One of the recommendations I made was enlargement which some libraries are sometimes capable of doing at request or are members of partnerships with institutions/groups that provide materials for the visually impaired. If a book does not yet exist in large print form they can make them (at a cost of materials usually).
I live in Canada, so I was helped through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), I'm sure there must be a regional equivalent where you live, get in contact with them and they should be able to give you more options.
Machines have been around for ages that you can use to read a book on a large screen with different levels of magnification, it has a tray that you can move around easily and it has a small CCD camera hooked up to a TV screen.
However since most of us have computers these days it's hard to justify having such a bulky device around for books.
So what are the options: 1. Get eBooks and zoom in to your hearts content (problem: not all books are available in eBook form) 2. Get large print copy of the book you want to read (problem: same as above, enlargement might be impractical or unavailable [your library mileage may vary]) 3. Get a stand alone magnifier device for yer book readin' (compatible with most books and sidesteps copyright issues)
I can see how people think that computer + webcam + tray = book reader, so I'm interested to see if anyone out there in candyland has found a good setup for this.
But yes, this is a thing that visually impaired people have to deal with that so far only seems to have been solved by a handful of companies.
I ask because in the last 5 years I've been using various flavours of Eclipse and Visual Studio and both of them come with document formatting features that you can template.
The only thing I ask people if they plan on formatting a document during a change is to do it either before or after their change so I can review the differences more easily in source control revision history.
Oh and to answer the question, yes, I've found if the team can adhere to vaguely common style they can navigate their way through our entire codebase without getting lost in one individual's style preference.
I love Mega Man games, have since I was 12, one of things I liked was being able to pick up the action later using the password system (in future versions, there was a memory card / save)
In this game there's no save, which is frustrating.
I know you can probably sit down and finish it in one go but saving is a must, especially when the app is a little unstable.
Absolutely, that was the first thing my mom showed me on the Commodore 64 almost 30 years ago, everything changed that day.
FIve years later I had a simple CarisWorks database for my hockey cards and comic books, five years after that I was in college getting excited about polymorphism and multi-threading.
I think for the right kid getting their hands on this stuff early changes how they think about and use technology and may lead to some unique career options in the future.
One of the things I liked about the late 90s / early 2000s Slashdot was it seemed more personal, there would be articles about interesting stuff with the added benefit of the editor actually having a real interest in the subject and maybe geeking out a bit about it.
Obviously there seems to be a lot more stories posted now than back then so maybe not as intimate as before but still, it has always been the people that make Slashdot something I like to read, be they editors or comment authors.
Slashdot Mirror
My wallet is going on a record label blocking blitz
Life sure is funny sometimes.
I find them all the time in bars... broken
Which is a shame, I've seen some great looking pinball games just sitting there with a jammed component.
I read this article in Andy Rooney's voice (though I'm quite sure it would work in Seinfeld's as well)
"and another thing, just WHO ARE these ALIENS anyway?"
I think I need a time out
*fumbles with 12 oz soda can because it's too much*
Sounds like a double bill for The Monster That Challenged The World
I'm pretty sure when you die the license agreement you have between Apple or Amazon (or whoever) is ended and ownership ceases.
Anyone actually read that thing?
Thanks to banning violent comics in the 50s there was no violence in the 60s.
Absolutely no seducing your innocents allowed.
"Just settle down out there, you'll get your $20"
~Cave Johnson
Dear Lord... the creature's power comes from electricity | radiation | tachyons | nanobots | god particles!
Don't worry, what with the Cyber War waging you'll be given the option to join a crack eCommando unit; "The Dirty 0xC"
One of the recommendations I made was enlargement which some libraries are sometimes capable of doing at request or are members of partnerships with institutions/groups that provide materials for the visually impaired. If a book does not yet exist in large print form they can make them (at a cost of materials usually).
I live in Canada, so I was helped through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), I'm sure there must be a regional equivalent where you live, get in contact with them and they should be able to give you more options.
Machines have been around for ages that you can use to read a book on a large screen with different levels of magnification, it has a tray that you can move around easily and it has a small CCD camera hooked up to a TV screen.
When I was in school in the 80s I used a VisualTech CCD magnifier, in fact they're still around: http://www.visual-techconnection.com/cctvs1.htm
However since most of us have computers these days it's hard to justify having such a bulky device around for books.
So what are the options:
1. Get eBooks and zoom in to your hearts content
(problem: not all books are available in eBook form)
2. Get large print copy of the book you want to read
(problem: same as above, enlargement might be impractical or unavailable [your library mileage may vary])
3. Get a stand alone magnifier device for yer book readin'
(compatible with most books and sidesteps copyright issues)
I can see how people think that computer + webcam + tray = book reader, so I'm interested to see if anyone out there in candyland has found a good setup for this.
But yes, this is a thing that visually impaired people have to deal with that so far only seems to have been solved by a handful of companies.
Stop giving them tons of media attention and "high scores".
Stop giving other crazy people incentives of guaranteed posthumous fame.
I ask because in the last 5 years I've been using various flavours of Eclipse and Visual Studio and both of them come with document formatting features that you can template.
The only thing I ask people if they plan on formatting a document during a change is to do it either before or after their change so I can review the differences more easily in source control revision history.
Oh and to answer the question, yes, I've found if the team can adhere to vaguely common style they can navigate their way through our entire codebase without getting lost in one individual's style preference.
Obviously YMMV in this regard.
I dunno I had beat about 5 bosses and the game went kaput, so I was havin' a great ol time until I hit the wall without any safety net.
Even a password like the classic NES days would have been worth it, even for something short with infinite continues.
I love Mega Man games, have since I was 12, one of things I liked was being able to pick up the action later using the password system (in future versions, there was a memory card / save)
In this game there's no save, which is frustrating.
I know you can probably sit down and finish it in one go but saving is a must, especially when the app is a little unstable.
You know what this means right?
Cats with roller skates.
Absolutely, that was the first thing my mom showed me on the Commodore 64 almost 30 years ago, everything changed that day.
FIve years later I had a simple CarisWorks database for my hockey cards and comic books, five years after that I was in college getting excited about polymorphism and multi-threading.
I think for the right kid getting their hands on this stuff early changes how they think about and use technology and may lead to some unique career options in the future.
Nothing at all, except now you can do it with a gamepad-friendly interface.
I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 2011, it's a little hard to come by.
That service is NOT available in Canada.
Which is a shame because I often find music I want through that service that I can't find CDs for.
Alexander Dalrymple insists.
Ahh back when television was totally tubular...
Men were men, women were women and we shot electrons with guns
New players enter the market, change the landscape, the old players adapt or die. Isn't this how it's supposed to work?
That reminds me, the ol' HTC Touch Pro is due for retirement soon...
One of the things I liked about the late 90s / early 2000s Slashdot was it seemed more personal, there would be articles about interesting stuff with the added benefit of the editor actually having a real interest in the subject and maybe geeking out a bit about it.
Obviously there seems to be a lot more stories posted now than back then so maybe not as intimate as before but still, it has always been the people that make Slashdot something I like to read, be they editors or comment authors.
Hmm, I guess the alternative is to wait until just before the end of time to buy all your devices.
(but you just know they have better devices in a parallel universe anyway)