Hi Charles, As to your first point I think it is a combination of issues. One of them being education. Yes, it is true a lot of younger blind people, particularly millennials,who don't read braille and may not know how to spell well due to a tendency to rely too much on speech software. However, even so regardless of the issue of speech verses braille I do think we can blame the school they went to for not passing on a solid foundation in spelling, grammar, and knowing the difference between various words that sound alike but have different meanings.
The reason I say that is when I was in school I do clearly remember the teachers teaching us the difference between to, too, and two and other words like that which sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. I recall we had these worksheets in English class where we had to fill in the blank with the correct word and its proper spelling. Either they no longer do this any more or many people have failed to retain the knowledge, but it is clearly an educational problem rather than a lack of braille literacy. After all I don't read braille myself, but I definitely know the difference between words like to, too, and two because it was taught to me in school at a fairly early age. In any case 20 words a minute is definitely a slow typing speed. As you say taking down information over the phone such as credit card numbers requires some fast typing so 40 words a minute should be a bare minimum for that sort of job. Thanks be to number pads on keyboards designed for fast entry of cred it card info, eh? On 4/1/15, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > Part of it is due to texting so often. In the case of blind people, I think > > a lot has to do with not reading braille and just relying on speech. They > don't know the difference between two, to, too, and 2. > > As for the typing rate, I found it strange once I started doing work there, > > because we were expected to keep up with the rate at which customers gave us > > their credit card numbers. Most of the time, they rattled them off fairly > quickly. I would have thought that 40 was a more reasonable requirement. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
