Hi all,
I also think that manuals are rarely written well enough for the average
user to profit from. The level of competence required to read, understand
and implement from a written document varies greatly as does the skill
levels of the readers involved. It also simply may be that some learn best
by one method of teaching rather than another. I have read passages in
manuals and simply failed to understand what was intended but someone with
some practical experience can explain it in a sentence or two and total
comprehension is attained. Personal reading comprehension levels seem to be
really irrelevant to the question also. I work as a professional and
academic in a doctoral environment but still some things about the
BrailleNote remain total mysteries for me. I eventually manage to get some
things done with experimentation but just reading the instructions often
fails to bring enlightenment. I firmly believe that manuals are written
primarily for those who already understand what they contain by people who
write for that audience and fail to understand where most work from daily.
I immediately suspect anyone who tells me to read the manual in either crude
or polite terms. There certainly is little reason for rudeness and the
admonition about reading the manual rarely helps anyone in my experience.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "rhonda clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] PK demo, scrolling
My thought about this subject is that we don't know how long a person has
been blind, or how well braille can be read. I doubt someone working in
the medical profession has a learning disability.
If we don't want to help someone, just hit the delete, and the message
will go away. Regards.
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