Personally, I think you should use a copy of frontrow with the remote,
it gives the same speech when VO is turned on as the nano would
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 21-Sep-08, 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.
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.
And think about this. A feature that allows any user to not have to
take their eyes off the road as they drive.
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.
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…
