Put it this way I am most productive with both. When reading programming manuals or other manuals I can get through it a lot faster with speech. When having to read code for programs thoe if it gets involved with any type of complex stuff its a lot quicker to read the code in braille instead of looking at each line 4 times with speach but this is just me and I know htat others might be different. This is my last and only contribution on the thread. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:55 PM Subject: Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out > Tommy > > We could toss stats for hours, and not get anywhere. I have mine, you > have yours', and it really doesn't matter. > > For the record, in my personal case, I have tried em all. No matter. I > am far faster with speech. I suggest that this may apply to a good > portion of the rest of the working blind as well. I don't know that it > does, however, and I will not posit that it does, nor claim that it is > "how it should be". Each individual is different, and there is a 50% > chance a particular person will go one way or the other (not considering > those that will use both). > However, one can not say which way anyone will or should go, and one > should not claim to any degree that one method "is more productive than > another", because that, as I said, is only 50% true. > > Luke > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote: > > > Hi Luke, > > > > I certainly didn't intend to offend anyone either. I do believe that > > statistically though I am on safe ground. One statistic is that 80% of blind > > people are unemployed and that 80% of the ones who are employed are Braille > > users. I based my statements on my experience and on the people I have > > worked with and trained throughout the years. Of course there are exceptions > > to every rule. I also believe that there is a huge difference in the Braille > > display you are using. For example, using an eighty character display is > > much more productive than using a 20 or 40 cell display. > > Tommy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com