[vicsireland] Re: the way of the future
- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 15:27:45 +0100
Hi,
This is Windows 95 all over again.
People are racing ahead developing new technology.
They are only thinking of how easy it will be for the "normal" person to do
things, while at the same time forgetting that a significant proportion of
the population have special needs and can't be crammed into a one size fits
all solution.
I can only hope that with the more active policing of accessibility by
governments and the EU that something will be done before it all gets out of
hand, and we have to wait 10 years to catch up again.
Tim
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ciaran Ferry
Sent: 22 May 2008 15:22
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: the way of the future
You've hit the nail on the head re touch screens Tony.
All forms of information technology are heading in that direction IMO. Just
look at what Apple are doing to the mobile phone and mp3 player market with
their iPhone and Ipod products. I've just recently read that Blackbury are
planning to introduce a similar device later in the year.
Microsoft have also launched a tabletop computer called surface, which they
see as being the centrepiece of the living rooms of the future. They see us
using touch technology for example to drag photos and music from our cameras
and portable music players to our computers wirelessly.
Frightening stuff really.
Interesting about your observations at the train station Claude. I've
noticed this myself too but was fortunate to have someone with me one of the
days when there was no human being at the desk at all.
Ciaran
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claude Saulnier
Sent: 22 May 2008 15:15
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] the way of the future
Hi Tony
It is interesting, I was at one the major Brussels train station yesterday,
waiting to buy a ticket. They have a touch screen where you choose a
destination to print a ticket with a number. They (eventually) call your
number so you can go to the next available counter to talk to a human being.
And I was wondering how on earth someone who is blind could buy a train
ticket on their own.
You might say they could use the website. Maybe using jaws you might be
lucky, because I could not navigate their website, which is why I went to
train station to purchase my ticket.
Claude Saulnier
www.wandsoft.com
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