Well said Dug...
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From: Doug Lee via Skypeenglish
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:09 AM
To: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Skypeenglish
Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] a new way to record Skype calls that's
accessible
As always, there's a balance to be struck. The way I generally
summarize it is this:
- We should insist on the things we actually need.
- We may ask for the things we want.
- We should work out for ourselves what of what we want we don't get.
- We should aim to give back in turn in some way.
So, examples:
We need access to the Save button in order safely to download a file.
We pushed Microsoft for this, and we got it.
I would like a way in iOS Skype to check a profile from within a chat.
I did not push Microsoft for this, but I might have suggested it. I
think we got that too.
We wanted automatic announcement of online/offline alerts but did not
get it in Windows Skype natively, so there are SkypeWatch and
SkypeTalking, devised by ourselves.
Some of us use Skype as part of our jobs, hence, access to Skype lets
us contribute to society (besides getting paid, of course).
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 07:55:45AM -0700, Olusegun -- Victory Associates
LTD, Inc. via Skypeenglish wrote:
Hi Sunrise Dreamer:
You expressed my views far better than I would have done it! If our
women had kept quiet, whatever opportunities they have now would have
slipped under the abyss of forgetfulness! In 1973, buses in my city
had NO LIFTS; if the disabled had kept quiet, no change shall have been
made.
Sighted world? Hmm, they're still blind like you and I! They don't
have eyes at the back of their heads! I take long walks with them now
and then; if I fail to grab my cane when we go out, they shove me into
a pole and simply say: "I'm so sorry!" Why so? They're terribly
absent-minded and when you tell them that, they get upset even when the
truth stares them in the face!
In my city, the bus company is finally beginning to use GPS technology
such that the bus stops are announced; in the past, I have to tell the
drivers where I want off; they forget all the time and I've had to
report a few of them! If I had kept quiet because it's a sighted
world, I doubt if the audio anouncement of bus stops shall have been
implemented. Even sighted folks fight and agitate for rights and
privileges--so, why should the blind or other folks with disabilities
be left out in the cold?
The world is for us all! Let's just hope that humans can learn to
keep making it a fair place for all, disabled or otherwise.
Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado
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