Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Marshall Scott

Hi Folks,
Make it 4 votes.  I really don't want another list.  I fear that  
people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every  
list even vaguely related to a topic.  I can use the delete key quite  
effectively if the subject is not of interest.
Marsh

On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:11 PM, peter Apgar wrote:


 Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three yeas .

 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Just waht is off topic here


 Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the  
 technology
 lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should  
 hear
 about it.

 On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.

  
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com







 



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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Jessi Rathwell

I agree. I don't think it's a huge deal to go through and delete  
messages. I think we should be mindful of how many offtopic posts we  
post and the huge majority should be mac stuff, but if there's the odd  
offtopic post that someone thinks would be interesting to all,  
especially if it could be related to mac OS10 somehow, I think it  
should be okay to post it. the delete key is your friend if you don't  
wanna read something. and in mail, they make it so easy since you can  
just go to the subject  column.
On 25-Mar-09, at 8:10 AM, Marshall Scott wrote:


 Hi Folks,
 Make it 4 votes.  I really don't want another list.  I fear that
 people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every
 list even vaguely related to a topic.  I can use the delete key quite
 effectively if the subject is not of interest.
 Marsh

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:11 PM, peter Apgar wrote:


 Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three yeas .

 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Just waht is off topic here


 Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the
 technology
 lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should
 hear
 about it.

 On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long  
 as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar  
 technologies.

 
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com











 


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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom

Count me in amongst those who agree, and we have the VoBs list as well  
why should we have another one?
/Krister

25 mar 2009 kl. 16.10 skrev Marshall Scott:


 Hi Folks,
 Make it 4 votes.  I really don't want another list.  I fear that
 people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every
 list even vaguely related to a topic.  I can use the delete key quite
 effectively if the subject is not of interest.
 Marsh

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:11 PM, peter Apgar wrote:


 Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three yeas .

 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Just waht is off topic here


 Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the
 technology
 lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should
 hear
 about it.

 On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long  
 as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar  
 technologies.

 
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com











 


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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread chantel cuddemi

Exctly. What's the point of having three mac lists?
On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:


 Count me in amongst those who agree, and we have the VoBs list as well
 why should we have another one?
 /Krister

 25 mar 2009 kl. 16.10 skrev Marshall Scott:


 Hi Folks,
 Make it 4 votes.  I really don't want another list.  I fear that
 people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every
 list even vaguely related to a topic.  I can use the delete key quite
 effectively if the subject is not of interest.
 Marsh

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:11 PM, peter Apgar wrote:


 Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three  
 yeas .

 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Just waht is off topic here


 Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the
 technology
 lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should
 hear
 about it.

 On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that  
 be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long
 as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar
 technologies.


 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com














 


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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Chris Blouch

I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the 
same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which have 
broad appeal to this list's readership has some positive benefit to the 
community. For myself this is one of the few public mailing list I 
subscribe to. So I both appreciate and try to support some level of 
contributions that are not necessarily Mac/VO related. That said, I am 
not really as interested in reading about new Windows or Jaws features 
via this list. My expectation is that the content will be at around 90% 
Mac/VO and the rest general accessibility related. Strict enforcement of 
Mac/VO topics control may be impossible on one hand and possibly 
detrimental on the other.

CB

Cara Quinn wrote:
 Hi Greg, well you answered your own question.  :-)  Anything Mac- 
 related is certainly on topic.

I'm sure sorry you feel like this is 'wrath' but I've gotten *many*  
 requests / complaints from list members whom pay for bandwidth, or  
 have limited time in which to read list mail, but whom would really  
 like to stay on the list for it's informational value.  However, a lot  
 of the more 'chatty' messages really get in the way for them.

So far these people constitute the majority of whom I'm hearing  
 from, so I need to take that as the general list consensus.

This is, afterall, your list.  If you all said Cara, I want a chat  
 list, then that's what this would be, and I'd never even consider  
 posting the kind of thing I did earlier.  -But that's not what you're  
 saying to me.  the list is saying that there is too much traffic that  
 isn't relevant, so that's what I'm trying to address as list  
 moderator.  Does this make sense?…

So, since this is currently the case, when someone deliberately  
 posts something that they, themselves have even labeled as 'Off  
 Topic,' considering that I've posted very nice / polite requests  
 numerous times, I then feel that a post like my earlier one is  
 warranted.  I most certainly don't want to ban anyone nor do I want  
 this list to become a tyrannical place which no one enjoys.  :-)   
 what's the fun in that?

However, if I keep asking nicely yet people keep feeling that it  
 doesn't apply to them and go on posting notes they're kindly asked not  
 to, then I'm not left with much choice in the matter, yes?…

In order for this list to work well together, we need to have at  
 least some respect for eachother and awareness that not everyone has  
 the same access to plentiful internet time, nor do we all have the  
 same sorts of leisurely schedules in which to lazily read vast amounts  
 of email.  So since we're all different, we just need to find a good  
 consensus we can come to, that's all…

Now, you do raise a really good point in the sense of asking  
 exactly what and what is not on-topic, since I'm planning to edit the  
 Welcome message if needed, so I'll try to be as clear as I can.  I  
 certainly don't want there to be any ambiguity and I certainly don't  
 want anyone to feel they need to worry about what they're posting.

Anyway, I hope this helps answer the question, and I wish you /  
 yours a lovely evening!…

 Smiles,

 Cara  :)
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 View my Online Portfolio at:
 http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:


 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.

 
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com







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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Cara Quinn

   smile  Are you guys *trying* to make my life difficult?  lol!

   The vote on this already happened last week and everyone was told  
about it in advance.  the results came in and I posted them.

   So please, can we simply get back to the topics at hand?…

   I'm posting this to the list now as it seems many people are not  
understanding a certain aspect of this issue.  So I'll explain here…

   Quite simply, some listers are paying dynamically for bandwidth  
they use.  So, the amount of time it takes them to download email  
(yes, even including this one) is important.  So, if they find that  
their inbox is then riddled with non-informational posts, no amount of  
pressing their delete key will get their money back.

   Not everyone is as fortunate to have basically free-flowing  
internet access at their disposal.

   so do we really want to simply not care about those listers whom  
would really like to stay on the list for its informational value,  
when all it would take on our parts, to ease this situation is simply  
to take just a second before sending a message to decide whether it's  
truly necessary / on-topic for the list?…  This is all I'm asking here…

   some people also have time constraints.  Do we want to not care  
about them as well, when all it would take, on our part, as above, is  
simply a second or two to decide if something is really of value for  
others to take time reading?…

   NOw we obviously don't have to care about these people, afterall,  
you don't really even know them, and so their concerns or issues  
aren't going to matter to you in your daily lives, and this is  
afterall, only a mailing list, but is that the kind of people we  
really are?…  I honestly don't think so.  I'm sure this is easy enough  
for us to manage.  This doesn't need to be an issue?…  -Yes?…

   We are only a mailing list, -not an 'us and them' situation.  We  
are one group of people, so it would benefit us in this situation, to  
think like that.  smile  It's really simple, and doesn't need to be  
a huge deal!…

   Okay, enough from me for now…

   Please feel free to post to me privately with any more on this if  
you all would be so kind?…

   Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!…

smiles,

Cara  :)
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On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Marshall Scott wrote:


Hi Folks,
Make it 4 votes.  I really don't want another list.  I fear that
people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every
list even vaguely related to a topic.  I can use the delete key quite
effectively if the subject is not of interest.
Marsh

On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:11 PM, peter Apgar wrote:


 Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three yeas .

 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Just waht is off topic here


 Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the
 technology
 lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should
 hear
 about it.

 On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.

  
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com














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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Justin Harford

We had a poll where we could vote between letting this list go  
unmoderated or keep it moderated, and there were a majority who voted  
to moderate it.  So its curious that now suddenly there are people  
coming out of the woodwork saying that they would like it unmoderated.

It's one or the other.  Merely telling people to be mindful of what  
they post is rather pointless since that clearly hasn't worked in the  
past.

And what about those short I agree messages, or way to go so in so  
messages that people send to chat with others?  This will also keep  
persisting since it practically requires computer savy to make your  
client respond to just the sender.  Under OS X you have to open the  
message, VO space over the sender, and in the context menu that comes  
up you have to press enter on respond to sender or new message.   
Really no one is going to do that, particularly if they didn't want to  
have to worry about the difference between respond to first and  
respond all.

I tend to not say anything about it on this list because on one side,  
it seems like something that is inevitable, and on the other side,  
something that I see could be annoying.  I just couldn't resist making  
this observation.

Justin

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already  
tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic  
strip.

El 25/03/2009, a las 10:32, Chris Blouch escribió:


 I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the
 same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which  
 have
 broad appeal to this list's readership has some positive benefit to  
 the
 community. For myself this is one of the few public mailing list I
 subscribe to. So I both appreciate and try to support some level of
 contributions that are not necessarily Mac/VO related. That said, I am
 not really as interested in reading about new Windows or Jaws features
 via this list. My expectation is that the content will be at around  
 90%
 Mac/VO and the rest general accessibility related. Strict  
 enforcement of
 Mac/VO topics control may be impossible on one hand and possibly
 detrimental on the other.

 CB

 Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Greg, well you answered your own question.  :-)  Anything Mac-
 related is certainly on topic.

   I'm sure sorry you feel like this is 'wrath' but I've gotten *many*
 requests / complaints from list members whom pay for bandwidth, or
 have limited time in which to read list mail, but whom would really
 like to stay on the list for it's informational value.  However, a  
 lot
 of the more 'chatty' messages really get in the way for them.

   So far these people constitute the majority of whom I'm hearing
 from, so I need to take that as the general list consensus.

   This is, afterall, your list.  If you all said Cara, I want a chat
 list, then that's what this would be, and I'd never even consider
 posting the kind of thing I did earlier.  -But that's not what you're
 saying to me.  the list is saying that there is too much traffic that
 isn't relevant, so that's what I'm trying to address as list
 moderator.  Does this make sense?…

   So, since this is currently the case, when someone deliberately
 posts something that they, themselves have even labeled as 'Off
 Topic,' considering that I've posted very nice / polite requests
 numerous times, I then feel that a post like my earlier one is
 warranted.  I most certainly don't want to ban anyone nor do I want
 this list to become a tyrannical place which no one enjoys.  :-)
 what's the fun in that?

   However, if I keep asking nicely yet people keep feeling that it
 doesn't apply to them and go on posting notes they're kindly asked  
 not
 to, then I'm not left with much choice in the matter, yes?…

   In order for this list to work well together, we need to have at
 least some respect for eachother and awareness that not everyone has
 the same access to plentiful internet time, nor do we all have the
 same sorts of leisurely schedules in which to lazily read vast  
 amounts
 of email.  So since we're all different, we just need to find a good
 consensus we can come to, that's all…

   Now, you do raise a really good point in the sense of asking
 exactly what and what is not on-topic, since I'm planning to edit the
 Welcome message if needed, so I'll try to be as clear as I can.  I
 certainly don't want there to be any ambiguity and I certainly don't
 want anyone to feel they need to worry about what they're posting.

   Anyway, I hope this helps answer the question, and I wish you /
 yours a lovely evening!…

 Smiles,

 Cara  :)
 ---
 View my Online Portfolio at:
 http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:


 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I 

Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-25 Thread Jessi Rathwell

agreed, Chris. well said.
On 25-Mar-09, at 10:32 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:


 I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the
 same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which  
 have
 broad appeal to this list's readership has some positive benefit to  
 the
 community. For myself this is one of the few public mailing list I
 subscribe to. So I both appreciate and try to support some level of
 contributions that are not necessarily Mac/VO related. That said, I am
 not really as interested in reading about new Windows or Jaws features
 via this list. My expectation is that the content will be at around  
 90%
 Mac/VO and the rest general accessibility related. Strict  
 enforcement of
 Mac/VO topics control may be impossible on one hand and possibly
 detrimental on the other.

 CB

 Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Greg, well you answered your own question.  :-)  Anything Mac-
 related is certainly on topic.

   I'm sure sorry you feel like this is 'wrath' but I've gotten *many*
 requests / complaints from list members whom pay for bandwidth, or
 have limited time in which to read list mail, but whom would really
 like to stay on the list for it's informational value.  However, a  
 lot
 of the more 'chatty' messages really get in the way for them.

   So far these people constitute the majority of whom I'm hearing
 from, so I need to take that as the general list consensus.

   This is, afterall, your list.  If you all said Cara, I want a chat
 list, then that's what this would be, and I'd never even consider
 posting the kind of thing I did earlier.  -But that's not what you're
 saying to me.  the list is saying that there is too much traffic that
 isn't relevant, so that's what I'm trying to address as list
 moderator.  Does this make sense?…

   So, since this is currently the case, when someone deliberately
 posts something that they, themselves have even labeled as 'Off
 Topic,' considering that I've posted very nice / polite requests
 numerous times, I then feel that a post like my earlier one is
 warranted.  I most certainly don't want to ban anyone nor do I want
 this list to become a tyrannical place which no one enjoys.  :-)
 what's the fun in that?

   However, if I keep asking nicely yet people keep feeling that it
 doesn't apply to them and go on posting notes they're kindly asked  
 not
 to, then I'm not left with much choice in the matter, yes?…

   In order for this list to work well together, we need to have at
 least some respect for eachother and awareness that not everyone has
 the same access to plentiful internet time, nor do we all have the
 same sorts of leisurely schedules in which to lazily read vast  
 amounts
 of email.  So since we're all different, we just need to find a good
 consensus we can come to, that's all…

   Now, you do raise a really good point in the sense of asking
 exactly what and what is not on-topic, since I'm planning to edit the
 Welcome message if needed, so I'll try to be as clear as I can.  I
 certainly don't want there to be any ambiguity and I certainly don't
 want anyone to feel they need to worry about what they're posting.

   Anyway, I hope this helps answer the question, and I wish you /
 yours a lovely evening!…

 Smiles,

 Cara  :)
 ---
 View my Online Portfolio at:
 http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn

 On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:


 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.


 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com







 


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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-24 Thread Tiffany D

Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the
technology lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think
we should hear about it.

On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.

   
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 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com


 


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Re: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-24 Thread Cara Quinn

Hi Greg, well you answered your own question.  :-)  Anything Mac- 
related is certainly on topic.

   I'm sure sorry you feel like this is 'wrath' but I've gotten *many*  
requests / complaints from list members whom pay for bandwidth, or  
have limited time in which to read list mail, but whom would really  
like to stay on the list for it's informational value.  However, a lot  
of the more 'chatty' messages really get in the way for them.

   So far these people constitute the majority of whom I'm hearing  
from, so I need to take that as the general list consensus.

   This is, afterall, your list.  If you all said Cara, I want a chat  
list, then that's what this would be, and I'd never even consider  
posting the kind of thing I did earlier.  -But that's not what you're  
saying to me.  the list is saying that there is too much traffic that  
isn't relevant, so that's what I'm trying to address as list  
moderator.  Does this make sense?…

   So, since this is currently the case, when someone deliberately  
posts something that they, themselves have even labeled as 'Off  
Topic,' considering that I've posted very nice / polite requests  
numerous times, I then feel that a post like my earlier one is  
warranted.  I most certainly don't want to ban anyone nor do I want  
this list to become a tyrannical place which no one enjoys.  :-)   
what's the fun in that?

   However, if I keep asking nicely yet people keep feeling that it  
doesn't apply to them and go on posting notes they're kindly asked not  
to, then I'm not left with much choice in the matter, yes?…

   In order for this list to work well together, we need to have at  
least some respect for eachother and awareness that not everyone has  
the same access to plentiful internet time, nor do we all have the  
same sorts of leisurely schedules in which to lazily read vast amounts  
of email.  So since we're all different, we just need to find a good  
consensus we can come to, that's all…

   Now, you do raise a really good point in the sense of asking  
exactly what and what is not on-topic, since I'm planning to edit the  
Welcome message if needed, so I'll try to be as clear as I can.  I  
certainly don't want there to be any ambiguity and I certainly don't  
want anyone to feel they need to worry about what they're posting.

   Anyway, I hope this helps answer the question, and I wish you /  
yours a lovely evening!…

Smiles,

Cara  :)
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On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:


Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the
wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post
saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be
permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as
it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.


Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkear...@gmail.com





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RE: Just waht is off topic here

2009-03-24 Thread peter Apgar

Motion has been seconded and the vote is being counted.  Three yeas .

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Agreed.  Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the technology
lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should hear
about it.

On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just what qualifies as off topic and can there by bring down the 
 wrath of the moderators here. If I had, for example included a post 
 saying that I had worked out a bill scanner under OS X would that be 
 permitted? I think we could stand to grant some slack here so long as 
 it is somewhat related to VO and the Mac and or similar technologies.

   
 Greg Kearney
 535 S. Jackson St.
 Casper, Wyoming 82601
 307-224-4022
 gkear...@gmail.com


 




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