[Blindtlk] Visio

[Steve Jacobson]

Jessica,

This is a tough one.  There are two factors that seem significant to me.  First, whether you are a government employee or an employee of a private firm that 
contracts with the government makes some different.  As a government employee, you would be in a position to probably work out some alternatives.  The 
second factor is what role does Visio actually play, and you may not know the answer.  If it is a small role, you might be able to work something out even 
hiring a reader for a few hours a month until you figure out other ways of dealing with it.  If your job is to be a project documenter who documents multiple 
projects using Visio fulltime, this might not be a very good fit.

It is my understanding that more has been done in Visio 2010 to make it somewhat useable, but I have very little exposure to Visio and don't know if that is 
the case.  Whenever one goes into a job, though, there are things one has to work out.  Sometimes you have to just go into it figuring that you will work 
something out even if you don't have the answers now.  For one thing, being in the job gives you the best chance to really understand the role of Visio.  
Knowing what you understand the job to be might help us understand the likely role of Visio better.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:55:35 -0500, Jessica Kostiw wrote:

>Shoot!  I am in a quandary.  Here's my situation:  I am in the market for
>government employment or government contracting.  Yesterday I was contacted
>by a firm who seemed very interested in my resume.  As the call was about to
>end, the guy asked if I was familiar with Visio.  When I told him I wasn't,
>he stated "Oh, that's okay.  It will be very easy to learn."  Now the
>question becomes, though I have only had one conversation with him do I tell
>him that I cannot see and Jaws isn't accessible with that program.  My gut
>says don't tell him, but if I don't am I wasting their time... and more
>importantly my own?  Thoughts?
>Jessica
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:54 PM
>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Visio

>hi,

>absolutely not.
>you have to click and drag the shapes and lines/arrows to create the 
>diagrams.

>Bryan Schulz

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jessica Kostiw" <jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com>
>To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:40 PM
>Subject: [Blindtlk] Visio


>> Hello List,
>> Does anyone know if the computer program Visio (not sure if that is 
>> spelled
>> correctly) is at all usable with Jaws For Windows.
>> Jessica
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Hyde, David W. (ESC)
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:18 PM
>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>
>> I know that Hadley has or had a class in container gardening.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Julie J
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:58 AM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> My spring project is to start a container garden...again.  *smile*  Over 
>> the
>> years I've had about every configuration of garden, traditional, square
>> foot, container and houseplants.  I've pretty much killed them all off in
>> short order.   I'm wondering if there is an NFB list specific to gardening
>> or if not does anyone know of a list elsewhere for blind gardeners?
>>
>> Most of my plant woes have nothing to do with my blindness, but more about
>> things like forgetting to water. *smile*  Still I'm wanting to learn and I
>> have questions about how to distinguish the plants I'm trying to grow from
>> the weeds.  I also wonder about nonvisual ways to figure out if there are
>> problems with bugs, plant diseases or soil problems.
>>
>> If it helps narrow down the suggestions I'm only interested in growing
>> vegetables and herbs.  This year I am only growing in containers, although
>> if I can get something to grow I might consider plowing up part of my yard
>> next year.  I live in south east Nebraska, which is zone 5, I think.
>>
>> Ideas?  Resources? Suggestions?
>> TIA
>> Julie
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