Those of us who are blind can also type the word into a search engine even if we have the incorrect spelling. The search engine often comes up with the correct spelling.
E. At 05:59 PM 11/21/2007, you wrote:
The problem is that those of you who are blind and have seen a particular name or word can only try spelling it phonetically, and unfortunately, our English language has too many homonyms and two many ways to spell words that don't always make sense. You spelled Montgomery very logically. There are always many spelling "errors" in the list posts, but they are totally logical. To listeners it doesn't make any difference, and to sighted people it doesn't make any difference. I don't know about Braille readers. It must cause them to pause and maybe chuckle. smile G. Cindy --- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Sue, > > Well, I did have a bit of trouble when researching > for Montgomery > because I kept misspelling her name. <rueful grin> > I kept spelling it > with a U not an o, Montgumery. I finally found the > books by typing > Anne Of Green Gables and then going to the author > link which is on the > search page when the book pops up. Yes, searching > may require a > little help. It takes a while to learn to talk to > computers. <smiling> > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.portaltutoring.info > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile > Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility > anywhere. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.__________ NOD32 2676 (20071121) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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