Hello,
In my opinion, it depends on the magnitude of the mistake. If it is 1
misspelled word, then it will not be a problem for the list. However, if it
is 3, 4, 5, misspelled words, then the line should be drawn their. Also, in
my opinion, one or two punctuation mistakes are fine by me.
Please tell me if I am not clear enough, I will try to be more clear next
time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meka White, LMP" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Blind Gamers Being Taken Seriously?
I would hope that this would be more of a guideline encouraging people to
proofread their emails rather than a hard and fast rule, because where do
you draw the line on coming down on someone? One mispelled word? Two? A
misused comma?
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge proponent of proofing what you write.
it's
a good, courteous habit to start laying down, but do you really want to
create that much more work for yourselves?
Warmly,
Meka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shiny protector" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Blind Gamers Being Taken Seriously?
Hello Mr. Ward,
I absolutely disagree with the idea that you have told us about the
proofreading guideline. We should implement the idea, because if we do not
implement the said idea you are talking about, more messages with poor
grammar, punctuation and spelling may be sent fourth to people and this
mailing list. I, myself, may not be perfect in my writing, but my writing
is
extremely satisfactory these days. My point is, even if people find the
guideline highly insulting or highly agitating, the guideline should
still
be implemented into the guidelines for the audyssey list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Blind Gamers Being Taken Seriously?
Hi Jeremy,
Yes, you definitely raise some very good points in your message. As
you pointed out the biggest problem in communicating with sighted
developers and the public at large is ignorance on their part. Most
sighted people have never met a blind person before, and even if they
have there is no way of knowing what their experience was if any. Its
our job to correct their impressions through by educating them a step
at a time, and to do it in a way that makes us look like intelligent,
competent, and mature individuals who have something worthwhile to say
about their products and services.
Its for that reason every time I see a poorly written message on
Audyssey or some other access list I inwardly cringe. I can't tell you
how many blind individuals just shoot off a message filled with poor
grammar, lack of proper punctuation, and spelling errors. Like it or
not if a sighted person reads those messages we will be judged one and
all as not very intelligent, as lacking communication skills, etc.
Bottom line, if we want the mainstream public's respect we have to
work for it, and not forgo proper language and writing skills for
convenience sake.
Here at Audyssey we considered adding proofreading to the list
guidelines to improve the quality and clarity of the posts.
Unfortunately, there were some individuals that took serious offense
to that, and felt that the moderators were going too far. All I can
draw from their reaction is they don't care about being taken
seriously and want the rest of the sighted world to view us
negatively, because that's exactly what will happen if they send a
poorly written message to a person or company who has no experience
with the blind. In short, good communication skills will go a long
ways to bridging the gap between the blind and sighted communities.
Cheers!
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