[Dtb-talk] issues with using victor stream

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hello Dan, 

Your description is spot on.  Many people are not skilled at this stuff.
They have to learn something akin to a foreign language.  

I do not agree with those who say that it is somehow the connsumer's fault
for not being fluent in the technology.  The learning curve is pretty steep.
I feel that Humanware has a really good product.  The interface is
complicated.  They are making improvements.  It seems like a good idea to
provide feedback from all users, proficient and novice, to help them
continue to improve the product.

One function of the Federation is to support each other.  I try to help
people use their equipment so they can enjoy the awesome improvements in
literacy it affords.  I started college around the time the cassette was
introduced on the commercial market.  The improvement in access to
literature has skyrocketed with contributions from Dean  Blazie, Ray
Kurzweil, the NFB and many others.  I want every blind person to benefit
from this revolution in access.  Making the Stream easier to use will move
us toward this goal.

Warm Regards,

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dan Rossi
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:20 AM
To: Lynn Evans; Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] issues with using victor stream

I think it is pretty obvious that some people forget that something they 
call a single step may actually be quite a few steps for someone who has 
never done anything like it before.  For many of us, step one being to 
download a book is probably a dozen steps for someone else, open your 
browser, go to this website, click on this, enter this in here, enter that 
in there, click on that, dot dot dot.

-- 
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail:	dr25 at andrew.cmu.edu
Tel:	(412) 268-9081

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