Yeh, who knows how much voice recognition will come on over the next few years. Lets face it, once that gets to a point which will work with a screen reader properly then I htink it's a good way to go. Things wont just get better for sighted users, but for accessibility solution users as well. It's all exciting, nothing to be scared of.
Peter -------------------------------------------------- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:00 PM To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows
Orhan, Hi. It sounds as if you're overreacting. All Ann is saying, below, is that she recognizes that input peripherals are likely to finally change eventually. Eventually. Not that the keyboard and mouse are going to disappear in six months. She isn't expressing anxiety but rather justcuriosity and appreciation for the gradual evolution of computer technology,including the pleasant thought that other incipient changes may eventuallyserve to level playing fields in various ways and provide everyone kinds ofaccess none of us, blind or sighted, enjoys for the moment. This is all pleasant and innocuous, not something I'd have thought would inspire a heated response like yours. There isn't anything to be agitated about. Not to presume too much, but maybe you're carrying over some contentiousfeelings and some anger that are transferring over from the recent squabblesin a Blind Tech thread? if this is so, I can understand, but no one's arguing heatedly about this topic here, and no one's attacking you, or whatever it is you're reacting to. Respectfully.----- Original Message ----- From: "orhan deniz" <orhan.deniz63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:05 AM Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen WindowsSee, that's the problem with us blind ppl. Just wait, be a bit patient, and relax! Hell, keyboards will be here for a long time. This would even effectsighted secutarries etc who used a keyboard. It's just total non-sense to think that the keyboard will be wiped out with the new evolution of touch screen. That's ridiculous!BTw, as expressed in earlier posts, this will be an option. And, if this wasgonna happen, Freedom scientific, GW micro, dolphin, serotek etc all workwith microsoft. Do you guys realise how much bitching and moaning would takeplace between AT companies etc? Anyway, just my two british pouns worth lol. Orhan.----- Original Message ----- From: "ann medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen WindowsHey Yardbird,I watched an interview with Bill gates and Steve ? the CEO of Microsoft onCNBC and according to the interview in the future there will be no more keyboard andno more mouse. I am sure that accessibilities will be considered. Believe me I think it is a ways away but I think we are evolving to an operating system that might and I mean might be seamless for everyone. A few months ago I remember Bill Gatesstating that allbooks will be available on web. It is just a matter of time once the copyright issues are worked out. Pretty soon I think information will be available to all regardless of modality. Let's hope so. Imagine no added costs for accessibility. Cheers in advance. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen WindowsP.S. So, does this mean that you believe the person you replied to is spreading eisinformation about the future of Windows in order to turn some of ustoward considering a Mac or a Linux computer? That's the sense I get fromthe Wikipedia explanation, that it means to spread negative rumors about a product in order to turn potential customers off to it and propel them toward the product made by the company tha'ts disseminating the FUD. Or is it now sometimes used more casually, so that there doesn't have tobea real or implied motive behind it in that sense if you just want toinvokethe expression in a more general way, for effect? thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon B" <serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows FUD, means Fear, uncertainty and doubt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%2C_uncertainty_and_doubt Sorry for the confusion. Yardbird wrote: > ah, here's an opportunity to learn a new technical word. Fud. What's a > fud. > Is it a mistype of an all-capitalized acronym, FUD? If so, what doesthat> stand for? Or is it a word, in which case what does it mean? anyrelation> to > Elmer Fudd? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon B"<serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx> > To:<jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows > > > Just because a touch interface is optional, doesn't mean it's the> default. 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