[stylist] Pet PVS

[Donna Hill]

Bridgit,
I have noticed that low vision friends of mine, whether they are still
trying to read regular print or have screen magnification, do tend to make
more errors in general than screen reader users. I think this is because --
and I say this as a former partial -- it is so difficult to read, that
double-checking things like e-mail, which are so frequently inconsequential,
just falls by the wayside. It's easy to forget that Spell Check doesn't pick
up improper usage. Also, I think people who routinely use Jaws or Window
Eyes at an elevated speed may be re reading their work and still missing
errors. The speed causes them to miss the subtle nuances of pronunciation,
which are clues to some errors. Now that I've thoroughly offended everyone,
I'll re read this and do Spell Check -- fully expecting that I'll get
something wrong anyway. *grin* 
Donna


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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:20 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Pet PVS

Donna and others,

It amazes me how many people send emails and texts with misspelled
words; and no, they are not meant to be abbreviations. I've noticed, and
this is not an across the board generalization so no panties getting in
a bunch (ha-ha) but I see a lot of people using sight, with and without
magnification, have frequent spelling and punctuation errors, while JAWS
users, not all mind you, have less errors since they are hearing back
what they write. And in general, it amazes me people don't double check
what they write, blind or not.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 22
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:52:00 -0400
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
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Dave,
Yes, I've encountered that a number of times. I don't think they re read
what they've written. I guess I'm not cynical enough to believe they
really don't know the difference. Donna


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