[blindlaw] courtesy and JAWS (and other talking office products)

[Charles Krugman]

wearing a full set of headphones may help to isolate the noise and it would 
be seen by someone who wants to interrupt you. I don't know of any actual 
printed statement though.
Chuck

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From: Susan Kelly via blindlaw
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:29 AM
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Cc: Susan Kelly
Subject: [blindlaw] courtesy and JAWS (and other talking office products)

Like many governmental offices, my agency is a fairly noisy one - thin 
walls, folks who would yell between offices and cubicles rather than sending 
an e-mail or message, playing of audio disclosure at high volume, use of 
speaker phones at equally high volumes...all sorts of thing that conflict 
with being able to hear my computer.  I have relatively sensitive hearing, 
and thus hate to turn it up to overpower the other audio distractions.  Past 
attempts at using an earbud weren't helpful, especially since that made it 
even more likely that a co-worker would come I and start asking for my legal 
opinion on something before I could silence the narration.  Is there a 
non-offensive list or statement of courtesy considerations towards assistive 
technology users somewhere that I could print and post near my office?  How 
does everyone else deal with this on a daily basis?
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