Re: Please place responses at the beginning of your email.Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?

I second this request.  I realize that sighted participants in list
discussions often use in-line quoting, but despite my efforts to adapt
to it, I have found it highly inefficient for me as a screen reader
user.  When I have been following a message thread, it is annoying to
have to hear repetitions of previous correspondence before getting to
new material -- enough so that I reach a point of deleting messages not
directed specifically to me if I discover the writer consistently
practices this style of email.  I know the intent is not negative, but
the reality is that it presents significant usability problems for blind
people with today's email and screen reader technologies -- at least the
ones with which with I'm familiar.

Regards,
Jamal
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, James Panes wrote:

> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:06:45 -0400
> From: James Panes <jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Please place responses at the beginning of your email.Re: Which
>     Linux + screen reader to choose?
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> It is common courtesy on this list to place your responses at the beginning
> of your email. This way, people do not have to arrow down through what they
> have already read to get to your text. I emailed you about this off-list,
> but was rebuffed and ignored.
>
> Sorry, but as long as you persist in the practice of placing your responses
> at the bottom of your email, I am just going to delete them.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
> jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx
> jimpanes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Everything is easy when you know how."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Dalton" <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, inthaneelf wrote:
>
> > obviously many don't think espeak sounds as good as eloquence, and are
> > looking for something that does, eh?
>
> I dunno what they are talking about, sounds great here...
>
> Try the link in my other post and see if it works.
> Could be broken...
>
> --
> Daniel Dalton
>
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> <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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