I thought it was the other way around: visually challenged for partially sighted and visually impaired for blind. As a non-native speaker of English, it doesn't mattering to me. I just copy what I read or hear without any emotions attached to the words themselves.
-- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com Op 27 aug. 2015 om 11:26 heeft Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven: > On 08/27/2015 12:05 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: >> Richmond, >> >> Not everybody who has eye problems is immediately blind. At least, not in my >> environment. > > I assumed you were using "visually challenged" as a euphemism for 'blind', > and "visually impaired" for 'partially sighted'. > > Otherwise there was no need whatsoever for your reduplication: "visually > challenged or visually impaired people. > > Best, Richmond. > >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> >> Mark Schonewille >> >> Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >> Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >> KvK: 50277553 >> >> Installer Maker for LiveCode: >> http://qery.us/468 >> >> Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" >> http://qery.us/3fi >> >> LiveCode on Facebook: >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ >> >> On 8/27/2015 10:59, Richmond wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 08/27/2015 11:52 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: >>>> Graham, >>>> >>>> A screen reader is software that allows visually challenged or >>>> visually impaired people >>> >>> Oh, Joy! There we are! >>> >>>> to understand what is currently on their computer screen. It allows >>>> them to find the right control so they can press the return key or >>>> space bar to activate that control and it allows them to hear text >>>> that is displayed on the screen. A very well-known screen reader is >>>> JAWS but there are quite a few other commercial and open-source screen >>>> readers available. I believe the term "accessibility" is most >>>> appropriate in this matter. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Mark Schonewille >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode