Mary, you are absolutely right on! I could really get started on this one regarding braille displays really playing second fiddle to speech in screen readers, but that would take us way off topic and I am the moderator afterall, so should set a good example. Right? <grin> Don On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:00:49 -0700, Mary Emerson wrote: It is always a bit disappointing that people who prefer or need tactile input get left out of the hype for these talking devices. Why is it, for example, that the sighted world assumes that all blind people have good hearing? Not all of us do. Mary Emerson E-mail: maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Podcast web site: http://www.emerson.libsyn.com Podcast feed: emerson.libsyn.com/rss To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. __________ NOD32 1.1647 (20060706) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.