From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.41]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lInS-00070V-00 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:08:42 -0500 Received: from gena-j.net ([80.4.50.216]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020314000846.UTRG9422.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@gena-j.net> for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:08:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=gena-j.net) by gena-j.net with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lIns-0000EK-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:09:08 +0000 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:52:51 -0500. <15503.40963.908991.924172@akp.selfhost.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:09:08 +0000 From: "Georgina" Message-Id: Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Hi Well, I'm glad for this discussion for a number of reasons. Primarily because I can now access my account with the Open University because a lister responded that Debian users need to apt-get install lynx-ssl. Perhaps the list owner has commented upon the appropriateness of the discussion or not but I'd be suprised if such gags are supported. Gena >Hi all, > >I did that very thing, Mr. Petersen, and I believe that we may be >getting somewhere. If my complaints are too loud for you, I'm sorry. >You see, I happen to believe strongly that no matter what one does to >aid persons with disabilities, the primary directive should be >Universal Access. This means that when you start a project, you build >it so that it is accessible to all from the get-go, not a project that >needs to be retro-fitted. Retro-fitting has been the way of >making materials, buildings, transportation and everything else >accessible. It's time it stopped, frankly, stopped now! We have to >think in terms of *all* users, not just the fortunate few, all users, >that includes every single person who might want to access whatever >the heck it is. > >If I am disappointed in something, I say so. I believe that Bookshare >is making an effort to remedy the problem, and having the discussion >on here is right because it involves access to something via Linux. > What better place to find programmers for Linux than on a >Linux list? What better place to find programmers for making >something accessible than on a list devoted to accessibility of the >Linux system to persons who are blind? > >Ann P. > >P.S., It may interest you to know that I thought Janina was writing >to me privately last night. That's how come I was so frank in my >post. Seems my mail blooper started a whopping discussion, >though. So, I have continued it. > >A.P. > >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup