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["Penny Leclair" <penny.leclair@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John:

Agree, my point was that often those who have serious hearing impairments
can only hear one type of speech synthesizer, that being the clearest. But
those without hearing loss do not always hear a big difference.

I am an advocate of Braille being part of a screen reading system, sorry if
my first message indicated that Braille wasn't paramount.
Penny

-----Original Message-----
From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:09 PM
To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: What Will LongHorn Offer For A Reader


Penny,

I am deaf-blind and do not understand speech at all. From my perspective,
braille support should be a basic requirement of any screen reader. I am
also a programmer and use braille for coding. This is another reason why
braille support should be a basic requirement.

I have a mac and actually like it better than Windows, but Apple's
VoiceOver is a big disappointment, because it does not include braille
support.

John


On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Penny Leclair wrote:

> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:57:19 -0400
> From: Penny Leclair <penny.leclair@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: What Will LongHorn Offer For A Reader
>
> Hello everyone:
>
> When we talk about basics and requirements, I would like to indicate that
> people, such as myself, who have a hearing impairment and are blind, need
a
> very clear speech and for me the few I can understand are more expensive!
So
> quality does matter. I wanted to provide this comment now, as we are
looking
> at what a basic requirement of a screen reader might be. I also use a
> Braille display, more to confirm what might be difficult for me to hear.
>
> As I am not a tech person, I remain a listener, and will be willing to
test
> or minor areas of assistance as the project moves forward.
> Penny
>
>
>
>

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Elba