[bksvol-discuss] Ot: jokeRE: Re: Publishers and Bookshare As a Library
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:08:41 -0800
Hi, perfect pitch is when the banjo hits the accordion in the dumpster. I
guess you can substitute an iPod but it loses in the translation. Just the
idea of that loud splat gives one the indescribably warm feeling of the joy
of pitching a tantrum when you were a little kid. Very satisfying for the
moment but very short-lived satisfaction at best. Hitting people over the
head is also illusory when it comes to relieving one's frustrations. Not
recommended due to assault and battery charges. What! Me violent? Regards,
Kim.
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Misha, LOL, you've exactly got the right image! grin. The only thing left
out is me telling the iPod, in rather colorful terms as I'm shoving it
about, how lucky it is that I can't do what I'd like to do to it and its
designers and its sleek little shiny case and innards if I could swing a
baseball bat!
Judy s. (who really wouldn't swing a bat at anything, even if it was
possible, but enjoys the thought anyways!)
Mike wrote:
> OK, Judy, please laugh, you've made my day. I now have this picture
> stuck in my brain and can't get rid of it...a woman with her nose
> pressed up to the touch wheel of an ipod as it sits on her desk. She
> moves her head, trying to push her nose around the touch wheel to
> select songs, but instead the ipod skitters across the desk on it's
> slick back. Yes, it's extremely frustrating, but at the same time
> quite hilarious.
>
> Misha
>
> Judy s. wrote:
>> My favorite was the U.S. Representative (from Wisconsin) who tried to
>> kill the NLS program for the new digital players because, heck, the
>> blind and disabled could just use an iPod so why waste all that
>> money? He actually SAID THAT!
>>
>> HELLO? That would be the totally unusable iPod? The iPod that
>> relies on a touch screen that you a) can't see and b) doesn't and
>> won't ever have a braille display and c) sure as heck doesn't work
>> with your nose trying to manipulate the screen! (trust me on this
>> one! wink). It requires working hands AND working eyes AND working ears.
>>
>> Duh.
>>
>> It's not only companies that forget, it's also the people who are
>> supposed to represent all of their constituents.
>>
>> I suspect the representative's office now knows me by name and dreads
>> my calls because I've contacted them to chew him out about several
>> things, including the above. grin.
>>
>> Judy s.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lynn I wrote:
>>> You've hit the nail on the head, Judy.
>>>
>>> I think back to the time when VCRs first came out. I wanted to
>>> record the Young and the Wrestles--my favorite soap at the time. It
>>> was quite a process--making sure to program the VCR in the proper
>>> way. I learned though.
>>>
>>> A few years later, one manufacturer came out with a VCR that had
>>> talking menus. The only problem was cost (around $900.00), not
>>> really affordable.
>>>
>>> The point I'm trying to make here is that often manufactures forget
>>> that people who are blind enjoy TV, movies, computer technology,
>>> caller ID phones, and a whole host of other products. They tend to
>>> leave us out of the loop, however. Maybe that isn't all bad--many of
>>> us have learned to be quite resourceful with Braille labelers and
>>> using our brains to remember step-by-step programming procedures.
>>> How many more products would be sold if manufactures realized that
>>> people who are blind and/or visually impaired spend money too?
>>> *smile* Blessings.
>>>
>>> Lynnsky
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