[Vision2020] RE: HTML Formatting and the Blind

[Donovan Arnold]

Tommy,

You wrote:

"E-mail software for the blind?"


The blind do use ATM machines and read email. Deaf
people talk on the phone. There are even people with
no legs that run and people with no hands that drive. 

"Well, that certainly explains the Braille keys on
drive-thru ATM machines."--Hansen

How can one criticize Doug Wilson (more accurately
Steve Wilkins) for plagiarizing but at the same time
steal the work of another without giving credit to
them? That joke was first made by comedian Alan Marx,
not Tommy Hansen.
 
http://www.chucklemonkey.com/hacklist.htm

Braille is required on drive up ATMs because many
people that are blind use taxis and do not want to
disclose their pin number to the driver. After a
person that is blind learns what is on each screen of
a particular ATM, they can use it independently if in
a taxi or the passenger of another vehicle. Most banks
are now also starting to create talking ATM machines. 

Take Care,

-DJA

> 
> 
> 
> --- Saundra Lund <sslund at adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
> > Chas wrote:
> > "I, myself, hate HTML formatting in e-mail.  I
> don't
> > want enlarged fonts,
> > images, color, or anything but plain text.  Am I a
> > curmudgeon, or do others
> > agree with me?"
> > 
> > Well, I don't hate HTML, I just won't use it due
> to
> > security concerns  :-)
> > I don't mind "reading" messages in HTML format
> from
> > people I know, but I
> > won't take the risks for just anyone  ;-)
> > 
> > Also, I've been around long enough to clearly
> > remember the complaints from
> > people using dial-up -- HTML messages are larger &
> > therefore take longer to
> > receive, which I suppose was more of a hardship
> back
> > when most folks paid
> > for their online time based on use rather than on
> > unlimited connection time.
> > I still hear folks complaining about the time it
> > takes to download HTML
> > messages, though.
> > 
> > But, I'll take the opportunity to piggy-back on
> your
> > poll  :-)  After a
> > series of unscientific studies, I've determined
> that
> > after posting to V2020,
> > I get absolutely inundated with virus attempts,
> and
> > I'm wondering if anyone
> > else experiences this?
> > 
> > The good news (for me, anyway) is that my computer
> > is very secure, so the
> > attempts fail  :-)  However, it is annoying, and
> it
> > could be a major problem
> > for those who don't practice safe computing.  If
> > others have experienced
> > this, I wonder if that might contribute to the
> lack
> > of participation on
> > V2020 by more community members.
> > 
> > 
> > Saundra Lund
> > Moscow, ID
> > 
> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
> is
> > for good people to do
> > nothing.
> > Edmund Burke
> > 
> > ***** Original material contained herein is
> > Copyright 2005, Saundra Lund.
> > Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce
> outside
> > the Vision 2020 forum
> > without the express written permission of the
> > author.*****
> > 
> > 
> >
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