[blindza] Top 10 Words or Phrases to Annoy People Who Are Blind
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BlindZA" <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:05:18 +0200
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Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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Top 10 Words or Phrases to Annoy People Who Are Blind
Posted May 6th, 2008 by T.Reid
I wanted to do a top 10 list for some time now, but I wasn't sure about
the topic.
Well here is my Top 10 phrases that really annoy blind people. Well, maybe
I should
just speak for myself.
Post any additional annoying phrases in the comments.
1. Drag and Drop
I can't stand reading about a new application or a "great new feature"
that has recently
been added to a piece of software. Only to find out that it works so
easily, all
you have to do is "Drag and Drop."
Blind translation:
Auhhh Sugar Honey Ice Tea, will this work with my screen reader? Will this
have a
keyboard equivalent?
2. Graphics
I don't have anything against the use of graphics, I just hate when folks
don't use
the alt tag to provide a labeled description. For the screen reader user,
this is
what we hear.
"graphic zlcd1fk379neoiw36xvluq0" or some similar useless garbage.
3. "Check out the flash video"
All over the web, I hear these words in the middle of an article. Now it's
not that
I have anything against flash or video, I would love to check it out. I
just don't
feel like going through all of the buttons until I stumble across the Play
button.
The buttons like the graphics discussed above, are rarely ever labeled.
All you hear
is Button 5Button 6, Button and so on and so on .
Any web developers interested in fixing this, see
"Creating Accessible Flash Content,"
from
WebAIM
.
4. Touch Screen
You seen them in products like the iPhone, well the i is for
inaccessible.!
It's a touch screen, do I need to explain further. It requires eye hand
coordination.
I have the hand, but that only puts me half way there.
5. ITunes
Well I already said what the i stands for right? I believe I heard that
there was
some accessibility built into one of the more recent releases, but they
use DRM and
this product is so wrapped up with the iPods. I just thought I would "hate
on 'em"
6. Cash Transactions ONLY
Obviously you don't see this on the web. This was really just a way to
raise the
issue of advocating for a modification to the
U.S. currency to make it accessible for all.
Please don't tell me about money identifiers either, I carry enough
electronics
already. I think it's beginning to interfere with the titanium in my head.
7. "You are amazing"
I don't have any problems hearing this in the right situation for the
right things
(If you know what I mean?)
When someone "compliments" me when they don't even no me, just based on
the fact
that I am blind and I can walk and speak and even have a sense of humor.
Well that
just pisses me off!
8. Buffet Line
I'm not talking about one of those buffets that has a person serving
behind each
station. Uh Uh! It's those that simply have a utensil to serve yourself
I have to hold my plate, my cane, figure out what's in the tray.
Need I say more?
9. "Can He or Can She
It is a very strange, uncomfortable and angering feeling the first time
someone referred
to me as if I weren't there. I remember being at a doctor's office and the
receptionist
asked my wife if I had a insurance card. "Does he." Wow!
This cannot be tolerated!
And here it is.
10. That way, over there
During my orientation and mobility training, a "helpful" stranger who
over heard
that I was looking for a specific store, yells out from about half a block
away,
"Buddy, it's over there, go over there."
If this requires more explanation, you should probably just drag and drop
your butt
John Gassman
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