Here's a reply on this thread which was sent to me privately. I've deleted its author's name, but have chosen to forward its text to the list because it's yet another clear illustration of how easy it is to make assumptions. I'm sure that many, if not most, who subscribe to this list already agree, but, for the benefit of those who don't yet get it, the following is intended for educational purposes. There are no excuses for limiting the functionality of accessibility software, which primarily exists to make computing environments as equally available to all as they already implicitly are to those who can see, hear, and move all at the same time, just because it's easy, comfortable, or convenient for those of us who are reasonly well off to assume that all of our users have been equally blessed.
The following, in order to establish context, is in reference to my statement that, in my personal situation, it's important to be able to use braille alone, i.e. without concurrent speech, because my sound card is preoccupied doing something else. Here's what was written to me: >Hi, in the below case what is needed is to be able to direct speech to one >card while playing your radio with the other. Can this be done? If not >sounds like some thing to work on. Now, here's my response: Another assumption. The computer under discussion only has one sound card in it. So why don't I put second one into iT? It has no free slots. So why don't I replace that card with one which has two channels? With a family the size of mine, i.e. nine children still at home, I have much more important things, i.e. people, to spend my money on, and we're a single income family, i.e. my wife is a lady who still rightly believes that the proper place for a mother is at home raising her children. My whole point is that we shouldn't limit the design of accessibility software just because we can comfortably assume that all of its potential users have access to enough hardware and/or money, to ideal work environments, etc. They don't. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://FamilyRadio.com/ | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
