[bksvol-discuss] Re: sense of humor
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:02:17 -0700
Sometimes humor's better than anger, & makes surviving a lot easier.
Glad u liked it, though.
On 7/13/08, Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jackie,
>
> I love your sense of humor!
>
> G.Cindy
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 7/13/08, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves website access for
>> blind
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 10:21 AM
>> Well "sleeping" is the polite & edited
>> version. A less polite but
>> nonetheless still very much edited version is that the A T
>> industry
>> was caught w/its pants down & the goods exposed. I
>> think it
>> interesting that they unabashedly take our hundreds &
>> thousands of
>> dollars & would not do this for us, while a couple
>> sighted guys w/no
>> initial knowledge of A T who just wanted to know why they
>> were getting
>> complaints about accessibility of their websites not only
>> could, but
>> would, & that for free! The A T industry should be
>> ablush with shame!
>> & I think we have now confirmed what we've known
>> for years--e.g.,
>> they're robbin us blind! & the last thing I'm
>> gonna say on this is
>> that we as blind folks perhaps need to consider putting our
>> money on
>> things like NVDA or other open source screenreaders so that
>> they can
>> be developed into a viable access solution that's
>> responsive &
>> adaptable to our needs.
>>
>> I'm done. Comment privately should u wish.
>>
>> On 7/13/08, Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Actually, MySpace is the only page I've heard that
>> it doesn't work with.
>> > I'm sure there are others that break it but,
>> overall, it works with lots
>> > more than it does not. Sadly, if it doesn't work
>> with the ones you want, it
>> > becomes pretty useless pretty quickly.
>> >
>> > cdh
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Jana Jackson
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:27 PM
>> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves
>> website access for
>> > blind
>> >
>> > Hi, Chris! Do you know if this works with MySpace?
>> Since they started
>> > using captchas as one of their spam tools, I can't
>> keep in touch with some
>> > folks as easily as I once could. Thanks!!
>> >
>> > Jana
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Chris Hofstader"
>> <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:35 PM
>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves
>> website access for
>> > blind
>> >
>> >
>> >> This new Firefox plug-in is, in my expert opinion,
>> possibly the coolest
>> >> bit
>> >> of AT software released in a long time. Check it
>> out, you won't be
>> >> displeased.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Chris Hofstader
>> >> CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
>> >> email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
>> >> Skype: BlindChristian
>> >> phone: 727-896-6393
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Jackie McBride
>> >> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:41 PM
>> >> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] o/t: Web Visum improves
>> website access for blind
>> >>
>> >> Ever been annoyed by captias u can't see much
>> less solve? Or by
>> >> labeled images that may as well have been written
>> in Martian?
>> >>
>> >> Enter Web Visum! This is the best excuse
>> you'll ever find for making
>> >> Firefox your default browser. WebVisum (visum is
>> vision in Latin) is a
>> >> firefox 3 plugin that does all sorts of things:
>> >> 1) It lets u label links & share those labels
>> w/other users--u, in
>> >> turn, get theirs;
>> >> 2) it can solve most captias w/a keystroke &
>> puts the result on the
>> >> clipboard for pasting into the appropriate field,
>> thus making it
>> >> suitable for both blind & deaf-blind;
>> >> 3) It can OCR some image links, thereby turning
>> them into a
>> >> recognizeable label instead of whatever;
>> >> 4) It's free, & its development is
>> ongoing.
>> >>
>> >> This has been developed by a couple of sighted
>> folks who, out of their
>> >> generosity, wanna help. I think they will start in
>> the future
>> >> developing a premium version, but the basic
>> features I've outlined,
>> >> they say, will remain free.
>> >>
>> >> Check it out at:
>> >> www.webvisum.com
>> >>
>> >> BTW, I have no affiliation w/them, nothing to gain
>> by advertising
>> >> this, accept possibly to help some1.
>> >>
>> >> Blessings.
>> >> --
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