Telling people to read manuals.

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On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Dave Mielke <dave@mielke.cc> wrote:

> [quoted lines by Ray Saldana III on September 17, 2001, at 12:45]
> 
> Hi:
> 
> >I would think that most of us, or maybe it is just me, to be using a text to
> >speech device to be considered listening. I guess it all depends on what you
> >use to do it.
> >    Then regarding Braille, that would be feeling to me.
> 
> This discussion is getting silly. Are you now claiming that a request to "read"
> the manual shouldn't be made of you because you can't "read" it? Does someone
> need to first ask you how you "read" your computer screen, and then change
> their language such that they correctly instruct you to either "feel" or
> "listen" to the manual? Grow up! I'm completely blind, yet, to avoid ruining
> the flow of a conversation, I'll still say that I "watch" television.
Just imagine that: "Hey, guys, I felt such a good book lately!"
Come on! 

By the way, is it just me or has the content of this list taken a drop lately?

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