[duxuser] Re: specific cases of non-blind-friendliness
- From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:22:57 -0600
Good afternoon everyone,
About codes:
It would be of help if quick references could be made available in both
print and Braille detailing the various Duxbury codes according to document
type. For example, there could be a quick reference card for title page
codes, one for supplemental title pages, contents pages, one for index
pages, you get the idea. Our instructor at Northwest Vista College did this
for the students in the Braille Textbook Transcription course, and it helped
out a lot. It sure beats having to spend hours going throe that long list
of codes trying to find the ones for a particular page format. Have them
grouped according to document type, or page type will make it easier for
those learning the Duxbury codes, and make look-up much faster.
Peter Donahue
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From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:18 AM
Subject: [duxuser] specific cases of non-blind-friendliness
George,
Off the top of my head, here are a few:
1. DBT prints all of its initial manuals and help screens n file
formats
unique to duxbury, (dxp). In order to get help, we have to already know
how to use
the
program.
2. Certain options which directly effect blind users are neither
described nor explained. There is something called cursor tracking for
example, which, if disabled, causes the screen access devices (speech and
braille) to virtually freeze. Even though they may be doing what they are
suposed to, we can't see anything.
3. In the system menu there is no way to determine what items are
checked or not checked. Where other menus have x's which can be turned on
and off via the spacebar, the system menu has no such thing.
4. There is no complete list of duxbury defaults so people can
know from where they may be starting.
5. I never could find an explanation to justify my editing a file
in duxbury whose keystrokes I do not know versus editing the same file in
a word processor (be it word or wordperfect or lotus or any other.
6. Sometimes, when I have translated a dxp file, the codes are
included with the translation. Nowhere is there information as to how to
create a file without the codes. The particular example is the
duxguide.dxp help screen.
I'll stop now. If you are serious George, and I know you are, ask
us for help. We will be more than glad to give it.
I beg support and constructive suggestions froom other blind users to the
list.
For those who think that I am just too stupid to live, please write to me
privately, rather than disturbing these other nice people.
Catherine
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