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 16QDi5-0006hy-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:28:02 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0EKRYL00482 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:27:34 -0600 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:27:34 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: anti-word Message-ID: <20020114142734.E414@uic.edu> References: <20020113111458.J335@uic.edu> <20020113122447.E526@uic.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020114120521.024e4910@198.144.194.210> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020114120521.024e4910@198.144.194.210>; from ccrawford@acb.org on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:15:20PM -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: On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:15:20PM -0500, Charles Crawford wrote: but what > about our rights as blind folks to access? Are they conditioned upon > having to use what the employer for example uses? Well, the truth is that > they aare. Is this fair? No. Can it possibly be changed? Maybe, but only by the blind masses. An employer has the right to utilize any software they want and > as long as we too can use it, then we have to learn it. A sighted person can read braille with their eyes too, maybe better then some of us with our hands. So, why aren't they all learning it if they can use it too and thus make our lives easier to some degree? Greg