[JAWSLite] Fw: Announce: Accessibility Anywhere Braille Display Petition

Please see the following petition meant to encourage manufacturers of 
Braille displays to support a more common driver interface.  Note: the link 
in the message below did not work correctly for me, you can try accessing 
the petition at:

    http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Serotek Announcements (by way of David Andrews<dandrews@xxxxxxxx>)" 
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To: <david.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:34 AM
Subject: [nfbcs] Accessibility Anywhere Braille Display Petition


>
> A petition has been started by George McDermith at 
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html>http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html
>  
> asking Braille display manufacturers to base their drivers on the human 
> interface protocol, found on all Windows computers.  Such a design 
> philosophy will ensure that users can be certain of having support for 
> their Braille display on any computer, not just one which has been 
> custom-configured for such access, and will eliminate the need to depend 
> on specific screen reader drivers.
>
>
>
> The text of the petition reads as follows:
>
>
>
> "To: Braille display manufacturers
> We, the undersigned, who are Braille display users, friends and family of 
> Braille display users, and teachers of the blind,
> *: Believe that accessibility to information for the blind on a par with 
> their sighted piers is a right. Believe that due to this right, and due to 
> the cost of Braille displays, accessing Braille through the use of Braille 
> displays should not be limited by the type of screen reading solution used 
> by the blind.
> *: Strongly request that all manufacturers of Braille displays cease 
> basing the drivers of their Braille displays off of particular screen 
> reader drivers, but rather base all Braille display drivers off of the 
> Human User Interface Protocol, which can be found on all Windows 
> computers.
> *: This will allow true portability and equal access to information for 
> the blind, as they will be able to use their display with any computer. 
> This will create greater competition in the market for the best Braille 
> display to stand out, grant greater literacy in Braille through greater 
> access to electronic Braille books and other materials, and support the 
> right of all blind people to have accessibility anywhere."
>
>
>
> To add your support to this worthy cause, visit the petition web page at
>
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html>http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html
>
>
>
> The Serotek Team
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