Hi Well, I'm glad for this discussion for a number of reasons. Primarily because I can now access my account with the Open University because a lister responded that Debian users need to apt-get install lynx-ssl. Perhaps the list owner has commented upon the appropriateness of the discussion or not but I'd be suprised if such gags are supported. Gena >Hi all, > >I did that very thing, Mr. Petersen, and I believe that we may be >getting somewhere. If my complaints are too loud for you, I'm sorry. >You see, I happen to believe strongly that no matter what one does to >aid persons with disabilities, the primary directive should be >Universal Access. This means that when you start a project, you build >it so that it is accessible to all from the get-go, not a project that >needs to be retro-fitted. Retro-fitting has been the way of >making materials, buildings, transportation and everything else >accessible. It's time it stopped, frankly, stopped now! We have to >think in terms of *all* users, not just the fortunate few, all users, >that includes every single person who might want to access whatever >the heck it is. > >If I am disappointed in something, I say so. I believe that Bookshare >is making an effort to remedy the problem, and having the discussion >on here is right because it involves access to something via Linux. ><smile> What better place to find programmers for Linux than on a >Linux list? What better place to find programmers for making >something accessible than on a list devoted to accessibility of the >Linux system to persons who are blind? > >Ann P. > >P.S., It may interest you to know that I thought Janina was writing >to me privately last night. That's how come I was so frank in my >post. <smile> Seems my mail blooper started a whopping discussion, >though. So, I have continued it. > >A.P. > >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
