[Electronics-talk] Purpose of List

[tony sohl]

Hi Charlie, i agree with you and there are some products that are not 
accessible and some that do talk, I wish the direct TV boxes and bboxes for 
dish network would talk.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Richardson" <charlieofalbany at hotmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Purpose of List


>I think the problem is between the words accessible and adaptive.  My 
>washer/Dryer is accessible because it has turning knobs and by me having a 
>list of what each knob has for selections makes it very useable for me.  On 
>the other hand that Washer/Dryer is not adaptive.  It would be nice if it 
>spoke the selections as the knobs were turned.
>
> I just went through the whole NFBNET lists and if I didn't know the 
> purpose of this list I would think to ask about cell phones and speech 
> here because it said accessible electronics.  But again, it's a misnomer 
> of the blind community to interchange accessible and adaptive.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Evans" <tevans2003 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Purpose of List
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>> Is there a list for accessibility type items like cell phones?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:01 AM
>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Purpose of List
>>
>> A reminder that this is the electronics-talk list, and is for the
>> discussion of accessibility to home and consumer electronics.  It is
>> not for discussion of firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs,
>> assistive technology and other such subjects.
>>
>> Please take this discussion elsewhere or I will need to take more
>> drastic action.
>>
>> David Andrews, Moderator
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