Couple of things, I used a monocular (basically a small telescope), a tape recorder (for later transcription at my own pace), carbon paper and a classmate with good handwriting or I would just get the notes from either the instructor or have an aide work with the instructor to prepare notes for me.
With the support I had getting through school became much easier and enjoyable.
Unfortunately that's not how it's defined, sorry. A lot of people think it is but they are wrong. When you are legally blind you do not get access to things that a sighted person has, even an exceptionally badly sighted person.
I posted this under another comment but I'll explain again;
If you have the actual book and the student is legally blind the school can simply enlarge the book.
Being blind isn't a binary thing, there are a lot of blind people that can get along with large print just fine. In this case though I think the real problem is that the Kindle menus don't support text to speech (the device does have a text to speech feature it's only applied to the actual text, which to me is a bit nonsensical but probably makes sense for the "average" consumer).
Speaking as a legally blind person, when I was going through school if a large print version of a text or reading assignment wasn't readily available we used to strip the book binding and use a Xerox machine to enlarge the text page by page, rebind the old book, bind the enlarged version and then I'd be all set.
Schools aren't going to be doing much with the Kindle with all the DRM lock in etc...
You know, when I was a child before I got involved with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind they used to sit me in a corner while the other children learnt silly things like how to read.
If a device like the Kindle is used in the classroom what are visually impaired children supposed to do? Download illegal text versions and run them through text to speech?
The fact that I didn't know most of those titles (many of which I have or have played) had support for OpenGL is a testament to the lack of marketing and the push the OpenGL community needs to make to get people excited about it.
Who wants to wear an extra pair of glasses just to watch TV?
This whole 3D video thing smacks of a industry money grab disguised as a fad... Exec: "Well everyone and their gramma has a 'flatscreen' jumbotron at home, what do we do now?" R&D: "Gentlemen, we've reached the limits of this plane of entertainment, we must go to the next dimension"
How about this, stop calling people who use computers to get things done as "nerds" ("geeks", "techies", etc).
Look at any magazine or television commercial, you think all that crap was hand carved out of stone and painted with the tears of virgins? I guarantee a computer was used at some point or another in the creative development behind it. Hell, music has been constantly fusing with new technology for ages, was Les Paul a "nerd"?
Technology, computers especially, penetrated society long ago, the only thing that creates this "us & them" rift is constant stereotype re-enforcement through the media.
Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go re-alphabetize my D&D collection while being bad at sports, good day to you sir!
It's fairly easy to use, not too kludgy for a small team and it came with a bunch of useful canned reports that you would expect from such a tool (burndown, velocity, etc).
It's not that I can't drive a car because I'm legally blind it's that I shouldn't.
There are a lot of folks around here that seem to think that being handicapped is a binary thing, yeah, technically I'm blind, but I play video games, engage in photography and create artwork.
Every now and then I run into problems with games because of my vision but I cope with it, when Metal Gear Solid 2 came out and I found that I couldn't see the little red dot for aiming the gun, I just didn't buy the damn game. When I first played Team Fortess 2 I had to make sure that TK was disabled (a wise thing anyway...) because in some situations I couldn't tell the difference between blue and red (mind you, I've inadvertantly whacked a few spies that way).
I wish Puzzle Fighter had a greyscale mode, I'd probably play better, but I'm not gonna sue Capcom because I have problems, that said, don't tell me what I can't do!
Really? The lack of built-in DOM support is somewhat crippling.
I guess what I'm really getting at is this:
To decouple JavaScript from the browser it will need libraries, which is going to lead to many of the same foils/overhead/headaches any other platform has.
Sure a JavaScript engine may have shipped on "every computer ever" but it's been embedded into a browser. So the next step is to decouple it from that browser-based engine and use it to create local apps?
What would you run this script engine in? A Virtual Machine? Some kind of embedded OS Framework? A behind-the-scenes browser instance (shudder).
Either way, I don't get it, what magical app could I write only with JavaScript that I couldn't write with something else? Actually I do kind of get it, there are probably a lot of JavaScript hackers out there that would want to write desktop apps but are afraid to jump into something like Java or.NET.
I can think of a lot of games that are fun, have awful stories and clumsy dialogue but it's just enough flavour to make things interesting.
What kills me sometimes is that a game developer might create some elaborate for a game thinking it's important for users to encounter "Wall o' Text" every so many minutes.
I really appreciate video game writing when it's all co-ordinated into one package. Portal was one example where the game mechanic, the puzzle elements and some clever storytelling combined together to form an awesome yet simple game. Nothing groundbreaking, just all the elements came together nicely.
In fact, that should be the goal of most game designers, to bring gameplay and storytelling elements together.
Not all applications honour the Windows Large Font settings (which often forces me to choose other software that does) it's quite frustrating at times.
It's bad enough that I'm legally blind but now I can add it to the list of attributes that might reduce my chances of procreating (as if analyst and programmer weren't bad enough).
Oh I see the confusion, yes I think they wouldn't want a man in the loop (otherwise why bother with automation in the first place?). I, on the other hand feel that a person should always be at the controls, especially if something has a deadly payload.
That's exactly what I'm saying, imagine if your fire support was autonomous but with a remote override, that remote override gets subverted and now you have your own support fire shooting you in the ass or worse, not providing the cover its supposed to.
I'd rather have a person manning a weapon system BECAUSE he is much more difficult to subvert. Joe in the trench doesn't have a wifi port you can hack.
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Couple of things, I used a monocular (basically a small telescope), a tape recorder (for later transcription at my own pace), carbon paper and a classmate with good handwriting or I would just get the notes from either the instructor or have an aide work with the instructor to prepare notes for me.
With the support I had getting through school became much easier and enjoyable.
Unfortunately that's not how it's defined, sorry. A lot of people think it is but they are wrong. When you are legally blind you do not get access to things that a sighted person has, even an exceptionally badly sighted person.
At least that's how it works up here in Canada.
I posted this under another comment but I'll explain again;
If you have the actual book and the student is legally blind the school can simply enlarge the book.
Being blind isn't a binary thing, there are a lot of blind people that can get along with large print just fine. In this case though I think the real problem is that the Kindle menus don't support text to speech (the device does have a text to speech feature it's only applied to the actual text, which to me is a bit nonsensical but probably makes sense for the "average" consumer).
Speaking as a legally blind person, when I was going through school if a large print version of a text or reading assignment wasn't readily available we used to strip the book binding and use a Xerox machine to enlarge the text page by page, rebind the old book, bind the enlarged version and then I'd be all set.
Schools aren't going to be doing much with the Kindle with all the DRM lock in etc...
You know, when I was a child before I got involved with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind they used to sit me in a corner while the other children learnt silly things like how to read.
If a device like the Kindle is used in the classroom what are visually impaired children supposed to do? Download illegal text versions and run them through text to speech?
Damn "sighty" keepin' the blind man down!
Can't regular missiles do the job?
Won't somebody think of the missiles?
Pirate Technology has come a long way since the peg leg.
You mentioned Quake 3 (which is just a little over a decade old) that got me thinking, what software DOES run OpenGL?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OpenGL_programs
The fact that I didn't know most of those titles (many of which I have or have played) had support for OpenGL is a testament to the lack of marketing and the push the OpenGL community needs to make to get people excited about it.
There's nothing around it; OpenGL desperately needs a killer app.
Show people something amazing and tell them "OpenGL did This."
By 2025 it'll be Smell-O-Vision split-screen Cinerama IMAX with tingler support.
If non-killer robots haven't been perfected by then, midgets will tilt your couch with the on-screens action!
Who wants to wear an extra pair of glasses just to watch TV?
This whole 3D video thing smacks of a industry money grab disguised as a fad...
Exec: "Well everyone and their gramma has a 'flatscreen' jumbotron at home, what do we do now?"
R&D: "Gentlemen, we've reached the limits of this plane of entertainment, we must go to the next dimension"
*dramatic music*
How about this, stop calling people who use computers to get things done as "nerds" ("geeks", "techies", etc).
Look at any magazine or television commercial, you think all that crap was hand carved out of stone and painted with the tears of virgins? I guarantee a computer was used at some point or another in the creative development behind it. Hell, music has been constantly fusing with new technology for ages, was Les Paul a "nerd"?
Technology, computers especially, penetrated society long ago, the only thing that creates this "us & them" rift is constant stereotype re-enforcement through the media.
Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go re-alphabetize my D&D collection while being bad at sports, good day to you sir!
It's fairly easy to use, not too kludgy for a small team and it came with a bunch of useful canned reports that you would expect from such a tool (burndown, velocity, etc).
Our team finds it handy...
http://www.targetprocess.com/
I'd say this skiff was dead in the water.
I was just about to say!
It's not that I can't drive a car because I'm legally blind it's that I shouldn't.
There are a lot of folks around here that seem to think that being handicapped is a binary thing, yeah, technically I'm blind, but I play video games, engage in photography and create artwork.
Every now and then I run into problems with games because of my vision but I cope with it, when Metal Gear Solid 2 came out and I found that I couldn't see the little red dot for aiming the gun, I just didn't buy the damn game. When I first played Team Fortess 2 I had to make sure that TK was disabled (a wise thing anyway...) because in some situations I couldn't tell the difference between blue and red (mind you, I've inadvertantly whacked a few spies that way).
I wish Puzzle Fighter had a greyscale mode, I'd probably play better, but I'm not gonna sue Capcom because I have problems, that said, don't tell me what I can't do!
Really? The lack of built-in DOM support is somewhat crippling.
I guess what I'm really getting at is this:
To decouple JavaScript from the browser it will need libraries, which is going to lead to many of the same foils/overhead/headaches any other platform has.
Sure a JavaScript engine may have shipped on "every computer ever" but it's been embedded into a browser. So the next step is to decouple it from that browser-based engine and use it to create local apps?
What would you run this script engine in? A Virtual Machine? Some kind of embedded OS Framework? A behind-the-scenes browser instance (shudder).
Either way, I don't get it, what magical app could I write only with JavaScript that I couldn't write with something else? Actually I do kind of get it, there are probably a lot of JavaScript hackers out there that would want to write desktop apps but are afraid to jump into something like Java or .NET.
but, it's important.
I can think of a lot of games that are fun, have awful stories and clumsy dialogue but it's just enough flavour to make things interesting.
What kills me sometimes is that a game developer might create some elaborate for a game thinking it's important for users to encounter "Wall o' Text" every so many minutes.
I really appreciate video game writing when it's all co-ordinated into one package. Portal was one example where the game mechanic, the puzzle elements and some clever storytelling combined together to form an awesome yet simple game. Nothing groundbreaking, just all the elements came together nicely.
In fact, that should be the goal of most game designers, to bring gameplay and storytelling elements together.
Not all applications honour the Windows Large Font settings (which often forces me to choose other software that does) it's quite frustrating at times.
It's bad enough that I'm legally blind but now I can add it to the list of attributes that might reduce my chances of procreating (as if analyst and programmer weren't bad enough).
Enjoy your gene pool, jerkwads!
So sweaty monkey dancing is really some form of user input device.
I think I'll stick with my keyboard...
I don't care for commercials and I want to watch my programs at my convenience. That's really all that has changed.
Is it really that huge a leap for Cable Companies to figure out how to supply a video-on-demand only service?
Oh I see the confusion, yes I think they wouldn't want a man in the loop (otherwise why bother with automation in the first place?). I, on the other hand feel that a person should always be at the controls, especially if something has a deadly payload.
(sorry about that)
That's exactly what I'm saying, imagine if your fire support was autonomous but with a remote override, that remote override gets subverted and now you have your own support fire shooting you in the ass or worse, not providing the cover its supposed to.
I'd rather have a person manning a weapon system BECAUSE he is much more difficult to subvert. Joe in the trench doesn't have a wifi port you can hack.
Leave the automation to mines.
I don't think they want a man in the loop simply because you would have a weapon system that could be subverted by the enemy.
At worst, a robot weapon system run amok is a hazard (like a minefield) and can be dealt with.