From: Peter Donahue 
Subject: Re: braille or speech, literacy?
Hello listers,
        I wanted to share this post with all those who received my post from
last night concerning adaptive technology training programs.  Kathy's point
of view illustrates why it is beneficial to expose a blind person to various
types of adaptive technology to allow them to decide under which
circumstances they will use which type of access.  Great thoughts Kathy, and
keep up the good work.
of viewSun, 15 Feb 1998 13:56:46 -0600 (CST)
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>i, too, do not want to get in to a debate.  i think that the optimal thing
>is to be able to use as many alternative techniques as possible.  i am a
>regular braille user, but i do not have a braille display for my computer
>equipment.  although i find speech access efficient for most uses, there
>are certain things which it does not read well, such as legal citations.
>some of the characters in citations simply do not appear at all when
>reading back letter by letter.  to state the obvious, everyone needs to
>use any and all systems which improve performance;  all have advantages
>and disadvantages.  hoping we can move on.  cathy close 
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					Never underestimate the power of a dream.
Peter donahue
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