From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HYOQ8-00006Y-00 for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:26:13 -0400 Received: (qmail 17579 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Apr 2007 08:24:40 -0700 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:24:40 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: OT: a speakup success story (Re: couple linux(deb) questions) Message-ID: <20070402152439.GA17487@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070401212606.GA28030@localhost.localdomain> <00f301c77538$2332d220$4ba65c90@vv507j> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00f301c77538$2332d220$4ba65c90@vv507j> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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 15:26:13 -0000 -----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-----