Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:10:21 -0500 (EST)
From: David Poehlman <poehlman AT clark DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Has M$ been listening?
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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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