[nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)

Sun Jan 19 19:04:26 UTC 2014

Baksheesh. It's money which is used to pay someone for a service. Don't feel bad; I had to look it up too. Grin!

Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
Maryland Association of Blind Students

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> On Jan 19, 2014, at 1:40 PM, "I. C. Bray" <i.c.bray at win.net> wrote:
> 
> A little what??
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)
> 
> 
> :A little baksheesh goes a long way.
> :
> : Mike
> :
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> : Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 7:56 AM
> : To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> : Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)
> :
> : 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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