Re: anti-word > > > > Because everyone sitting in Word can perfectly easily retrieve a .txt or > > .html without knowing they did it. > > > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > > Why do you say it isn't necessary to write word documents when that > format is being used widely in the work place and academic settings today? > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > > > ... It's called "antiword", ... It > > > > > cannot write MS Word files. > > > > > > > > It isn't necessary to write MS-Word, it's only necessary to read it > > > > correctly. Users of Word can read text or HTML perfectly well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > > Technology Research and Development > > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup