[DECtalk] decTalk on IOS with TestFlite beta app?

[Karen Lewellen]

Actually don,
I have done that very thing.
when I worked for Xerox, part of my task was to sit down with individuals 
experiencing sight loss for the first time, and help them regain some 
personal power.
How that was defined, varied from individual to individual, as anyone 
realizing they cannot speak for others  would expect.
I do not consider myself to be representative of an entire community. 
speaking personally, I do not consider  there to be a community at all. 
save for those in the human family uniquely managing their bodies, needs 
and experiences.  the more choices, and the less stereotyping i. e. blind 
community as if there is a series of connected uniformed factors, the 
better.
what I personally found, I use the word personally because I am well aware 
I can *only speak for myself*, is that  if asked what they desire to 
accomplish, if respected in that desire, and if shown tools toward that 
goal,  quite allot of magic happens.
None of that involves speaking of a blind population, or of what other 
people sharing  a label do, outside of providing choices.
Some can, and do wish to invest in those choices, some humans can and do 
seek a free option...there is no such thing as most people here, speaking 
personally.
  As stated my need for dectalk is tied to an additional 
physical experience.  still, I *personally* believe that insuring choices are on 
the table, instead of leading from a limited dictionary, "do you see for 
them? as you asked below, leads to greater progress.
As of yesterday there are more than 8 billion humans on the planet.  I do 
not need, cannot in fact see for another,   or occupy their body, or 
their lives...and neither can you. 
fortifying  my personal stance that a community based on an assumption that there is 
only two sides to a coin, blind / sighted, does not exist.
What I can respect is the all too human desire to be heard about personal 
affairs, what one prefers, how one wishes to spend their money, what 
brings them enjoyment where life and technology are concerned.
sorry you feel the need to project your personal choices onto others, you 
reach for free options, which is fine for you.
I, and others it seems, prefer to invest when possible for the quality 
they desire, which is fine for us.
Honestly, I have no idea why you are so  adversarial about something for 
which there is no wrong answer, or right one for that matter.
And, to be forthright, I did not even read most of your reply, the repair 
jobs seeming so off point that I could not imagine anything else was worth 
plowing through...my choice of course.
Feel free to do the same where my remarks are concerned.
  Karen



On Wed, 16 Nov 2022, Don wrote:

> On 11/15/2022 11:52 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>  I have successfully replaced my reading edge, the source of my dectalk 4
>>  times  in the more than  20 years I have been using it.
>>  I daily manage books with effortless OCR abilities, as a part of my
>>  professional life.
>>  If memory serves, should I need it, service remains possible....but I have
>>  only needed it once.
>>  Sorry your  limited imagination cannot grasp that where there is will and
>>  ingenuity Don, there are solutions.
>
> And I've repaired all of my TVs, at least once.  Regularly device both
> cars.  Do plumbing, carpentry and electrical work.  In addition to
> designing electronic circuits and writing software.  Do you think I
> expect others to be able to do these things -- just because I
> can do them, effortlessly?
>
> YOU lack the imagination and experience to understand that YOU are not
> representative of the vision impaired population.  Yet, you accused ME
> of such arrogance?
>
> Imagine a SIGHTED user losing their vision, late in life.  What solution
> do you see for them?  Are you going to teach the 70-80 year old how
> to use a screen reader?  Reading machine?  How patient do you think they
> will be with that technology WHEN THEY HAVE NOT NEEDED IT for their
> previous 70 years?
>
> Instead, they will simply stop consuming visual materials.
>
> Stop looking at the entire community as a reflection of yourself and
> actually get out there and "sample" it!
>
> Or, use your IMAGINATION!
>
>
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