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 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179JB5-00034j-00 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 01:24:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4J5OLh05185 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 01:24:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 01:24:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <00f401c1fef2$dc25f3a0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.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: 2.0.9 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: I must admit to having little patience with statements like "you don't need to anything about ..." Makes me doubt the speakers powers of observation and analysis. Ever tried to teach a Windows user the GNOME or KDE desktops? They can't find anything because "the icons are all wrong." Well, of course they're not what they've previously learned. But none of this is really based in our dna. Not walking and talking, not knowing where to put a stamp on the envelope, not dialing a telephone, and certainly not using a mouse to shutdown a computer or create a new directory -- ooopps, I suppose I should have said "folder!" -- 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