Michael, Not everyone reacts the same way. Some people may be willing to overlook your communication skills, and others may not overlook it. All we are saying it is a good idea to get into the habit of preparing professional looking documents when contacting a developer or business with a request like this.
The fact of the matter is regardless if someone overlooks a poorly written document or not how it is presented will give the person you are writing to a first impression of you, and it will positively or negatively impact your relationship based on how well that initial message is composed. They may still agree to help you, but are being too polite to comment upon your poor communication skills. For example, in your message below you misspelled programmer. One or two errors like that someone will likely overlook, but if there are several misspelled words like that the person reading your message isn't going to think you are very intelligent. Now, as a blind person in his mid 30's I prefer to be treated as an intelligent blind adult, and do everything I can to avoid stereotypes. If it means firing up a spell checker now and then to make sure my messages are spelled correctly its better than appearing like I am either too lazy to proofread my messages or lacking in basic grammar and spelling skills. Which is the point of this thread. When a blind person makes contact with an individual or company for the first time he or she becomes our voice and representative with that party. Since we all want to make a good impression its important that the first impression is a good one. If you send a poorly written message the sighted party may either see the blind party as extremely lazy or not very bright. Either way that's not the kind of first impression we want to make. On 12/17/11, michael barnes <c...@samobile.net> wrote: > Thanks! Joseph for saying that to everyone on the list. > It's funny that everyone on here bashes me for my typing skills, but > when I get on here and ask other IOS users to please contact developers > with me about making their games accessible it seems to me that if > their was a problem with the way I speek to developers then my > programer wouldn't have work with me to create De Steno Games for the > IOS platform. > As a matter of fact we plan to work togather again. > So what do you say about that. > If people on here would help me to contact developers then I wouldn't > have the atitude that I have right now. > I do enjoy being on here so I may learn about games out there but I > don't enjoy people being butt-holes about things. > I am going to test a thought that I have to see if anyone on here will > help with this game series on the IOS to get made accessible by helping > me to contact the developer. > The game series is a gamebook series and I know from what I have seen > it can be made readable for voice over. > > -- > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
