Very well spoken, and it's a lesson in reading guidelines! :) Email: truthobjective at gmail.com AIM: msd4283 MSN: mark.driesenga at hope.edu Skype: markdriesenga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Be Merciful
> I'm not Sarah, though I currently happen to be sitting in her house. > Sarah has been dealing with company (not just me) for a while and is > therefore often behind in email, and she's out most of today. I would > wait for her to answer, except for the number of messages being posted > on this topic. > > So here's my view: The original message was, indeed, off topic. It > was well intended, but strictly speaking, it is not relevant to the > list. Many Skypers don't use JAWS, and many more don't keep up with > JAWS updates for one reason or another. If the message had gone > unchallenged, it probably would have floated quietly by without > causing any trouble. But now that several people have officially > raised the question of whether it is acceptable, I would think the > question must be answered. But the moderator need not answer it; it > is already answered by the list guidelines. If a JAWS update > specifically addresses Skype somehow, it would be on topic to say so. > Otherwise, a JAWS update notice, a Window-Eyes update notice, a Talks > or Symbian update notice, etc., are off topic because they do not > relate directly to the use of Skype by blind people. > > To the original poster: I'm sorry your good intentions were met with > such a commotion. Understand, though, that the list is not being > intolerant, it's just being consistent and trying to keep its focus. > People leave when too much off topic is said, too. > > Please let this discussion close now. > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:23:35PM -0700, Warren Carr wrote: > I am often times amazed at the lack of mercy that emits from some of us > blind folks. > > What is the big deal about someone posting about an update of a screen > reading software? In the first place, all of us that on this list use > screen reader of some kind or the other. We wouldn't be able to read > anything in Skype without any of the screen reader of choice that we use; > and if that is true, tell me my friends, what is the sin of the person who > tells us of an update in one of the screen reader that some of us use? > > Please, be merciful and if this kind of intolerance persists, then this > list definitely isn't one to belong to. > > Warren Carr > "We live by faith, not by sight." 2nd Cor. 5-7 > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's > character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
