Well said christopher Sent from my iPhone
On May 26, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > This is just my personal opinion, and I don't intend to force this > opinion on anyone else or flame anyone, but I disagree for myself. > Although I fully embrace using mainstream applications, I'm not going to > turn a back on an application or a device that makes my life easier or > more convenient just because it was written with accessibility in mind. > > What are our alternatives here? Use inadequate, hard to use or > inaccessible applications while we're working with Facebook to make > their sites and apps more accessible? > > I'm not a big fan of the phrase blind ghetto when referring to devices > and applications for the blind. I wouldn't have been employed and > independent for the last 30 years without tools like the Braille 'n' > Speak, JAWS, a refreshible braille display, Home Page Reader and so on. > Furthermore, I think these devices, and the experiences blind people > have with them, do as much to promote accessibility in mainstream > products as their existence might seem to hinder. > > Bottom line for me, is that I'm going to use all of the tools available > to me to get done what I need or want to do. I won't look down at my > nose on any blind person who feels differently though. To each his own. > > On 26/05/12 06:30, David Chittenden wrote:> Hello, >> >> I tend to agree with you. People are typically much more comfortable with >> the familiar, and often willing to pay a premium to keep/maintain it. >> >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 26/05/2012, at 21:41, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'll probably get flamed for saying this, but i haven't tried Voicebook and >>> probably never will. In my opinion from the description it sounds like yet >>> another lame unnecessary reinvention of the wheel and another part of the >>> worrysome trend i think i see that we blind are going further and further >>> away from the mainstream that we wanted to be a part of in the beginning of >>> the IPhone revolution. Don't get me wrong, some apps are needed, like the >>> money reader, the recognizer, vizwiz and others but others are in my >>> opinion not. But i guess to each their own. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 26 maj 2012 kl. 02:35 skrev adrian: >>> >>>> Has any one tried the new face book app called Voicebook? I have it and i >>>> find it very accessible. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> > > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
