Well, I am a formerly sighted person and I do not recall mixing up I and 1 and O and 0. But some other messages on this point reminded me of something I was not thinking of. When I was sighted I did not have all that much occasion to look at text on a computer screen. I was thinking in terms of a printed book on paper. I suppose, depending on the resolution of the screen, it could be a bit more confusing on a computer monitor. By the way, here we go straying off topic again.
_ _ _"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours"
Stephen Roberts The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Harrison" <greeniebone@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:59 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for sighted volunteers
That's so easy to say...but the eyes tend to fill in blanks, so to speak, sowhen reading visually, one is reading more what the brain expects to see, rather than what is actually there. That's why it's often said that most vowels in words are non-essential in print, since the brain tends to fillthem in anyway. Eyes move so quickly over a printed document that it's easyto miss a 1 printed as I, or a 0 printed as O, if not paying close attention. It has nothing to do with visual acuity, but rather with attention to detail! P.S.--I wear glasses, and I still mix up zeroes and ohs at times. *wink* On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>wrote:Like I said, if a sighted person cannot tell the difference between a 1 and an I or a O and a 0 then that sighted person is not as sighted as he or shethinks and probably needs glasses.-- Emily Harrison greeniebone@xxxxxxxxx
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