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 17BbOG-0002R9-00 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:15:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4PDFHq06224 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:15:17 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 09:15:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <014b01c2039c$33614770$4f49e9d5@microsoft.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: Ah, let's see here, ... Octavian: When you learned Windows, did you do it with sight? Or where you a blind person already? On Fri, 24 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Ha ha, nice. No, I don't read any manual for Windows. > I read only some readme files for newly installed programs and some help > files but very rarely. > This is not because Windows is better. This is because the graphical > interface is better, and I hope it will be the same under Linux as soon as > possible. > > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toby Fisher" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:50 PM > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > > > > > > I think I need to take some knowledge first, and after that start > > giving. > > > But please notice that not all the people learn from a manual. I haven't > > > read any manual for Windows, for example. > > > > Yeah right, so you never read any Windows help files, or web sights, or > > readme files, or on-screen tips, you just knew it, right? Well please > > share your telepathic powers with us, I, for one, would love them. > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > > ICQ: #61744808 > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- 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