Another instance in which braille would be beneficial is when writing code
of computer program, I would think. Where spacing and punctuation is
important, speech output would be tedious, time consuming, and a downright
pain in the backside. Going through your code, proofreading before
compiling, would probably be more naturally done with the fingers than the
ears.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the cost of documentation - Re:
Somepracticalquestionsreguarding the Monopoly game
Hi:
Lol! Yes, fingers are better than ears when playing guitars and pianos
too.
Regarding basic proofreading and editing no matter what screen reader
certain things should be obvious when a word sounds wrong, it runs on
without pausing, etc it is easy enough to find and correct such errors
just by using speech alone. I figure most people don't care, and don't
bother doing basic proofreading which they can do with any screen
reader with or without a spell checker. However, some things I
question if it is just a lack of caring or a lack of literacy such as
the difference between to, too, and two or where and wear. I see such
mistakes often on lists and wonder about the literacy level of the
poster sending the post. As you say learning and using braille would
help out alot with such mistakes.
Cheers!
On 12/12/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote:
I never could figure out how to read brailled sheet music, so just play
by
fingers, as playing a guitar by ear is not easy. Fingers are more easily
used to make chords. (grin)
The points on spelling, grammar, and punctuation are very good reasons
why
braille is superior to speech. However, if people listen to their
messages
before sending, they should notice a lack of punctuation. The screen
never
pauses where punctuation would direct it to. Horribly mispronounced
words
are usually, but not always, due to misspellings. Some blind people
don't
care whether they type "to", "two", or "too", because it doesn't matter
to
them. They all sound OK, and they may not even know that there is a
difference. This is partly due to a lack of education, and partly due to
no
immediate feedback as to which word is which. Braille will provide that
feedback.
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