Even if you did get the sticker out of the bag, you could drop it; it is so
small. It could have been placed onto a certificate of authentication. I
could see a blind person dropping that sticker out of the bag while using a
finger to fish around for it.
But I still don't think that microsoft will ever know or care as to whether
you have a sticker on the back of your braille note. Perhaps Humanware
could keep a record that you had indeed been issued one.
At 8/8/2005, you wrote:
Hi all,
I agree, Kathy. The sticker came in the plastic bag with the CF card,
and if you weren't looking for it, or if you didn't know it was there,
it might have fallen out of the bag and been vacuumed up. I think a
discussion with Humanware in CA, plus an exploration of the situation
with Microsoft is an excellent plan. I hate to say this, Dean, but if
you're blind, and if you aren't aware that this little sticker is
sitting in the bag, you could easily junk the bag. As I say, if
you're blind and that tiny slip of paper falls on the floor, it
doesn't make a sound, it is too small. There has to be a way to solve
this problem without someone having to pay for their blindness! That
really *is* unfair. That thing is an inch long, if that and a half
an inch wide. it should have been placed in an envelope with a
braille label on it that said clearly what it was. The CF card was
labeled., why not the license, especially if it is that important!
Folks, you gots to think about who's using this stuff. It is obvious
that the case for the CF card needed a label, but why wasn't it
obvious that that so important, tiny piece of paper didn't need one
too? I suggest little envelopes like you find pinned on sweaters
that have extra buttons in them. Then, you could label them in
Braille and in large print so that this tiny slip of paper could be
safe.
Psst, here's a secret. I found my little sticker, and I determined
that I wanted the thing placed on my machine correctly, without
damaging the sticker and so that it covered up the previous one. I
got sighted help to do it. Figured I wanted the thing done right.
Ann P.
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