From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx0.inoc.net ([64.246.130.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 173LZT-00064G-00 for ; Thu, 02 May 2002 14:44:51 -0400 Received: from hudson.valstar.net (unverified [64.246.150.151]) by mx0.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.2.204) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 2 May 2002 06:31:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by hudson.valstar.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g42AVZi00421 for ; Thu, 2 May 2002 06:31:35 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 06:31:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: I swear to tell the truth, In-Reply-To: <002701c1f16d$6d82c320$25329718@ubr.charterne.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: Alex, Do not confuse the OS with the user interface. In fact the text mode user interfaces are a lot more diverse than are the various GUI's, most of which mimic the original Xerox PARC "Star", the Macintosh Lisa, and the Mac OS. Recommending a GUI for the blind is like recommending glasses for them. A GUI requires eye-hand coordination to use it effectively. A text mode interface does not. But uniformity is irrelevant, IMHO. Chuck On Wed, 1 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > I understand that because textmode os's are more uniform in nature. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil H. Whitley" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: I swear to tell the truth, > > > > Okay, okay just one more and I might shut up..... > > Blind people need a GUI. Isn't that the real msg? Why doesn't he give > them > > the real story? Text mode os's are accessable to a degree that a GUI will > > never be by their very nature. > > > > Cecil, stater of the obvious. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Gibbous (68% of Full)