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. > >>> > >>>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >>>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. 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