Re: JAWS training.
- From: mostafa almahdy <mostafa.almahdy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:30:38 +0200
dear mister dave:
thank you for inspiring me.
I'll attempt to send this request to FreedomScientific
again: I appreciated your helping desire!; thank you so much.
On 4/13/10, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mostafa,
>
> That's a very interesting perspective. I had not thought about this
> application for JAWS, especially for a person who does not speak the
> language being displayed.
>
> I know that Dan Clark is sighted, but I do not know if he uses JAWS because
> it is his job, or because he would use it if he did not work for Freedom
> Scientific. I think the latter choice is less likely.
>
> I am not sure how many sighted users would pay the money for JAWS for the
> application you suggest, but I would guess that the number of those are very
> small compared to the partially-sighted and blind community who use JAWS as
> a means to be more on par with their sighted peers.
>
> Again I hope you are able to make good use of your ideas, but if you are
> wanting to know how many sighted users there are for JAWS, then petitioning
> this list may not be a statistically valid population. I think there is a
> significant bias on this list toward those who have limited or no sight at
> all.
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mostafa almahdy" <mostafa.almahdy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 13:52
> Subject: Re: JAWS training.
>
>
> Hello mister Dave:
> first of all:
> I appreciate your responds to me; I experienced various positive
> associations from you.
> as all we know that's Dan Clark for instance who is essentially the
> initial representative of the regular updated JAWS training materials
> is completely a sighted guy; isn't he?
> and I think that's he is very creative user of JAWS.
> what I really wanted to say at this point:
> that's JAWS and it's related products is not entirely an private
> stufff for those who are visually impairment computer users; I believe
> that's JAWS could be used as an principal and SPECTACULAR educational
> instrument to teach the correct spoken tongue for nun native speakers.
> and that's precisely what JAWS has done for me.
> I wish to hear from you about this particular issue.
> I believe that's our adaptive technologies has been invented to get us
> out of any imprisonment conditions.
> I know that's the subject is not listed in the discussions herein; I
> apologize to it's moderators; owners and members.
> Mostafa Almahdy.
> Egyptian Citizen.
> msn instant messenger:
> blind_user_forever@xxxxxxxxxxx
> join me per English Conversation and precious friendship.
> On 4/13/10, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello Mostafa,
>>
>> That would be very hard data to gather. Even if you had some responses on
>> this list, you would not know what percentage of the total JAWS population
>> they represented.
>>
>> If you're interested in trying to gauge what type of training to develop,
>> based on the partial vs. total blind community, I can understand your need
>> for that. However I believe it's also data that you cannot get from any
>> other institution, even if they had it. There are some privacy issues that
>> shelter that specific information.
>>
>> Perhaps there are some numbers you can get from governments, but I don't
>> think it would be so specific as to tell who uses JAWS, and who does not.
>>
>> When I worked for another company years ago and I volunteered for a
>> committee for disabled employees, there was no legal way to find out how
>> many of each disability worked for the company due to those protections.
>> All
>> we knew were those who stepped forward and self-identified. But with that
>> we
>> could not quantify any percentages.
>>
>> Good luck to your endeavor.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "mostafa almahdy" <mostafa.almahdy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:16
>> Subject: JAWS training.
>>
>>
>> Hello everybody:
>> I thought to drop this message inquiring about how many of the JAWS
>> users are sighted?
>> any ideas?
>> Mostafa.
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