Your advice is appreciated but if i did that (1) a sighted person would know business I don't need him/her to know and I might as well just go back to having a reader go through my mail and do my checks; and (2) I would never get things done because I usually don't have a sighted person around. I have been doing my own transactions online without the confirmation of a sighted person for over ten years - in fact, I do almost all my financial transactions that way - and have never made a mistake doing it. In fact, my screen reader has indeed been up to the task as long as I checked everything carefully, be it a Windows, linux or Mac screenreader. However, I do understand that mistakes can be made and information may not show up correctly in some instances and I don't blame or belittle people who wish to use such precautions. However, for me, to do transactions online would be totally pointless if I had to have a sighted person okay my decisions for me. Sorry, I know this does sound impatient with your view; it's not that I don't respect it; I just know that for me it would put an end to my use of online systems if I followed this advice. But I commend those who can do this and feel they need to do so for their caution and wisdom and patience in waiting for sighted help to do these things; if you have doubts as to your ability or feel you need more practice first or for some reason don't trust your screenreader or a particular sight, this is indeed a good idea. But I will have to say that I do not think this is a risky thing for a blind person with experience to do in most cases.
-- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 19, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Chris Moore <chris.w...@gmail.com> wrote: I’m going to jump in and offer a piece of prudent advice. I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable computer user. However, when it comes to entering financial transactions online, I would much prefer to have a sighted person assist or review what I am attempting to do before hitting the submit button. Never assume that the screen reader is showing you all the pertinent information. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
