[Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

[Mike Freeman]

Veronica:

With tongue half in cheek, I suggest that part of the problem of weening programmers and users from graphics lies in the increasing illiteracy of the sighted. When confronted with thinking about and interpreting printed data from a page or screen without charts, pictures, etc., they are beflumoxed!

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, Oct 21, 2011 10:03:22
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

>
>
> I tried to interest a programmer in the idea of controlling a pump 
> from a cell phone. Think of the freedom we'd have then! But everyone 
> these days is afraid of the liability. Sees! But these young, cheaper 
> programmers just love the easy graphic stuff. I wish accessibility 
> were a bigger part of programming training. Kind of like architects 
> who are so set on creating interesting looking stairs that they 
> forget about basic functionality. Same thing.
> And I definitely did need sighted help to label the graphics for the 
> pump software. The people at the company told me that even they 
> weren't fond of the design. I tried to sell them on the notion that 
> they were paying this third party company to design software so they 
> could say what was and was not acceptable. I think we would have 
> gotten a more accessible design if the company hadn't gotten out of 
> the diabetes business. Bummer!
> 
> Veronica
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