If anybody out there has any information that can be of use to Pete
please write to him at: pdonahue@texas.net
Thanks,
Jim Rebman <jrebman@netcom.com>
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> From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@TEXAS.NET>
> Subject: quad screen access
> To: GUISPEAK@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
>
> Hello there guispeak members:
>
> We would like to hear from those who might be able to helpus with a gui
> screen access challange hear in San Antonio. We have several companies,
> American Air Lines and American Exprewss which have a screen lay-out in
> which the computer screen's text is displayed in four quadrants each of
> which shows a very large amount of data.
>
> We have discussed this situation with the Texas Commission for the Blind
> and are gathering information from both screen reader developers and most
> important of all from blind persons who must access such screen lay-outs
> as a part of their job or schooling. Unfortunately our local Career
> Development Specialist does not see how a blind person can access such a
> complicated screen lay-out in order to be competitive on the job. We also
> want you to know that on the plus side the Tcb has been very generous in
> it's willingness to provide braille display access to blind persons that
> require it for work or school.
>
> As all ready mentioned above we would like to gather information from both
> screen reader developers and from blind persons who must access these
> screen lay-outs as a part of their job or education. This last would help
> us emencely in overcoming the concerns of the Tcb's Career Development
> Department. We have pledged to help them solve these and other computer
> access problems in order to put more blind people to work.
>
> I want to also mention that it is our understanding that American Express
> uses Windows while American Air Lines uses Dos.
>
> My wife Mary and I are Volunteer Coordinators with Job Opportunities for
> the Blind; a programme jointly operated by the National federation of the
> Blind and the United States Department of Labor.
>
> Thanks again for your help. We look forward to hearing from you in the
> coming week.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Peter Donahue
> Secretary, Greater San Antonio Chapter
> National Federation of the Blind of Texas
>
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