Hi, I know your remark was intended to be mildly humorous and it was.
However, as a long-time blind assembler programmer I must point out that "assistive technology" is key to my ability to do my job. Most of the time this means software on my PC that magnifies or speaks items on the screen in an intelligent manner so that I can program and debug those programs. Where this intersects with the assembler list is the accessibility of the documentation provided by IBM and vendors to support coding and products running on the mainframe. I'm afraid as the proliferation of the web and the use of PDF files has come to dominate the way technical documentation is distributed, the accessibility of said documentation has suffered. The old 16-bit Book Manager Read product for Windows was the most efficient and best organized way for me to use IBM documentation. The new Java version of the Book manager product is virtually inaccessible to the blind and using PDF files or the web is acceptable but I very much wish that IBM would make an accessible version of the Book manager Read product that can run on a Windows 7 64-bit PC. So, there are still challenges for the blind or otherwise disabled mainframe computer programmer which is a shame in this modern era where so many opportunities exist for persons with accessibility needs to acquire and use information needed to work productively. Regards, Stan Gowin Software Ag
