[bksvol-discuss] Re: Finding Books To Scan for Bookshare

  • From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:31:51 -0700 (PDT)

Monica,

Thank you for clarifying what went on for those of us
who weren't there, and for the person who was
misunderstood.

Cindy

--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Linda, I attended the chat where Brian made his
> comment about being 
> too slow.  If you will recall, he was referring to
> live transcription 
> that would work as close-captioning as each person
> speaks.  Because 
> closed-caption workers use special software that
> uses mouse clicks 
> and keystrokes in combination to type entire
> sentences, he believes 
> that a blind person wouldn't be able to build up
> enough speed to use 
> this software.  After playing with the software for
> a few hours, I 
> agree with him.  He was not saying that you were
> slow or that blind 
> people cannot do medical transcription slowly.  He
> was saying that 
> blind people would not be able to do live,
> closed-captioning 
> transcription quickly enough to work smoothly in the
> chat room.  His 
> other comment about blind people being put in
> transcription jobs in 
> the 70s and 80s and now finding themselves out of
> work was perhaps 
> said with less tact than one might prefer.  Still,
> it wasn't aimed at 
> anyone in particular, and I believe that many blind
> people were 
> trained to be medical transcriptionists back then
> because it was 
> thought that blind people could do well with it. 
> Many are actually 
> good at it while others should never have been put
> in that sort of 
> job because they are better suited for jobs with
> different 
> skills.  His point was that when you assume that all
> blind people can 
> do a job well because they are blind, you end up
> with some people who 
> do well and others who do not.  That is true of
> almost any group of people.
> 
> Monica Willyard
> 
> At 03:31 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
> >Do you think he means they are too slow at typing
> and somehow doing 
> >medical transcription is work one can do slowly?  I
> am totally 
> >blind.  Slow doing what one wonders.
> >
> >confused,
> >E.
> >
> >At 03:24 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
> >>Hi, E.  I wasn't at the chat session last week
> because I was doing 
> >>a job with a temporary job agency, but the week
> before, in the chat 
> >>session on book validation, the topic of chat room
> accessibility by 
> >>Bookshare's deaf-blind users was discussed, and I
> offered to 
> >>transcribe a summary of that chat session for
> anyone who wanted one 
> >>since I was used to doing transcription as a job. 
> This fellow's 
> >>comment was, "Totally blind people are too slow. 
> They always put 
> >>blind people in medical transcription jobs. I
> guess they still do 
> >>that these days."
> >>
> >>Anyway, I'm glad to help, but I certainly don't
> have to attend the 
> >>chat room sessions to listen to more of that.
> >>
> >>Linda Adams
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "E."
> <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:08 PM
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Finding Books To
> Scan for Bookshare
> >>
> >>
> >>>Was the chat room being plagued with a nuisance
> visitor?  I have 
> >>>not been able to attend.  I thought there were
> moderators or something.
> >>>
> >>>E.
> >>>
> >>>At 02:04 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
> >>>>Brian Collins is no longer present at the chat
> sessions to insult people.
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