[duxuser] Re: Duxbury Vs. Braille 2000
- From: daveed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:12:45 -0700 (PDT)
Sadly, George, Sectgion 508 is very weak, justa as our other US laws
pertaining to
access and disability, so that colleagues who work for the federal
government tell me that so-called 508-compliant hardware and software is
still
often barely accessible -- I was shocked to learn that, but have sinc e
heard same from
other people.
On Wed, 28 May 2003, George Bell wrote:
> Well Peter, somewhat off list topic, but since I'm one of the moderators
> 3,500 miles from the States, I'll stick my neck out and simply suggest
> just one thing. Look into Section 508.
>
> George Bell.
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 May 2003 18:49
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > Good afternoon everyone,
> >
> > First I'd like to beg the moderator's pardon. I
> > hesitated posting this message to the list since it's a
> > competitive product to Duxbury, but a situation with the
> > course we're taking at school has us very concerned where
> > blind students being able to take this class goes. We
> > recently learned about a new Braille translator called
> > Braille 2000. One of the classes we're supposed to take in
> > the fall is called Electronic Braille Transcription. The
> > software to be used is Braille 2000. Preliminary
> > investigations reveal that while Braille 2000 is a very
> > powerful program it is highly inaccessible to the blind
> > effectively shutting out blind students
> > wanting to take this program. certain classes associated with this
> > particular program require the use of Braille 2000. To get
> > back on base We're wanting to know how Braille 2000 stacks up
> > to Duxbury where it's functionallity, and more importantly
> > it's usability by blind Braille transcribers is concerned.
> > It appears that those who created the Braille 2000 Program
> > failed to consider that blind Braille transcribers would want
> > to use their product. We plan to take this matter up with
> > the school administration in order to either have the
> > software to be used switched back to Duxbury until such time
> > Braille 2000, or similar programs like it are made
> > blind-friendly, or to urge them to offer the same course
> > using Duxbury.
> > There are other issues I could go in to, but it's beyond the
> > scope of this list. I'll look forward to hearing feedback on
> > these programs and how they stack up against each other.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
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