From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16kwnZ-00041M-00 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:39:21 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2D0dEW03161 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:39:14 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:39:10 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster In-Reply-To: <15502.38498.260903.110111@akp.selfhost.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Well, what can I tell you? I filled out their form using lynx on linux with speakup. I found it not the best designed form because it was very chatty and not as clearly written as it might be, but I was able to do it. On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi Janina, > > OK, but that doesn't answer my questions, Janina. Here they > are again. > > 1. Where do you enter your name and so on on the application? All I > saw was the long agreement form. That should have come *after* > you added your name and so on. I never saw any place to add > personal data. > > 2. I'm glad about the verification process, and I can certainly > provide that info, no problem, but if the site only works for > MSIE5.5 will the search boxes work? Will anything work at all? > See, that's what's so misleading. If the statement "this site is > for MSIE5.5 or later" is gone, then does that mean the site is now > accessible? I haven't seen anything on the beta lists about work > in Linux or talk of Linux or anything. I got the impression that > the subject was werboten. It's nice to know that somebody is > doing something, but I thought the whole idea of the beta list for > the site was to let people *know* what was going on. I told Peter > that I'd be happy to help and that I was willing to test in Lynx. > When I wrote that I found the site to be inaccessible with Lynx, I > got no response at all, nothing! Now maybe there was something I > was doing wrong, but if that was the case, then they should have > treated me with the same patience and understanding and courtesy > that the Windows users got, frankly!! > > Ann P. > > -- 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