[bksvol-discuss] Re: Google Desktop Broke my Bookshare Books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:05:01 -0800 (PST)
What is RTM?
G.Cindy
--- Allison Hilliker <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't happen to have RTM parents. Mostly because
> they aren't the type to
> read manuals themselves. I probably do it more than
> they do. An
> interesting story is when my mom was trying to set
> up her Gmail account on
> Outlook Express. I tried talking her through it,
> but it wasn't working. So
> I went to Gmail's website, found the OE instructions
> and printed them out
> for her. I told her to follow them and ask me
> questions as they come up.
> She quickly grew frustrated and gave up. So then I
> tried my dad, and asked
> him to set up OE for my mom and I gave him the same
> printed sheet of
> directions. He couldn't do it either! And
> personally I think they were
> some of the most straight-forward directions I've
> seen. I asked him some
> basics about his perception of the instructions, and
> it was clear that he
> had no grasp of what he was about to do. That
> situation finally ended by me
> installing JAWS on my mom's computer and setting up
> her OE for her myself.
> So, basically, my point is, to some extent, we're
> products of our
> environment. Monica's dad encouraged her to read
> the manual, and she does
> that still today. My parents aren't manual people,
> and as a result,
> neither am I. Although I've learned to be to some
> extent. Perhaps Monica's
> dad's way is better, but mine is just how it is.
>
> Monica mentioned that part of her dad's reason
> behind making her learn the
> computer herself is so that she can use a computer
> as well as sighted
> people. I've never had any doubts about that. I
> always figure I'm about as
> good of computer user as I would be sighted. I too
> hesitate to ask computer
> questions of sighted people. That's not however
> because I feel inferior to
> them, it's simply because our techniques for
> performing similar tasks are
> just very different.
>
> Interesting topic.
>
> Best,
> Allison
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:40 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Google Desktop Broke
> my Bookshare Books
>
>
> > Hi, Cindy. You know, in one way, I agree with you.
> In another, I
> > understand what my dad is doing. He's requiring me
> to be as independent
> > as possible, to only rely on a sighted person if
> it's absolutely
> > necessary. He has done that since I was eight
> years old and got my first
> > computer. They didn't have a functioning
> screenreader at that point, and
> > he still made me learn to type and write
> programming on it. Now over 25
> > years later, I'm able to handle things well on
> most computers, even if I
> > lose speech for awhile. So for me, with my
> personality and my situation,
> > I think my dad actually did me a favor. He helps
> me without complaint if
> > it's something I really can't do. When he tells me
> to "RTM," I take it
> > as a reminder of his love for me and his faith
> that I can work it out if
> > I put my mind to it. If I've read the help files
> and am still stuck, I
> > do get the help I need.
> >
> > Monica Willyard
> >
> >
> > Grandma Cindy wrote:
> >> Thank goodness my husband is not like your dad.
> He's
> >> willing to help when I run into a problem even
> when
> >> it's one I've been told before how to deal with
> and
> >> have forgotten because I didn't write it down.
> smile
> >>
> >> G.Cindy
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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