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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 990

                           Tuesday, July 27, 1993

Today's Topics:


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                              Blind activities?
                               Re: blink help
                                   Wp 6.0
                          Tinytalk and Soundblaster
                            Re: GUIDE DOG SURVEY
                                  Re: Help
                               Re: blink help
                         Information Request--BBS's


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Subject: Blind activities?
From: skouson@gecko.ee.byu.edu (Mark Skouson)
Organization: Brigham Young University ECEN Dept

My grandfather recently had a stroke which left him partially
blind.  He can see well enough to make out the shapes of people,
but he must ask you who you are or listen to your voice to know
who you are.  He can't read.

My grandfather has always been a very active person.  At one time
he held the world powerboat speed record, and has been very successful
in an electronics distribution business he started.  Now, he is not
very active and sleeps most of the day, although he listens to the
tv quite a bit.  His new lifestyle makes him look much older than he
did a year ago.

I would like any suggestions that any of you might have as to what he
might do.  Right now it seems that he is a little depressed because he
doesn't have anything to do.

We would both like any suggestions you might have.

Thanks,

Mark Skouson

skouson@gecko.ee.byu.edu




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Subject: Re: blink help
From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon Booth)
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

On the subject of going into meeting with concealed recording devices,
I wonder if there's something I could easily hide on my wheelchair.  I
had the head of admissions at my university tell me in May, when I was
trying to get reinstated after getting an acedemic dismissal on the grounds
that my performance was affected by my condition, that, and these are
his exact words: 'people in worse situations than yours have been dismissed
and they weren't allowed to return...'

Understandably the comment aroused suspicion but I had no way to prove the
real meaning of what he said.  I wished I had taken a recorder in there
because if he meant what I think he meant the university would supposedly
have been in big trouble.  I always assumed that it was illegal to pull
something like that.

Unless I'm really mistaken here....

The Univeristy has some very strict rules on alot of things, and from what
I can tell based on my more recent experiences, they could theoretically
hide discrimination behind leigimate policy.  But the last thing I want to
do is to accuse anyone of that, unless they really deserve it.   I mean,
the policies are rough on everyone, and it makes one wonder if indeed some
of the policies are rigged to serve as a deterrent- making it so hard
to get anything done that some people will simply give up because it's
so difficult.

I'd really like to have some way to record any questionable comments anyone
I deal with later on might say.

Simon

                           New address:sbooth@gallifrey.win.net


Into the long darkness- Alone in the unknown-|Simon E. Booth (Epsilon class)
I see nothing ahead of me-                   |email: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu
Smashed under the treads of fate-
The future is now only a distant memory. ('Transition: Into the Unknown',1993)







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Subject: Wp 6.0
From: lburns@deeptht.armory.com (Len Burns)

On Jan 1, 12:00am, Scott Wheat wrote:
} Subject: Wordperfect 6.0
}
}
} Has anyone tried using Wordperfect 6.0 with speach yet?  Does it still work
} as well as WP5.1 (accept for graphics mode of course)?

I have been messing with it although it will be a while before I am
ready to depend upon it.  It works fine with speech.  In some ways I
like the menuing better.  It is organized differently than 5.1 in a
number of ways.  One of the ways I am coming to appreciate is that the
setup menu is no longer just shft-1 from the edit screen.  There are a
few setup options remaining on that menu, but most of the major
submenus such as the filemanager and the print menu have there own setup
menu accessed with shft-1 once the menu appears.  This has had its
moments.  Sometimes it is difficult to find a particular setup option.
The trade off is not having to go to the editting screen and then into
setup to change setting for the menu you are currently using.

6.0 is a disk and memory hog.  I am running it on a 24 mhz 386 with 4 mb
of ram.  To use the /r option I have had to reduce my disk cache down to
almost nill.

BTW: The fax worksvery nicely.  It is right off the print menu.  I have
been through aRCbout 6 fax programs over the last year and a half
with some good results and some others.  So far this looks as
J]_Cgood as anything I have used.



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Len Burns
Internet: lburns@deeptht.armory.com
          lburns@cats.ucsc.edu
          lburns@moria.nfbcal.org
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Subject: Tinytalk and Soundblaster
From: lburns@deeptht.armory.com (Len Burns)

On Jan 1, 12:00am, Bob Westerman wrote:
} Subject: Tinytalk and Soundblaster
........
}
} This is what happens when you try to take the cheap way out,
} TinyTalk is actually a very good program, when used wih ANYTHING
} BUT THE SOUNDBLASTER.

I don't doubt that.  But given that this limitation is a given I would
be very sure that this were well documented.  I can very well imagine an
inexperienced user winding up in quite a confusing situation.  This also
does not address the myriad of other squirrelly things I have observed
with this program  withthe Soundblaster.  As for myself, I would not
release such a product for public consumption.



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Len Burns
Internet: lburns@deeptht.armory.com
          lburns@cats.ucsc.edu
          lburns@moria.nfbcal.org
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Subject: Re: GUIDE DOG SURVEY
From: shandrow@enuxva.eas.asu.edu (Darrell Shandrow)
Organization: Arizona State University

Hi.  I have a friend whose dog does the same thing.  What is the
reasoning for training them to walk on the left side of the path?
That is weird since the sighted keep to the right.  She has trouble
getting Ashes to go on the right side of the walk.  73





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Subject: Re: Help
From: shandrow@enuxva.eas.asu.edu (Darrell Shandrow)
Organization: Arizona State University

Hi.  There are some less expensive access alternatives.  There is a
pretty good shareware screen reading program called TinyTalk which
supports many of the modern features needed with today's
applications.  Also, Commo is shareware.  You can download it from
a bbs as commo541.arj or commo541.zip or whatever.  It is also
available here at handicap.afd.olivetti.com.  So is the TinyTalk
screen reader.  73





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Subject: Re: blink help
From: shandrow@enuxva.eas.asu.edu (Darrell Shandrow)
Organization: Arizona State University

This sounds neat!  However, I believe any evidence gathered would
be inadmissible in court.  Am I correct on this assumption?  I know
the police can't get away with this.  73





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Subject: Information Request--BBS's
From: rue_ramirez@tsl.texas.gov (Rue Ramirez)


I am posting this question for a non-subscriber; please respond
directly to her.

Terry Foster, Texas Rehabilitation Commission
terryf@rehab.texas.gov

What are some of the considerations for screen configurations when
setting up an online bulletin board on a PC?  This person wants the
bulletin board to be easy to use and readable by people using
speech access.  Any experiences (good or bad), advice, citations,
articles, materials, etc. would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.




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