Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/05/11:27:17
yeah, but this has been going on for years. I used to do that in the
context of a different work environment. the difference was that I made
mine shut up and read them one at a time. are there any details of what
he is doing? is he using adobe acrobat for instance? is he hooked up to
a lan, wan, os2 warp? some of these are accessible, some partially, and
some not at all. Micro$ is providing accessibility tools, and stamping
on them at the same time.
If they are listening, I hope they heard this.
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Jim Lefavour wrote:
> Our recent spout of mail on the topic of accessibility for the blind
> has covered an important topic. But has Microsoft been listening?
> My wife subscribes to People, and in a recent article (Feb 10, 1997,
> p.39) there is a spotlight on Peter Wong, "Where Blindness is
> Irrelevant".
>
> It seems that Mr Wong is a lead software tester in the company's
> Accessibility & Disabilities group. He is shown working on 3
> computers simultaneously, according to the text, while "(i)n the
> background a synthesixed voice reads from his computer screens at a
> speed almost too fast for the averagee listener to understand."
>
> Remember... If We don't do it, Someone Else Will.
>
> Take care :))
>
> Jim
>
>
> jamesl AT albany DOT net or http://www.albany.net/~jamesl/
>
>
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