If it wasn't for these so called machine doing the reading. Than
thousands of books wouldn't be available for those to read even if
you know brail. Because not all books are transferred to brail and
not all readers have access to those books. That is why these
machines do brail translation for those that want them..
At 05:30 PM 10/26/2014, you wrote:
Hi Charlse.
We have had the "Braille vs screen reader" debate before and I still
disagree, if a person is listening to an audio book that is still
reading if you ask me. likewise, if a person in the future writes a
book vvia dictation that's still writing. It's content that matters.
Is a great sheff today any the less of a sheff because they do not
cut sticks, lay a fire, use a refrigerator, need to turn a spit, use
a bellows to keep the fire going or anyth of the other things which
in the past were necessary to cook? Heck no. If they are a great
sheff we judge them by what they produce, not how they produce it.
For me, a far greater concern is the standardization of methods of
production and disemination which could influence creativity. In the
same way as a sheff who only had access to tinned goods would not be
as good a sheff as a sheff who could put their own individual stamp
on fresh ingredience, I am concerned that kitbox creation methods
and standardization (not to mention need to appeal to an
increasingly small number of corporations which is a hole other
debate), might have an adverse affect on creativity.
If for example the dictation software couldn't handle fantasy names,
or unusual punctuation that could be a major creative issue.
That is why I personally believe written language and letters will
continue sinse use of letters and punctuation allows the greatest
diversity in creation, whether that's writing, coding or whatever,
and why, while I don't agree about braille, I do not like the idea
of everyone devolving into text speak sinse limitation of language
also involves limitation of thought.
I also get concerned over tools like madlibs, rhyming dictionary
programs or synonym creators, and (to bring this back to games), if
game creation became too limited. For example if the only thing on
offer was customizations of console games based on choice, eg,
creating a character by selecting from a huge bunch of elements,
rather than allowing a platform where people could program their own
games, or even create their own elements in a scripting language.
Whether in the future the letters are typed, brailled, written with
a pen, or selected from some sort of efficient on screen keyboard
doesn't seem to matter to me, same with programming so long as the
choice still exists and the end product can be as individualized.
Ironically, a friend of mine who is a student of literature said
people actually thought the same of the printing press. The
arguement was if copies of a book could be instantly created by
printing rather than painstakingly copied out by hand, this made the
book less valuable and encouraged laziness on the part of the
authors, as well as devaluing of the book on the part of the reader.
Indeed apparently some holy orders forbade religious books to be
printed, and the gutenberg Bible was actually banned in some parts of Europe.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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