Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 6943f159376140438e93a135e823ca3be6f8f...@nioimbx1.mr.nioi.gov.il, on 11/10/2014 at 01:33 PM, Hilary Hurwitz hila...@nioi.gov.il said: Or what other alternatives are there. There is probably some text to voice software that can scrape the screen of a 3270 simulator. -- Shmuel

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 15:33 + on 11/10/2014, Wissink, Brad [ITSYS] wrote about Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal: We use a product called JAWS. It has been here for years. I know it works for 3270 screens, not sure about web stuff. My ex-boss is blind and used JAWS to be able to use a Windows Machine

ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Hilary Hurwitz
I know this is a long shot. We have a blind programmer in our DBA team who has been working for about 30 years on a IBM 3278 talking terminal. However it recently went to that big cyber store in the sky and no one here in Israel can find spare parts so far. Is there anyone in the world who has

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Hilary Hurwitz wrote: I know this is a long shot. No, it is probably not a long shot. We have a blind programmer in our DBA team who has been working for about 30 years on a IBM 3278 talking terminal. However it recently went to that big cyber store in the sky and no one here in Israel can

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread John McKown
/bit.listserv.ibm-main/DN59u8FjA0E On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Hilary Hurwitz hila...@nioi.gov.il wrote: I know this is a long shot. We have a blind programmer in our DBA team who has been working for about 30 years on a IBM 3278 talking terminal. However it recently went to that big cyber store

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Tony's Basement Computer
, blue on gray is bad -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal Perhaps one of the products

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread John McKown
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Tony's Basement Computer tbabo...@comcast.net wrote: Thanks for links, John. I'll check them both. There is another aspect to vision impairment that most web based apps introduce their own deficiency, i.e. contrast. We have some folks whose vision doesn't

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Wissink, Brad [ITSYS]
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Hilary Hurwitz Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 7:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: ibm 3278 talking terminal I know this is a long shot. We have a blind programmer in our DBA team who has been working for about 30

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tony's Basement Computer wrote: Most of the web is designed by young people who like pretty colors and can't relate to those who don't watch the Saturday morning cartoons any longer. black on white is good, blue on gray is bad Some interesting references about color contrast on media:

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:19:41 -0600, John McKown wrote: On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Tony's Basement Computer wrote: black on white is good, blue on gray is bad And complementary colors of equal brightness are utterly jarring. Avoid the combination. In fact, design for a monochromatic

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Grinsell, Don
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal And I tried saturated red (ff,00,00) warning text on a white background. I decided that was grotesque and dropped back to about (c0,00,00). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Charles Mills
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal I know we're getting a little far afield from the original question, but if you have a red/green deficiency, as I do, red on white is nearly indistinguishable from black on white. I often find myself raising my hand in presentations asking which

Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal

2014-11-10 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 10:14 -0600 on 11/10/2014, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote about Re: ibm 3278 talking terminal: x-charset utf-8Tony's Basement Computer wrote: Most of the web is designed by young people who like pretty colors and can't relate to those who don't watch the Saturday morning cartoons any longer

Colors (was: ibm 3278 talking terminal)

2014-11-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:30:27 -0500, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: At 10:14 -0600 on 11/10/2014, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote Some interesting references about color contrast on media: http://webdesigning4free.blogspot.com/2010/03/contrasting-foreground-and-background.html