[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:08:57 -0000
Ok, I take back some of my last message as I didn't think about the
dictionary manager. However, if a screen reader user hasn't used the
dictionary manager to read winks and smiles, then the sentiment of my last
message stands.
Cheers
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:06 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
"Incidently, I don't hear any smilies when written with ;) or similar as i
have the amount of punctuation and verbosity set very low to speed up the
speech output. This does get confusing when someone asks a question about
them, for instance!!"
Sorry Mark didn't mean to confuse you! But couldn't ask about smilys without
typing them using punctuation marks!
OK. Wouldn't be an idea then to make Jaws use a similar dictionary for
Outlook and IE to the one that is used with MSN? I mean, in your case Mark,
how do you deal with emails from outside this list, internet forums and even
text messages? Do other screen readers have something akin to the Jaws
dictionary? And re the point Chris made about Braille displays, do Braille
displays not display punctuation marks correctly then?
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Threadgold
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
This goes back to the writing of html where the tag for starting a line of
code is enclosed in the two signs such as <grin>.
The end of the portion of code is represented by the same word in the
characters but with a slash preceding it such as </grin>.
Over time folks have simply stopped putting in the <> signs round the tag.
Incidently, I don't hear any smilies when written with ;) or similar as i
have the amount of punctuation and verbosity set very low to speed up the
speech output. This does get confusing when someone asks a question about
them, for instance!!
hth,
Mark Threadgold
Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Amro Bilal
Sent: 11 November 2008 21:25
To: Access-UK
Subject: [access-uk] An observation and a curiosity
Hi all,
This might be OT, not really sure but here goes.
I noticed on this list that people don't use smileys and winks such as :)
;) etc. People rather write smile, wink and what have you. I've never come
across this practise on any other emailing list or internet forum. It struck
me that even literate computer users on this list do that. So I wander, is
there a reason for this practise? Do Braille users find wink signs confusing
for instance? Excuse my ignorance, but I rely on my screen reader's speech
output and I've never had any problems with reading winks. I started doing
what everyone else does on this list and the Jaws list but never asked why!
If there's a good reason behind this I'd be glad to learn it. If there
isn't, then IMHO this is a bad habit. What applies to other internet forums
I believe should apply here too unless there's a justification for doing
otherwise. Am I being pedantic? Would love to here other people opinions!
Cheers,
Amro
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