[nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit

[Steve Jacobson]

Sorry, wrong note.

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:08:22 -0500, 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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