- From: Paul Adelson <paul.adelson@citicorp.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:53:37 -0600
- To: Isaac Kute <isaac@dorton-coll.ac.uk>
- Cc: "'wai list'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
OK, I'll bite. What does it mean to "drive a computer", and why does it require a licence? -- Paul Isaac Kute wrote: > Hi! Rich. > > Thanks for your mail. I personally don't believe there's anything wrong > with extending civil liberties to blind people. Certainly, it gives me > great pleasure to be a blind driving instructor. I mean questions have been > raised in the past about lifts in multi-storey car parks having braille > buttons. Well! now you know why. > > On a more serious note. The driving licence is actually geared to certify a > person to drive a computer and that seems to be a perfectlly legal > certification to extend to the visually impaired. The European computer > driving licence is just the first course of many that will be delivered > using VITA and the potential is great for visually impaired people. > > Regards > > Isaac Kute. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Caloggero <rich@accessexpressed.net> > To: 'wai list' <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > Date: 09 March 1999 18:09 > Subject: RE: [Fwd: New Distance Learning Technology-Invitation To Beta Test] > > >I can't resist! > >So we, as visually impaired users, are being asked to participate in a > >driver's ed. course specifically designed to be accessible to visually > >impaired users? What's wrong with this situation? <smile> > > > >Seriously folks, making distance learning software accessible could be a > >big win for blind and visually impaired people. I think your doing a great > >job Mr. Kute. > > > > > >On Monday, March 08, 1999 5:09 PM, David Poehlman [SMTP:poehlman@clark.net] > >wrote: > >> > >> > >> ...putting me behind the wheel?... > >> > >> Isaac Kute wrote: > >> > > >> > The Royal London Society for the Blind and Eyecue Ltd. would like to > >> > > >> > extend an invitation to you and your members to participate in a BETA > >> > > >> > PROGRAMME for the new 'Dorton at a Distance' ECDL course. > >> > > >> > The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) is the first Open and > >> > > >> > Distance Learning Course available under the Dorton at a Distance > >> Programme. > >> > > >> > The course material and the delivery mechanism have both been > >> specifically > >> > > >> > adapted to enable access by visually impaired computer users. > >> > > >> > The ECDL and other courses to come are being delivered using > >breakthrough > >> > > >> > Internet technology using the VITA System (Visually Impaired Training > >> > > >> > Archive). > >> > > >> > Whilst we are confident that the VITA software is stable, there will > >> > > >> > always be room for improvement in the accessibility and usability of > >the > >> > > >> > software, and it is only through the feedback of a wide range of real > >> > > >> > users that the optimal configuration will be achieved. > >> > > >> > This is a real opportunity for you to be heard and for you to > >> > > >> > get your accessibility needs met. > >> > > >> > Details of this exciting technology can be found on our Web site. > >Simply > >> > point your browser to: > >> > > >> > http://www.dorton-coll.ac.uk > >> > > >> > You could also send mail to info@dorton-coll.ac.uk or use the return > >> > > >> > path to this message. > >> > > >> > Best Regards, > >> > > >> > Isaac Kute > >> > > >> > isaac@dorton-coll.ac.uk > >> > >> -- > >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > >> Touching The Internet: > >> mailto:poehlman@clark.net > >> ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman > >> http://poehlman.clark.net > >> Dynamic Solutions Inc. > >> Best of service > >> for your small business > >> network needs! > >> http://www.dnsolutions.com > >> > >> ---sig off--- > > > >
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