e that. Ok, 50 years of long cane availability is an age,
> but worth noting it wasn't always so.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:51 AM
&
the subject from now on.
Regards,
Sieghard
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kelly
Pierce
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 8:09 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CN
: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 8:09 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
My sighted friend said the figures are cartoon like rather than an image that
represents an actual person. He said they have a 1950’s look to them. Rob,
humanity
rs of long cane availability is an
> age, but worth noting it wasn't always so.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Apple
: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
Speaking about making assumptions based on limited experience, when
using a long cane in crowd
Speaking about making assumptions based on limited experience, when
using a long cane in crowded areas, where you're moving more slowly, you
can choke up on the cane so it doesn't extend as far out in front of
you. It's not dangerous, and it doesn't slow you down any more so then
walking in a
Appreciate this description and definition, Thank you.
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Turner" <richardturne...@outlook.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities,
At the start of this thread, someone said that those who were complaining about
the type of cane
being used in the image would, really, have something to beef about if what was
shown was those
huge, clunky dark glasses that sometimes blind people are depicted as wearing.
It is those huge,
com> On Behalf Of
> TaraPrakash
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 6:01 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
>
> “This is not how most blind people travel,
> particularly the most independent a
com> On Behalf Of
TaraPrakash
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 6:01 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
“This is not how most blind people travel,
particularly the most independent and confident travelers.“ particularly three
people
to:wcmerr...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 2:30 AM
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I'm glad Apple is going to put some accessibility items in the ever
growing emo
“This is not how most blind people travel,
particularly the most independent and confident travelers.“ particularly three
people that I know
Making assumptions based on limited experience is so tragically ridiculous. Nfb
is just one of the many organizations in the US The US is just one
AM
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I'm glad Apple is going to put some accessibility items in the ever
growing emojy category. As stated before, the general populous is not
going to make buying decisions based off of cane emojys
, March 26, 2018 2:02 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
You should ask ACB this question, not me. ACB leadership approved this
controversial design. The inclusion of the blind emoji depends whether Apple
stands behind its
n canes and dogs, and are super fun to use, plus they're free.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>> On 3/25/18, Jewel <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz> wrote:
>>>> Rob! It is true that I am short, but petite! I, regretably, am not!
>>>>
>>>> Jewe
rter. I swear that, hardly, a day goes by when I don't have
>>> to
>>> stand on less and less
>>> toe tip to reach shelves.
>>> and Christopher! you don't know how short our streets are! so I might
>>> not
>>> have been exaggerating
>>
mobility aids as such, soon now, and sorry I fell
>> for
>> the bait too.
>>
>> BobH.
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Jewel" <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz>
>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, Mar
>
> Jewel
> --
> From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 6:22 AM
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabili
get off mobility aids as such, soon now, and sorry I fell for
the bait too.
BobH.
- Original Message -
From: "Jewel" <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people wit
, and never hit a person
with my cane. Above the chest is not for me!
David Moore
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 1:22 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I love this comment. Some
, and sorry I fell for
the bait too.
BobH.
- Original Message -
From: "Jewel" <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I * used to be 5 feet:
gt;
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 3:06 AM
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
Christopher, Perhaps you have not been following Jewel's post for a long time
now. you don't grasp
her usual tongue and cheek or brand
Message -
From: "Deidre Muccio" <deidreandlou...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
Christopher, Perhaps you have not been following Jewel's post for a long
hen I am close, not still halfway down the street!
>> It will be understood that I grew up in the era before the long cane, so my
>> mobility education
>> was
>> with the 3 footer!
>>
>> Jewel
>>
>> -------------
ood that I grew up in the era before the long cane, so my
>> mobility education was
>> with the 3 footer!
>>
>> Jewel
>>
>> ------
>> From: "Kelly Pierce" <kellyt...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday
ct: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I became suspicious when I noticed that the only blindness
organization consulted by Apple in press reports was the American
Council of the Blind. A sighted friend examined the emojis and found
the canes appear to only extend to t
gt;
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 2:54 PM
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Apple proposes new emojis for people with disabilities, CNET
I became suspicious when I noticed that the only blindness
organization consulted by Apple in press reports was the American
Council of the B
I don't think the NFB holds Apple in disdain or is motivated by whether
Apple donates to the NFB or not. The NFB has passed plenty of
resolutions praising Apple, and on non-iPhone mailing lists that I';m
on, the NFB is considered quite pro-Apple. Apple is also not perfect, so
there are areas
As an NFB member myself, I have found NFB’s disdain towards Apple unfortunate
and opportunistic. They try to pass resolutions against Apple in their national
conventions and sometimes do succeed despite opposition from the floor. They
here is for the board who is not happy that apple does not
I became suspicious when I noticed that the only blindness
organization consulted by Apple in press reports was the American
Council of the Blind. A sighted friend examined the emojis and found
the canes appear to only extend to the elbows of the blind people, who
appear to be age 12. This cane
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