[Electronics-talk] Purpose of List

[Grover Zinn]

Having experienced the meltdown of several academic lists over the  
decades I've used listservs, I'd appreciate information from David  
Andrews indicating what appliances and devices of an electronic nature  
are acceptable for discussion on this list.  (This is meant as a  
serious question in order to clarify for me what is appropriate and  
what is not appropriate for discussion.)

I'll start by asking if anyone knows of the availability of an RFID  
reader for RFID labels on containers, pill bottles, clothing, etc. (A  
swiss company makes one, but it appears to be unavailable here; it is  
pretty much like the VictorReader Stream in functionality, except that  
it has a module for reading and writing to RFID labels.)

For those who want to discuss accessibility of Verizon cell phones,  
you can go to

BlindusersVerizonPhones at yahoogroups.com

They are very good at providing user experience and pointers for  
accessibility issues.  If you ask, someone there can probably point to  
websites for other providers.  (Like all lists, there are occasional  
"bumps" in the conversation.)

best

Grover Zinn

Grover A. Zinn
William H. Danforth Professor of Religion (emeritus)
former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
440-775-8866 (department)
grover.zinn at oberlin.edu




On Jun 24, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Charlie Richardson wrote:

> Not really, if this was like that you would have been off the list a  
> long time ago.
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>> its a trip how power trippin some of these people get out here in   
>> email land. Like if we lived in IRan or something.
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>> Gabe Vega
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>> On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:01 AM, David Andrews wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Please take this discussion elsewhere or I will need to take more   
>> drastic action.
>>
>> David Andrews, Moderator
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