[nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit

[Jorge Paez]

Steve:
With all due respect, I think you may have sent this message to the wrong thread.

Jorge




On Nov 2, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Steve Jacobson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Check out the rulers that the American Printing House has at 
> 
> http://www.aph.org
> 
> as one of them does have markings for 1/8-inch measurements.  Most of us learn that 1/16 inch is exactly half way between the 1/8-inch markings and ca 
> do pretty well without having a specific 1/16-inch marking.  For example, half way between the 3/8-inch point and the 1/2-inch point is 7/16.  To some 
> degree, this is actually easier than trying to count 1/16-inch lines.  I believe that some of the metal tape rulers have either 1/16 markings on the first few 
> inches or have a short ruler attached with such markings.  
> 
> Could you explain what a perpetual calendar is?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:16:27 -0700, Nicole B. Torcolini wrote:
> 
>> My personal opinion is that it is a matter of education and willingness. The 
>> airlines need to be made aware and learn about these issues. Then, it 
>> shouldn't take a law suit just to make it happen.
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tina Thomas" <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit
> 
> 
>>> IF speech technology can   be put in to the I-phone to make the touch 
>>> screen
>>> accessible to the blind, the same can be done for the kiosk. This 
>>> situation
>>> has nothing to do with blindness being a nuisance, because the technology 
>>> is
>>> out there to correct the issue.
>>> Best
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Anjelina
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:24 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit
>>> 
>>> Hi all:
>>> I've been wondering your thoughts on the lawsuit against United. I hope
>>> changes can be made toward accessible touch screen devices.
>>> A friend posed this question and I was wondering your thoughts. If there 
>>> are
>>> work-arounds for touch screen devices are we just facing an example of the
>>> nuisance of blindness?
>>> 
>>> Anjelina
>>> Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
>>> Albert Einstein
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