Hi Ken, I've been married to one for over 30 years, and I know many others. Perhaps > it will make things clearer to take a long view. >
Yes, it does. > That does not change the fact that touch-screens are not efficient at all for blind users. That is true and might explain our different perception... Where I live blind people are organized in quite powerful groups. Our governments pay blind people an extra allowance each months that is supposed to offset any extra cost caused by being blind. Public employers are also required to favor blind persons (or people with any disability, for that matter). As a result many blind people work in places that are either not optimized for efficiency (such as public agencies) or do not require extensive data entry (many jobs involving telephones). While this certainly decreases the number of jobs available to blind people here, they are not in a competition with sighted people. At the work place the employer is required to provide necessary tools. At home, though, it's health insurance that covers a lot of expenses. Like everywhere in the world health reimbursements have been reduced here. For instance, they used to pay for a full braille line (80 characters), yet are down to 40 characters now. The iPhone (mostly, less the iPad) is cheaper than many tools specifically designed for blind people, but helps tremendously outside of work where efficiency isn't a matter, but independence and flexibility are. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cal4qjhhcxixdw-8xj3hdye91azzs15nh-5q1lqowocsjyse...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
