I see the circle, I just wanted to play a little devil's advocate to see what your answer would be out of interest. Sorry if it annoyed you. Btw, what is wv? Greg On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Ok, but people also write in word in addition to reading in it when they're in windows. > > Greg: We're going in circles here. You need something like wv in order to > read those Word files that people send out. You don't need to send them > Word files in order for them to read what you write in plain text or in > html, because they can perfectly well read your text or html using their > Word application on Windows. > > Do you see the circle? > > Greg > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:27:55PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Because everyone sitting in Word can perfectly easily retrieve a .txt or > > > .html without knowing they did it. > > > > > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > > > > Why do you say it isn't necessary to write word documents when that format is being used widely in the work place and academic settings today? > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ... It's called "antiword", ... It > > > > > > cannot write MS Word files. > > > > > > > > > > It isn't necessary to write MS-Word, it's only necessary to read it > > > > > correctly. Users of Word can read text or HTML perfectly well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > > Speakup at 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 at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at 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 at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at 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 at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
