blind people in whole are a very significant minority when it comes to
computer use. Whether you know it or not, the people you come across on
these lists are just about the best there are out there--not very comforting
is it? FS has some sort of stat they throw around stating there are 72,000
jaws customers. Compare this with the number of blind people in the US alone
and common sense should make you rethink your assertions.
Matthew
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From: "JardataMailServices" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:53 AM
Subject: [Skypeenglish] Skype is written for sighted people
This theme constantly sickens me when it comes to software development.
Blind people are not a small manority when it comes to computer use. A
large number of porportion of blind people use computers. With regards to
skype and their dealing with blind people, I don't see how they could want
to work with blind people in using their products and do what they do in
41 and other upgrades. Microsoft changed Office 2003 to Office 2007 and
it is almost totally different interface; how, I have no problems using
office 2007 because they considered blind users in their product changes.
It is not less accessible because of the changes; it is just as accessible
because of them and with the first letter steps, it is even more
accessible. This is how skype should do it. Consider their features and
make it a choice which interface to use. This is responsible programming.
I am so tired of blind people telling me that I must accept things the way
they are just because sighted venders write for sighted people and blind
people are not considered.
We must stop crawling along and accepting whatever is thrown to us and
start doing things to make venders consider our needs. Blind people are a
large enough minority to make skype take a look at our needs. If blind
people did not matter, they would not give anything about our feelings.
They just don't use this concern to make positive changes; they use it to
explain why they forget about our needs.
I feel I am being forgotten with skype 41 and, if I can, I will try to do
something about making a product like skype work for me or impress upon
skype to add a classic view to their current product. This can be done
easy enough. One last last thing: I use FTP Voyager and Serv-u; they had
a very usable classic view in their old products; they changed their
inyterface totally; but, in their view minu, there is one checkbox to go
back to a total classic view and keep all new changes. This has not
caused any problem for sighted people and I am sure Rhinosoft writes its
products primarily for sighted people. This is what I am talking about;
skype can do this, but for some reason they don't.
I am kind of tired of this, as I feel I am not getting anywhere with skype
and their interface and their lack of concern about my needs. I, like I
said earlier, will use the product for as long as it is permitted with 38;
skype will determine whether or not I can continue to use their product.
I may be a manority, but I am a consumer with money to spend and a need to
use whatever program I want to use.
I am not swayed by that thing of "we blind people should just be grateful
they even consider us at all." Without scripts, skype would not be usable
at all; therefore, what has skype done for our benefit? If skype is so
concerned about our needs, why do script writers have to always fix it for
them. They should write their program for all people to use it in the
first place. Again, it would not take much programming to put a complete
classic view as part of their program. Also, I can't believe anyone had
more trouble with 38 than with 41.
James Robinson
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