Hi Symbian, I think the most important element of a call center where the blind could work is the accessibility of all the technology required to do the job. For example, the telephone system should be simple to use or otherwise, if complex, accessible to a blind person using a screen reader on their computers. Similarly, the customer relationship management (CRM) software must also be accessible to screen readers. If you use Siebel 7.0, then you would have trouble, but Siebel's version 7.5 running in "standard interactivity" mode can be made rather accessible. If you make the technology accessible, then you should have no trouble finding blind people who can and will be happy to work in your call center... In anty situation, ultimately, accessibility is the name of the game... ----- Original Message ----- From: "symbian" <draw@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:06 PM Subject: call center for blind / visually impaired > hi > can anyone guide me in how to go about building a call center for blind/ > visually impaired person and who to get more knowledge about to same and > about govt. and other organisations involved in the same and > funding/financing oppurtunities for it ... > > > thanks > symbian > > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >