- From: Rich Caloggero <rich@accessexpressed.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:22:52 -0400
- To: "'karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov'" <karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov>
- Cc: "'wai list'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I am *very* interested in seeing (hearing) this thing in action. If anyone does get it to work with the self voicing kit (or with any other screen reader or self-voicing browser), please let me know, and if possible send me instructions for doing the same so I can try it out. Thanx much. Rich On Thursday, July 08, 1999 1:01 PM, karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov [SMTP:karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov] wrote: > > > > Kynn - > This is the message I sent to netomat last Thursday. > > _____ > > Hi - > I downloaded netomat last night... This is definitely a totally different > software environment which will take some time to get used to. My initial > impression is that this provides some insights into what the "Borg > collective" > experience could be like! (smile) > > Preliminary comments focus on some additional user interface items as well: > > 1) Home or the "5" key on the number pad: automatically set the speed to > zero > 2) Possibly have some kind of keyboard control of the speed -- such as PgUp > speeds up by 5 and PgDn slows down by 5. > 2) Some way of capturing the source of a piece of information when you want > to > (if information is stored in some kind of buffer, being able to obtain the > source URL or URI should be easy, particularly if your using XML for > capturing > metadata about websites). I found some interesting items and wanted to > find out > more about the context; also, identifying the source can be absolutely > essential for making a determination about its validity. > > I'd also like to get more information about the netomatics > > > Karl Hebenstreit > karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov > > P.S. I work at GSA's Center for Information Technology Accommodation, where > we > are working on making software accessible for people with disabilities. It > would be interesting to see if netomat could interface with IBM's > Self-Voicing > Kit for Java. Particularly in the text-only mode, this would allow the > "web to > speak to you" and could be used by the > blind/visually-impaired. > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: Netomat Browser > Author: "kynn bartlett" <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com> > Date: 07/02/1999 10:38 AM > > Netomat was released last week; has anyone taken a look at it? I > forgot about it until today and I'm on my laptop on a trip, so it's > going to have to wait until this weekend when I'm back home. Have > you taken a look at yet? I'm especially curious as to what non- > textual users would think of it. (And I have no direct access to > any.) > > > --Kynn
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