Hi Pam!
Not certain of what you are talking about, but when I was using dos,
"Which I really liked", there was a huge number of different commands I
had to remember, and each time I got a new program there was an entire
new set of commands to learn. With windows all programs for the most
part anyhow use the same basic command structure. There are specific
commands for different programs, but the basic commands are still used.
Other things about windows is that you don't have to go get separate
printer drivers for every program since all programs share a common
print driver. I can go on and on with the way windows has made my life
much easier. Anyhow, I strill use dos commands occasionally with
windows and probably wilol for a long time simply because it is somewhat
easier in some instances for me to use dos. I get to a dos prompt by
typing 'command' after pressing the windows key. BTW, there are a farely
limitted nunber of commands but the basic ones are sill there. Catch
ya later de
<KF8LT><Jim>.
On 18-Mar-16 05:48, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote:
One thing I can remember right off the bat is that before windows came
out, we seemed to be on more of an even keel with the sighted.
Because they had to use the same dos commands as we did. I can
remember talking to relatives of mine about doing stuff on the
computer, and we could freely trade information back and forth,
without my having to say stuff like: "You have to give me the
keyboard commands for that". Pam.
-----Original Message----- From: via Talk
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 12:26 AM
To: A I Squared Support List
Subject: Losing Touch, or do I still have it?
Hello,
I am curious about something. I have thought for a while now that
accessibility is either going backwards, or it is not keeping up with
the new changes coming in modern apps and programs.
This isn't meant to be a slam at A I Squared, but I am wondering if
this is just my own misguided and inaccurate perception, or have any
of the rest of you noticed the same steps backwards, as I think I have.
At a time when it appears as if accessibility is increasing, , when I
examine the topic closer, there are just more choices today, than in
days past. There is multiple versions of MS Windows, and now Apple
has put Access in their OS. The Iphone and other Smart phones have
access, and the same for Tablets. Even Lenox I've been told now has
some support for reading its screens.
We have more Gadgets that have some Speech, but so far, the level of
access seems shallow. As long as you only use the basics of any given
program, or OS, you might be OK. But if you need to get in a make
some deeper changes, you might be hard pressed to make any such
changes because you find the access into those areas is just not there.
I worked at a Computer Software company for a long time, and I was let
go when Cash flow was slowing up. If I had to go back and work there
today, I doubt if I could do so, because I do not have the access I
once had. They have changed the Phones system, and they are using
software that I doubt if any screen reader would read enough of it to
make it usable by someone blind.
They now have three Databases, and one is an On-Line Database, and I
doubt if I could work fast enough to do my old job.
Even before, I had to memorize a ton of stuff, and today, I would need
to memorize a lot more than before.
So are those of us who are Blind experiencing less access these days
than say we did 10 or 15 years ago?
I would say we have less, even though we have more choices today, the
access is shallower.
Am I just a guy that is out of touch, or is what I think I see, an
observation others have noticed as well?
And don't worry about hurting my feelings. I hope I am wrong in my
assessment.
Grumpy Dave
P.S. And I may not be seeing Steps Backwards, but just that changes
are taking place so fast, that Screen reader builders can not keep up
with these changes?
Or is it a bit of both.
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