Marsha,
Though, in general, I agree with you; it seems to boil down to "to each
his/her favorite poison", right? Separate voices are for us like colored
icons are to the sighted. They can convey information (mainly the source of
the message) without saying so. I say, take your information where you can
get it.
Bob
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From: MARSHA MACCHI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Separate Cursor Voices
> Hi, Nancy. Marsha here. While some people might think that separate
cursor
> voices are a good thing, I do not think it is good to rely on it rather
than
> listening to what that speech is trying to say. In other words, don't
fall in
> love with the messenger, just listen to the message. I do not personally
have
> separate cursor voices. I personally think that people get so hung up on
> whether people need separate voices for different functions. I would
consider
> that kind of thing very distracting. Just give me a low-end speech
synthesizer
> that does what I want it to without a lot of fanciness.
>
> Marsha
> At 10:27 AM 7/10/1999 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello Again,
> >
> >My students have yet another question for you. These are typically
> >questions which seek answers from many individual users, so that the
> >students can obtain an overview of how JAWS is used on a regular basis.
> >
> >Having realized that JAWS can define separate voice for the keyboard, the
> >PC cursor and the JAWS cursor, students would like to know how many of
you
> >use this feature. They are hotly divided on whether it is necessary or
> >even useful.
> >
> >I, for instance, do not maintain separate voices for each cursor, and
have
> >never found it necessary to do so. However, this is only for my personal
> >use, and I encourage students to use three distinct voices.
> >
> >Opinions and suggestions.
> >
> >Nancy Feldman, Technology Instructor
> >Colorado Center for the Blind
> >
> >
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