But making sweeping, off-the-cuff, little-thought-out comments about
sighted people is no more useful, and just as demeaning, as when sighted
people do the same to us. More so, really: sighted people make use of the
senses they have, as do we. They have one additional sense, they make use
of it. We would too.
Bruce
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Richard Ring wrote:
Actually, what the statement is about is the fact that if something looks plain, the majority of those who are sighted will ignore it. Witness, we now have to have touch screens on stoves, washing machines, stereos. Knobs just weren't visually appealing enough!
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:34 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: THANK YOU GUYS!
That statement isn't always true. My husband is sighted, and he is not impressed with that kind of stuff.
At 02:26 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:Sighted people can't deal with anything that doesn't have a screen, and lots of glitzy colors! Their visual attention is unclaimed by anything less.
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Allen Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:23 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: THANK YOU GUYS!
Hi Michael and list:
If Neal's wife weren't sighted, she might appreciate the speech access the book port provides to information. That isn't to say the sighted can't appreciate such things because some can and very willingly do. But I suspect they would be a much smaller minority than non-sighted users. Having said that, I am equally aware that there are many blind who don't appreciate the speech book port provides because of one or more characteristics. To each their own.
Cheers, Dave
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