Wow, that's really interesting to know. -- Sent from Discordia using Gnus for Emacs. Email: r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx Long days and pleasant nights! Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Nobody said anything about all blind people agreeing about anything. > The issue is whether we are hurting ourselves with our inability to > cooperate. Even if you don't believe that the infighting in the blind > community is worse than it is in the general public, that's no reason > to just accept the status quo. But think about curb cuts. Over the > last 20 or 25 years, pretty much every curb in the country has been > rebuilt to allow wheelchair access. Every building has to have > acccessible bathrooms when it's remodeled. Stadiums, office buildings, > classroom buildings have all been rebuilt to allow wheelchair access. > And it is now just considered part of the cost of doing business in > this country. How did they do it? How did partially paralysed people > get those things done? They don't fight among themselves like we do. > > > -- John Heim > > > > > > > On 04/25/2017 07:42 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> I agree with this post. Sure it would be great if all blind people >> agreed with one another, especially when it came to issues >> concerning the blind, but I think this is unrealistic. In this >> sense, the blind are no different then the general public, and as >> nice as it would be if the blind were better than the average Joe, I >> don't think we can escape the fact that we're human, and this brings >> in all of the bad along with the good. >> >> For a job I had about five years ago, I needed to collaborate with >> my peers on Google Docs. At the time this didn't work with any >> screen reader or browser combination, except ChromeVox and Chrome. I >> had no trouble learning the different key strokes, and in addition >> to keeping me competitive on my job, is was exciting to be working >> with my colleagues on the same document at the same time. >> >> As I said, I don't have a problem learning some new keystrokes when >> coming over to a new platform or picking up a new screen reader. I >> think people moving from platform to platform face much bigger >> challenges. For me, for example, the fact that I have to use Outlook >> at work and choose to use Thunderbird at home, and the different >> ways they handle spell checking, is much more frustrating for me >> then any keystroke differences between Orca and JAWS. Even as >> frustrating as this is, and even though I prefer Orca and >> Thunderbird, I'd never expect Microsoft and Freedom Scientific to >> change how they handle spell checking in Outlook. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list