[nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)

[Tracy Carcione]

Of course sighted assistance is helpful, but I, and I suspect many others, 
just don't have it on a regular basis.  The sighted people I know don't come 
around every day, and, when they do, I don't want always to be pestering for 
help.  Further, most of them are not particularly computer-savvy, and 
getting across what I need them to do is not as easy as one might think it 
would be.

I get awful tired of people assuming I always have a sighted person at my 
beck and call.  I don't.  Maybe that means there's something wrong with me, 
but I don't think so.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 2:07 AM
Subject: [nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)


> Are you kidding?  There are many tasks that are much easier to do with 
> sighted assistance than using a screen reader.
>
> Why would you deny yourself the most reliable blind-people friendly 
> computer access tool there is, sighted help?
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 09:40:53PM -0800, Nicole Torcolini wrote:
>> So you are telling me that you think that it is acceptable  to require
>> sighted assistance in order to do something? I can accept this for some
>> things, like driving a car, but not for most tasks on the computer.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega - 
>> CEO
>> Commtech LLC
>> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 7:32 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Cc: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] namecheap
>>
>> are you telling me in your daily life, you never not once running to a 
>> side
>> of person that is willing to help you? I'm sure my employees are paid to
>> help me but nonetheless, I even have cited friends that would help me
>> register a domain which is a quick 2 to 5 minute process.
>>
>> Gabe Vega  - CEO
>> Commtech LLC
>> The leader of computer support, training and web development services
>> Web: http://commtechusa.net
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/commtechllc
>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/commtechllc
>> Email: info at commtechusa.net
>> Phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 710
>> Fax: (480) 535-7649
>>
>> > On Jan 18, 2014, at 7:48 PM, "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin577 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Not all of us have the benefit of someone with sight to do it for us.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega -
>> > CEO Commtech LLC
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 11:23
>> > To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> > Cc: <blindwebbers at yahoogroups.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [nfbcs] namecheap
>> >
>> > he is a Mac and voiceover. I will try logging today, I've gotten the
>> > majority of my domains from them. Even if I can't login and success
>> > Lisa's for my own domain, I will have a staff member who has sight, do 
>> > it
>> for me.
>> >
>> > Gabe Vega  - CEO
>> > Commtech LLC
>> > The leader of computer support, training and web development services
>> > Web: http://commtechusa.net
>> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/commtechllc
>> > Facebook: http://facebook.com/commtechllc
>> > Email: info at commtechusa.net
>> > Phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 710
>> > Fax: (480) 535-7649
>> >
>> >>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 6:52 AM, "Michael Baldwin"
>> >>> <mbaldwin577 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Well, I can no longer recommend namecheap.com as a domain provider.
>> >> They have changed the site, and for me it is unusable with Jaws. I am
>> >> not able to sign in to my account or even search for a new domain.
>> >> those that use namecheap.com should check it out and see if it works
>> >> for them and their setup.
>> >> Michael
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