To carry this a bit further, there are a lot of folk who are not blind but who have enough of a reduction in vision for whom the speech will be of huge benefit if they ever find out that they exist.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Nano Band Wagon! Ah, perhaps I'm not getting your tone right here, but it sounds like you may be misunderstanding me a bit. I'll clarify below. On Sep 21, 2008, at 12:54 PM, John Denning wrote: > I also knew I wanted it. But then there are those who are not Mac > users, and have only heard that it now speaks. They want to hear it. > Sighted people want to see it. No difference. > > Agreed, as I said, if people want to see it / play with it etc. then > sure, I can understand not simply buying one outright. > As far as implying this is an obscure feature that one shouldn't > expect a sales person to know off the top of their heads, or be > willing to demo. Sorry I can't buy that. It is noteworthy enough to > have been on several headlines, not just blind news. > > I never said they shouldn't be willing to demo this. In Fact, in > my next note, I call this plainly, 'bad form' I think any sales > person who behaves in such a manner should be reprimanded by a > superior as this not only effects business, but is just bad Pr in > general. As for this being an obscure feature; yes, I know it's talked about, but honestly, most sighted people don't really care (aside from a passing interest) about it. -Not to say they won't find themselves perhaps trying it out or maybe even trying to work with it in some situations, in the current paradigm if one wants to change the song they're listening to, one's first impulse (when sighted) is to simply look at the display, rather than try to rely on non-human speech which takes more time to listen to / understand than it does to simply see the song title and change it that way. > And think about this. A feature that allows any user to not have to > take their eyes off the road as they drive. > <smile> You assume I haven't? Seriously though, yes, as I mention above, I do think some will check this out a bit and see how it works for situations like what you mention… > I've also never faulted anyone for not knowing, well almost never. > But for unwillingness to find out, I do fault. To have to force > someone to find out if this or that is correct shouldn't be necessary. I completely agree!… As I mention, I think there's a big diff between being insensitive / closed-minded vs merely uninformed. thanks for your note and have a great day!… Smiles, Cara :) > > > On Sep 21, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > >> Uh, confused! <smile> when I went in, I simply bought one right >> off, after checking out the colors. I knew it would talk, so >> didn't need to hear it. >> >> I'm not sure I understand the issue if one already knows what the >> speech sounds like?… <smile> >> >> I already knew what to expect, so that was no prob. I can >> understand though, for someone wanting to look at it per se, but >> the odds of having one on display like that or having a salesperson >> there who would know about it are probably pretty slim in my >> opinion, and, frankly, I'm not sure why this surprises people as >> much as it seems to. <smile> I mean, I wouldn't really be >> thinking about blindness or 'blindness' products or adaptations if >> I weren't blind and didn't know anyone who was, or have some such >> connection in my life. Why should I, unless I needed to?… >> <smile> It wouldn't make me insensitive or closed-minded, but it >> certainly wouldn't be in the forefront of my thoughts, as I'm sure >> is the case with most of the salespeople most VI peeps come in >> contact with… > > --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
