[bksvol-discuss] Jake
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:27:46 -0800 (PST)
Me, too. I was going to mention him as one but then
others mentioned them as a group. It just seems like
yesterday that he was a freshman in college. My, time
flies by.
Cindy
> You bet he is! (smile) When he was a student
> intern, I was so in hopes
> they would hire him after graduation. I hope my
> mentioning his name does
> not embarrass him, but the volunteers are familiar
> with his name. (smile)
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carrie Karnos
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:57 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: problem with daisy
> book
>
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> I didn't want to say who it was, but yes, I was
> referring to Jake. Excellent
> engineer!
>
> Carrie
>
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> From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:29:30 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: problem with daisy
> book
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> Oh yes, Jake Brownell! He is from Illinois, like
> me. (smile) And you are
> right, his degree was in computer science. I
> remember that from some of his
> postings on the list. He also has a website.
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carrie Karnos
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:56 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: problem with daisy
> book
>
>
> One of our engineers joined Bookshare several years
> ago, worked part-time
> for Bookshare while he attended college, graduated
> with a degree in computer
> science (I think), and took the job that was offered
> to him by Bookshare
> after he left college. He's been a full employee for
> probably a year now or
> maybe longer.
>
> Carrie
>
>
>
>
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> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:06:16 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: problem with daisy
> book
>
> Hi Monica, I think Bob was actually talking about
> the engineers behind the
> physical devices themselves, not the bookshare
> staff. smile. For myself, in
> ten years of using speech recognition software, I
> have yet to talk to a
> developer or engineer for the product I use that is
> disabled or even uses
> the product themselves. They all use a keyboard and
> mouse.
>
> Judy
>
> Monica Willyard wrote:
> > Yes, some of the engineering staff do depend on
> screenreaders. (smile) And
> > both customer support technicians use speech and
> Braille devices. These
> > staff members had to test the site extensively
> before it could be
> > released.
> > If you write to support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx you can
> speak with a blind person
> > who
> > knows how to do things on the site with various
> screenreaders.
> >
> > Monica Willyard
> > "The best way to predict the future is to create
> it." -- Peter Drucker
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill
> O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:17 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: problem with daisy
> book
> >
> >
> >> I'd be interested to know if any of the engineers
> depend on screen
> >> readers.
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