[nfbcs] Sighted Assistance (was Re: namecheap)

Sun Jan 19 19:10:57 UTC 2014

There is nothing wrong with you; you said most of what I was going to say.
The only thing that I might add is that there is also the problem of not
knowing what people are doing. Yes, some people are good about telling you
what they are doing, but some are not. Although this does not normally
happen, there are people out there who would say that they are going to help
you and then deliberately not help you or do it wrong. Then there are people
who try to help but don't know how and inadvertently mess up. Finally, there
are people who know how but also think that they know better than you and
start doing all kinds of things that you did not ask them to do, and they do
it without explaining what they are doing.

-----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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