Thread Subject: Re: General Issues:Speech interfacesandequivalent facilitation
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From: David Poehlman
Date: Sat, Jan 20 2007 4:10 AM
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Iff being self brailling were required under limitted circumstances,
it would become easy.
On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Peter Korn wrote:
Hi Allen,
> Is refreshable braille support something we feel is a requirement?
> I can waffle on this--but if I were deaf/blind I'd not waffle one bit.
A desktop is a very different environment from a cell phone. As we are
crafting an update that is attempting to apply to both worlds, we need
to be thoughtful about how we phrase any Braille requirements. Also,
being "self-voicing" is a much easier proposition today than being
"self-Brailling".
Regards,
Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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