--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two words, speech recognitions software. Been out for over a decade. > > The criticism about being computer illiterate is valid in this day and > age. Or do you think the Internet is a bunch of tubes Richard? No > one is making fun of his disability. In fact using his disability as > an excuse is a disservice to the many disabled people who don't let > their disabilities stop them from using technology. Stephen Hawking > uses a computer very effectively.
I met a computer scientist 25 years ago who was so close to totally blind that she had to wear a microscope-like assembly to be able to read words one letter at a time on the computer screen. And of course, with text to speech and speech to text, and the upcoming EEG-driven interfaces, anyone in waking state who still has one of the standard communications senses (i.e., anything but smell) can use a computer IF THEY REALLY WANT TO. Lawson
