[nfbcs] Accessibility Anywhere Braille Display Petition

[Wunder, Gary]

Which Braille displays conform and which don't? What kind of code
rewrite is this?

 

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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:34 AM
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Subject: [nfbcs] Accessibility Anywhere Braille Display Petition


A petition has been started by George McDermith at
<http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html>http://www.petitiono
nline.com/brldis/petition.html
asking Braille display manufacturers to base their drivers on the human
interface protocol, found on all Windows computers.  Such a design
philosophy will ensure that users can be certain of having support for
their Braille display on any computer, not just one which has been
custom-configured for such access, and will eliminate the need to depend
on specific screen reader drivers.



The text of the petition reads as follows:



"To: Braille display manufacturers
We, the undersigned, who are Braille display users, friends and family
of Braille display users, and teachers of the blind,
*: Believe that accessibility to information for the blind on a par with
their sighted piers is a right. Believe that due to this right, and due
to the cost of Braille displays, accessing Braille through the use of
Braille displays should not be limited by the type of screen reading
solution used by the blind.
*: Strongly request that all manufacturers of Braille displays cease
basing the drivers of their Braille displays off of particular screen
reader drivers, but rather base all Braille display drivers off of the
Human User Interface Protocol, which can be found on all Windows
computers.
*: This will allow true portability and equal access to information for
the blind, as they will be able to use their display with any computer.
This will create greater competition in the market for the best Braille
display to stand out, grant greater literacy in Braille through greater
access to electronic Braille books and other materials, and support the
right of all blind people to have accessibility anywhere."



To add your support to this worthy cause, visit the petition web page at

<http://www.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html>http://www.petitiono
nline.com/brldis/petition.html



The Serotek Team



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