[nfbcs] Accessibility Anywhere Braille Display Petition

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I agree with this, and would add that the screen reader developers should be 
required to support all braille displays.
I've been waiting for FS to recognize my brailliant but it's been several 
releases now since I got the display and they still haven't put it in their 
menus.
I have to do some low level nit picking to get the drivers in and much jaws 
program files folders to insert the brailliant as an option.
What can I say, I'm glad it is possible to use it with jaws, but why should 
I have to edit low leverl folders and files to use my braille display? These 
methods can be trashed very easily as new releases come out and 
implementations evolve.
Grumble........
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Serotek Announcements (by way of David Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)" 
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To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:34 AM
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.petitiononline.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.petitiononline.com/brldis/petition.html



The Serotek Team



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