On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Ryan McCoskrie <ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:40:08 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >> Indeed it does, but would it not be a better idea to create a program >> which helped people improve their language and reeading skills, >> instead of creating a program which only made the unix command line >> environment available to the linguistically challenged. >> >> A much better use of the letters I and E - Illiteracy Exterminator >> than the more usual one. >> > ... Where did that come from? I'm not talking about people who are lazy > in their spelling, I'm talking about those who think in heavily visual terms. > > Trust me on this point, I know a couple who are very technically minded > but can not cope with a system that is built around language. > >> i.e. A visual shell? >> > I'm pretty sure that I've seen that term used in a broader sense. > > -- > Quote of the login: > In every non-trivial program there is at least one bug. >
Man I have tried to help a dyslexic est up a mythtv system. I must admit I glossed over the setup very quickly, he wouldn't have learned a lot from that. But phone support: Nick: type sudo aptitude Unnamed Assistee: Is that with a 's' or a 'c' N: ess-you-dee-oh U: ess you - what's next N: dee-oh-space-aptitude - it's a word in the dictionary... U: Do I type out ess-pee-aaa-see-eee or just hit the space bar etc Lack of language skills that go with his disability made it very difficult. Not his fault. But "click on the button that looks like blah" is far easier in that situation.
