Hi, Ah, well, I get that here too. Whenever I try and tell some of my younger relatives to write in English their responce is to "get with the times." I don't think they quite understand that when spoken via Jaws, Window-eyes, etc it is nothing but a confusing mess of letters and numbers. As usual the screen reader takes the blame when it wasn't designed to read that garbage, and nor should it have to if people would learn to type proper words and sentenses. In fact, when you typed "2ba" I thought you were refering to the musical instrument, "tuba," and not "to be a." That's how unreliable that kind of short-hand can be. So it would be pretty aweful if everyone started writing that way on list.
On 7/17/10, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I've been trying to get people to quit writing that way by replying with > something like, "What? I don't understand you. Try English?" With Wee1's > grand daughter, it's beginning to sink in that if she wants a reply from me, > I have to know what she's talking about. What's disgusting, though, is that > her 36-year-old mom thinks that I should get with the times and learn what > they're saying. Even listening to JAWS over speakers does not show her what > I'm talking about, because she says that it's the screen reader, not her > typing. I have asked her what word "2ba" is. It is supposed to be "to be > a", but she types it that way to save space when texting. I still tell her > to use English when typing to a blind person. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
