[nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit

[Steve Jacobson]

You are right, I did send this to the wrong place, and with a mistake like that, no respect is due.  <smile>

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:44:41 -0400, Jorge Paez wrote:

>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
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> nabs-l:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/tinadt%40sbcglobal.n
>>>> et
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>>> nabs-l:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/ntorcolini%40wavecable.com 
>> 
>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> nabs-l mailing list
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jorgeapaez%40mac.com


>_______________________________________________
>nabs-l mailing list
>nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com