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The Business of Digital Disability
Gerard Goggin
Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Sydney,
Autralia
Christopher Newell
School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The paradox of disability and inclusive information technology is
considered. If we are now possessed of greater knowledge about disability
and design, why is accessible and inclusive technology so difficult to bring
about? Is it because inclusive technology is not
profitable, and so unattractive for businesses and unsustainable as an
industry? Or is the answer more education and awareness?
This paper seeks to reframe dominant approaches to disability, information
technology, and policy, by offering a thesis centred upon the power
relations of disability and the crucial role played by disability's cultural
and social constitution. In explaining and
testing the theory, we look at case studies from telecommunications, mobile
phones, and the Internet.
Keywords access, digital technologies, disability, equity, inclusive
technology, information and communications technologies,
Internet, telecommunications
THE PARADOX OF INCLUSIVITY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology (IT) and communication technology are dominant themes
of our age. IT and digital networks form the nervous system not only of the
economy but also of our society. We use computers in all sorts of factory,
office, domestic, community, and health settings. The Internet, mobile
phones, and other networked IT technologies are part of the texture of what
we do, of how we communicate, think, and feel. Information technology is
also central to disability, and how it is conceived, experienced, and framed
in society.
The intimate link between technology and disability is found in a wide range
of technologies adopted, consumed, and used by people with disabilities, who
do so in unexpected and innovative ways, often unforeseen by the designers
and promoters of such technologies. Many
technologies intimately associated with our bodies such as those
pharmacological, machinic, or informatic assemblages classed as medical
technologies-have a complex relationship to impairment and disability
because they alter the balance between death and life (at least they do so
for those countries or individuals who can afford them).
Delving more deeply inside the body, developments in genetics and
biotechnologies raise profound issues of ethics, values, and power, at which
disability is often pivotal- yet this is still too infrequently credited and
pondered (Newell, 2006). In all this, disability is customarily invoked
as a warrant for development of new technologies, from biotechnology to
information and communication technologies, and "smart homes." Such claims
are rarely analyzed and interrogated. Nor are the unexpected uses and ends
of these technologies scrutinized. This is surprising
for many reasons, not least that the introduction of new technologies often
creates new forms of exclusion for people with disabilities.
Perhaps we can tell a story to illustrate this argument. En route from
Australia toWinnipeg, Canada, to attend the May 2005 summer institute in
disability studies, Inclusive
Information Technology and Business Success, convened by the University of
Manitoba, one of us (Goggin) arrived at Vancouver airport with our colleague
and technology expert Tim Noonan to catch our flight toWinnipeg.1 Stepping
out of the airport bus, and walking inside the airport, Goggin and Noonan
were rather disoriented by how to proceed. In front of us were a row of
self-service kiosks, with signs indicating we should use these for check-in,
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rather like machines now found at various airports around the world. The
only traditional check-in counters were located a very long way away, on our
far right. We hesitated to head for these, as very few people, if any, were
checking in there. We wavered at the self-service kiosks just long enough
for a friendly airline staff member to assist us. As we stood in front of a
touch-screen machine, we were tutored in how to enter our booking reference
number, how to navigate menus, check where we were seating (with a map), and
print out a boarding pass. As conscientious delegates to a meeting on
accessible information technology and business success, we posed the obvious
question to the airline customer service representative: Why is the machine
not accessible? And what if a Blind person was traveling
by him- or herself? If that were the case, the staff member replied, we
would be able to proceed to the one, well-camouflaged, customer service
stand, where assistance were offered by a human being.
We collected our baggage, and proceeded to the next row of kiosks to have
our baggage tagged. Before we loaded it ourselves on the baggage carousel,
another friendly staff member came over to check whether we needed
assistance. We replied that we were fine, but remarked on the lack of
accessibility.
Her reply was quite instructive: With a wry and long-suffering tone, she
said that the point of the new technologies was to cut jobs.
The same exchange was repeated at the kiosk, where a friendly staff member
did not get the point of our barbed comments about accessibility, and
instead lampooned the airline's chief executive officer's propensity for
cost-cutting.
While we certainly had some sympathy for the workers' predicament,
latter-day Luddites as they were at the frontline of new technologies
welcomed by some but annoying for others, we were disappointed, though not
really surprised, that their understanding of the power relations of
technology did not incorporate disability and accessibility.
As Noonan observed, what would be the reaction in 2005 if we turned up to
the airport and there were only stairs between us and the check-in counter,
or concourses, or to board the airplane? Clearly, more than 20 years after
the 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons, information
accessibility is still not routinely considered.
This anecdote invokes the paradox of inclusive technology. That is, the
arguments for inclusive technology seem compelling, once these are
understood. If those inventing, designing, commissioning, implementing,
programming, and paying for, information and communication technology, had
in mind the needs, expectations, and desires of people with disabilities,
then accessibility and use would be incorporated in the technology-rather
than having to
be an expensive and not particularly compatible add-on, and
after-thought.Andin addition the technology would be accessible, easier to
use, and more attractive for many people without disabilities. As a
consequence, the argument runs, IT businesses would have more customers,
more revenue, and would be more profitable.
While such optimistic thinking is important, change is slow. There are many
advances in inclusive technologies from voice synthesizer technology and the
development
of screen-readers, accessible payphones, and hearing aid compatibility of
telephones, to Microsoft making itsWindows operating system accessible, the
World Wide Web
Consortium's accessibility initiative, and, the inclusion of screenreader
capability into Apple Mac's 2005 Tiger operating system. Yet again and
again, reflecting the routine
social exclusion illustrated in our airport technology story, the
introduction of new technologies sees people with disabilities overlooked,
omitted, neglected, or not considered.
This creation of inaccessible technologies has profound economic, social,
cultural, and personal costs, not least lost business opportunities. The
elusiveness of inclusive technology is especially regrettable in the case of
information technology, because of the extraordinary potential this branch
of technology holds. Full social participation increasingly requires
knowledge of, skills in, and affordable access to effective IT. Despite the
scholarly and policy
interest in inclusive IT, we believe that academic, activist, industry, or
government theory has yet adequately to account for what is going on at the
nexus of disability, accessibility, and technology.
At the outset one of the difficulties here worth highlighting relates to the
problematic nature of accessibility as a concept. Any description or account
of what is accessible is only provisional and relational, rather than a
given attribute of technologies (behind this is the standpoint that
technology is a product of social relations). This means that the binary
between "accessible" and "inaccessible" technology is part of the problem
that needs to be addressed.
THE TURN TO BUSINESS, AND AWAY FROM THE STATE Since the late 1990s there has
been a marked, global turn towards a reengagement with business, and away
from seeing the state as the preeminent locus of initiative and power.
Our generalization doubtless excludes much detail, but the lines of a new
paradigm are clear. In the 1980s, and 1990s, disability movements in
different parts of the world sought to achieve recognition by society of
disability discrimination and inequality, and sought basic or general
legislation to symbolize this sea change, as well as to provide a framework
for enacting rights, legal redress, and social change. Specific laws passed
included the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) (1990), the British Disability Discrimination Act (1995), the
Australian Disability Discrimination Act (1992), and the Canadian provincial
Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2002) and subsequent Accessibility forTHE
BUSINESS OF DIGITAL DISABILITY 161 Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005).
Human rights and general discrimination legislation in many countries has
also been amended.
As we have examined elsewhere (Goggin & Newell, 2003), such legislation has
played an important role in highlighting accessibility to and inclusiveness
of information technology. In telecommunications, for instance, there has
been much debate, policy initiative, and some genuine recognition of the
importance of understanding the needs and desires of people with
disabilities, and the need to incorporate their perspectives into the
processes of design and technology innovation and production. Yet change has
proven frustratingly slow.
We suggest two reasons why this situation is so. First, there is a long
debate about to what extent changes in law result in social change. Second,
even when changes in law regarding disability and human rights have some
benefits, the implementation and legitimacy of such laws has been highly
contested, most damagingly in the United States,
with celebrated cases of high-profile celebrities such as Clint Eastwood
challenging the legitimacy of such rights (Johnson, 2003).
Less obvious rearguard action against accessibility requirements codified in
new laws and policy
has been industry's either outright opposition, passive ignorance, acts of
omission, or unwillingness to embrace required change. Inclusive technology
seems to be something that requires considerable resources on the part of
those supporting this objective, not least because legal, regulatory, and
policy processes are often time-consuming
and expensive.
There has been considerable frustration with the slowness of change in the
achievement of accessible and inclusive technology. This discontent
generated a strong interest in dealing directly with those designing,
making, implementing, and distributing technology. The disability proponents
sought to convince the industry about the benefits of incorporating
accessibility and inclusivity in the design process, especially in the
earliest conceptualization of new products. The general character of such
arguments was consonant with the precepts gaining acceptance through various
bodies of literature and practice, such as human factors research and
user-centered design, but most specifically in relation to accessibility in
the universal
design movement. To schematize this work, there was much concern with
exploring the so-called demand" side of information technology-arguing that
people with disabilities were left out of the technology innovation process,
and should, as users, be inserted. A stronger version
of this can be seen in work, such as our own, preoccupied with the power
relations of technology, and its social shaping, and how people with
disabilities are a relatively powerless
group in such processes, subject to structures and practices of domination
of which technology, especially information and communications technology,
is increasingly salient.
What may well have been left out in all of this discussion are two things.
First, industrial players, and often policymakers, continually requested
clearer economic and commercial information on "markets" for technologies,
centering on the often asked and argued question: Is it profitable to make
technologies inclusive? If so, which technologies and how
exactly? What's the business case, and what are the numbers?
Understandably, the question askers wanted to understand the users and their
needs and preferences. What was problematic was that they approached the
demand side by constructing quantitative models, with some rather
problematic assumptions, about how technologies could
be commodified.
Second, implicit in the turn to engagement with business is a realization
that the so-called "supply-side" (problematic as this binary is) has not
been well conceptualized or
understood at all. There are a number of dimensions to this. The design and
production of information and communications technologies has grown
especially complex with convergence; the relationship between production and
consumption has become closer and closer, especially
with the emergence of the figure of the "produser" (sic) or
user-producer/consumer-producer in Internet technologies and cultures.2
Further, notions of disability, accessibility,
and inclusiveness have not figured in attempts to map and understand the
innovation processes across the research, industrial, and retail complexes
of information and communication technologies (despite the important
conceptual and research advances in the interdisciplinary literatures on
innovation and technology).
Finally, notions of the state's role in the regulation of industries and
economy have changed markedly, with a shift toward the idea that government
"steers" or "facilitates," rather than owns," directs," or even directly
regulates. Hence, we point to the growth and significance of self-regulation
(the idea that industry is best placed to regulate itself, and government's
role is to encourage that), especially in ICT industries.
>From roughly the mid-1980s to late 1990s, if our very schematic chronology
and characterization holds good, there was of course much interaction with
business regarding inclusive technology. Yet there also was faith vested in
the state as a trump card if negotiations failed. We would point to two
classic examples here. First, the discussions between the Blind community
and America Online (AOL) regarding the inaccessibility of AOL's user
interface, in which the legal stick of the ADA focused the technology
company on the carrot of good community relations, brand perception, and
public relations, as well as the possible fiscal virtues of retaining and
attracting customers and revenue (Goggin & Newell, 2003). Second, the
celebrated case of how government laws on procurement, famously the s.508 of
the U.S. Rehabilitation Act, used the purchasing power of the state, in the
public interest, 162 G. GOGGIN AND C. NEWELL to require providers of
technology to meet accessibility requirements, alongside other requirements
stipulated in tenders (Goggin & Newell, 2003).
What has emerged since the late 1990s is the turn to the business of digital
disability. We believe this turn to dialogue and partnership with business
is, and will remain, important. However, much is being left out of such a
discourse, not least the continuing power relations of
Disability and we need to acknowledge and deal with these. To explore this
contraction further, we now turn to leading pieces of research delving into
the market and business dimensions and rationales for inclusive information
technology.
EXPLORING THE PARADOX OF INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY
The goal of enlisting business into designing, producing, and marketing
inclusive technology has attracted much attention of recent years. There are
two important and emblematic pieces of research on this topic, that seek to
convince those interested that inclusive technology can indeed be profitable
as well as socially desirable.
In 2002 the U.S.-based World Institute of Disability conducted research,
based on interviews and conversations with industry and disability activist
experts to "discover how leading electronic and information technology (E &
IT) companies are successfully making technology accessible,
usable, and valuable for people with disabilities" (Tusler, 2005b). The
research was published in a study entitled How to Create Disability Access
to Technology (Tusler, 2005a; summarized in Tusler, 2005b). Among the
findings are four tenets we wish to mention here.
First, Tusler argues that companies need to precisely chart and define the
disability market, demonstrate the profitability of access, and tie access
to mainstream product
needs. Second, they need to incorporate accessibility and universal design
practices into design. Third, Tusler suggests that "the participation of
those directly affected that is, customers with disabilities-is essential to
making products that are useful"-hence the need to focus
on "environment solutions to accessibility issues" (Tusler, 2005b).
Underpinning this is the need to value disability and people with
disabilities, not least because the "challenge of being successful . . . has
led many people with disabilities to be skilled problem solvers and
consumers making them valuable assets for companies that wish to
be successful" (Tusler, 2005b). Fourth, Tusler focuses on
the realpolitik of corporate structure and culture. He underlines the
importance of "Accessibility Champions" in organizations, and, more
pervasively, writes of the need
to transform companies, "to weave accessibility into the
DNA of the company" (Tusler, 2005b). Key to such a fundamental
paradigm shift in business culture is publicizing and marketing a company's
accessibility policies and products internally and externally (Tusler,
2005a). The point
of such efforts by business lies ultimately, Tusler seeks to persuade his
corporate readers, in their own industrial sustainability and profitability:
After all, older people and people with disabilities buy and use products
for the exact same reasons as the young engineers.
The need and desire to communicate, create, and be entertained is universal.
Companies who survive and prosper will pay attention to universal needs of
all. (Tusler, 2005b)
The World Institute of Disability report seeks to install notions of
accessibility and the profitability of inclusive technology in the
discourses of business leaders and
commercially-oriented technologists and designers themselves. In addition,
it aims to provide a tool kit for disability organizations and activists to
enable them to understand
the life worlds of corporations and to achieve change in them.
In both of these respects it is very useful. However, we would also point to
some limitations of
the report's framework and concepts. In our view these revolve around the
report's taking-for-granted of the dominant self-conceptions of corporate
culture and markets,
rather than analyzing and interrogating these. Take, for instance, the pithy
and memorable adage that companies serious about inclusive technology need
to "to weave accessibility
into the DNA of the company" (Tusler, 2005b). As a motto to insert into
management discourses, this is certainly a striking one. Yet it is also
quite misleading. The
metaphor is one taken from genetics-ironically a technology system and
discourses in which disability is very problematically shaped-and suggests a
sociobiological
account of corporations. That is, the makeup of companies is fundamentally
shaped by a set of codes, and if one could just ensure accessibility is one
of these, corporate culture
would be transformed. Our problem with talking about accessibility (and,
impliedly, disability) in this manner is that it ignores the social shaping
of accessibility itself, as well
as the complexity and contingency of corporate structure and practice. To
conceive accessibility in this way is potentially to put it beyond the
domain of the social, and to miss crucial dimensions of the power relations
involved in the constitution of corporations, technology, and market.
To shed light on the specifics of how technologies come to be viewed as
profitable commodities, we turn to a roughly contemporaneous report. This is
the comprehensive 2004 U.S. National Council of Disability (NCD) report
Design for Inclusion: Creating a New Marketplace, which really seeks to come
to grips with the innovation, research, and production systems that
determine inclusive
technology, and the logics and constitutions of markets for inclusive
technology. In an innovative approach, Design for Inclusion was based on an
extensive research program,
examining the roles and perspectives of industry, federal government, and
consumers with respect to six product lines important to people with
disabilities: automated teller machines (ATMs), cellular phones, distance
learning software, personal digital assistants (PDAs), televisions, and
voice recognition technologies.3
The starting point of the NCD report is a mapping of the relevant trends in
information technology. For our purposes here we would note four of these
trends. First, to
increase profitability, companies need to move into emerging world markets,
where consumers have relatively low incomes and literacy levels, "in order
to increase sales and
gain competitive price advantage through economies of scale" (NCD, 2004, p.
43). Second, improvements in capabilities are "enabling developers to
integrate advanced access
technologies (speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, projected
displays . . .) into devices where it had not previously been technically
possible to do so" (NCD,
2004, p. 43). Third, "Customers' technical knowledge and expectations are
constantly increasing, along with the use of wireless Internet appliances
and wireless infrastructures"
(NCD, 2004, p. 43). Fourth, "[l]egal mandates to manufacture more accessibly
designed E & IT in support of people with disabilities are a driving force
behind these
technological trends" (NCD, 2004, p. 43). As part of its research,
theNCD conducted a user study that found, among other things, that users
with disabilities are often asked to pay high prices for phones with feature
sets that are not useful to them; rapid changes in technology often cause
decreases in accessibility; users are reluctant to adopt technologies that
have proven frustrating in the past; and users are reluctant to invest in
technologies with an unproven accessibility record (NCD, 2004).
There are a number of notable findings in this research concerning inclusive
technologies: first, that a market for universally designed products and
services does exist; second,
the proposition that universal design principles can be easily incorporated
into current design practices; third, that products designed to be
accessible sometimes do not
actually met the needs of users with disabilities; fourth, that many
barriers to universal design remain and must be addressed before progress
can be made; and fifth, and rather controversially, that legislation is both
a facilitator of and barrier to universal design (NCD, 2004).
In its view that legislation is not anymore the main answer, a standpoint
heretical no doubt for many disability activists, NCD places much weight
upon standards. NCD suggests standards could be used to "prohibit
nonessential features that pose accessibility problems" and "to eliminate
interoperability problems that create accessibility problems" (p. 17). As
well as standards, NCD also emphasizes the use of market forces, such as
consumer information practices and selling practices (for example, labeling
and warranty features). To facilitate the demand, or consumer, side of
market forces, NCD recommends the development of information clearinghouses
for user information on accessibility issues, marketing strategies and
approaches that "will facilitate a connection with people with disabilities"
(p. 20), and the training of people with disabilities as "subject-matter
experts" to participate in design
focus groups and accessibility evaluations (p. 20).
Both the World Institute on Disability and National Council of Disability
reports offer a compendia of strategies in the quest to achieve inclusive
technology, through
strengthening the commercial profitability and sustainability of IT.We also
see them both as representative of a particular discourse on business,
disability and technology.
The lesson both appear to offer is that one can both do good (through
inclusive technology) and make money at the same time. Or, in the strong
version of the claim, doing good in this manner can and will make one more
money.
To bring about inclusive technology, it might be noted, requires much
coordination, commitment, and action between and among noncommercial as well
as commercial sectors, institutions, and actors. Kate Seelman has offered a
thoughtful discussion of the respective place of universal
design, assistive technology, and "orphan technology" and their respective
markets, placing the U.S. experience in international context (Seelman,
2005). Certainly standards
play a pivotal yet thorny role in this. For instance, it may be argued that
unless standards are referred to in legislation, their adoption is likely to
be minimal. Further, there is a sense in which standards indicate, or
require, a minimum set of attributes for a technology, but often this turns
on making products safe rather than accessible (as the history of standards
bears out).4 In response to such suggestions, wewould also note that the
relationship between standards and legislation varies across jurisdictions.
To explore more fully the contemporary dilemmas of inclusive technologies we
now wish to turn to this knotty problem of shaping inclusive technologies,
paying particular attention to networked digital technologies.
DISABILITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND MOBILES
As is evident from the foregoing discussion of research on inclusive
technologies, much discussion of developments of the information and
communication technology industry
focuses on the world's industrial powerhouses, especially the United States.
This is certainly important, but there is much to understand and debate in
the experience of other countries and regions-such as the place in which we
live andwork, Australia. Like its Commonwealth counterpart
Canada, Australia has a relatively small population but medium-sized economy
and domestic market, not to mention very large land mass, by global
standards. In Australia the telegraph was instrumental in the political
movements that led to the federating of colonies
into a nation in 1901. Throughout the 20th century the telephone became
important-if relatively unnoticed-to how the country conducted its business,
and how people communicated with each other. With the advent of the great
telecommunications reforms in the 1980s and the 1990s,
many of the taken-for-granted assumptions about the telephone were
dismantled. Cell phones were introduced in 1987, competition in
telecommunications was introduced in 1991, networks were digitized, the
Internet became a mass, customized medium, digital television became a
reality,
and all manner of new technologies were introduced. As we have chronicled
elsewhere, in Australia, the legislation ushering in competition, the 1991
Telecommunications
Act, featured a definition of universal service that mandated the delivery
of standard voice telephony service throughout Australia, but explicitly
separated the universal availability issues from accessibility (Goggin &
Newell, 2000, 2003). Accessibility was not part of the universal service
obligation. Instead, the government undertook to provide funding for
accessibility as one of its "community service obligations." In a time of
stringent fiscal management, no such funding eventuated for a number of
years.
Telecom Australia (now Telstra), the government-owned former monopoly
carrier, was encouraged to continue operating its own "concession" scheme to
give people with disabilities access to the telecommunications network.
Telstra did not, however, make telecommunications accessible
for Deaf people and people with speech disabilities requiring text telephony
equipment (known in Austral
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If you have been keeping up with the arrival/saga of Susan Boyle on the show in Britain, then you'll know what or rather whom I am speaking of. If you do not, then here is a brief introduction.
A few weeks ago Susan Boyle made a very unexpected and unheralded entry on to the stage of the British show named "Britains got talent." Sounds innocent enough but wait! When the audience and judges first laid eyes on this 47 year old lady, they did not give her any hope of success. Almost everyone present started to jeer and snicker but within seconds Susan changed the entire hall and the world forever. You see, and literally so, within split seconds of the beginning of her song, both the audience and the judges had been stunned by one of the most awesome voices that they had ever heard. A middle aged volunteer church worker singing "I dreamed a dream" from the musical Les Miserables had done it!
So what am I really getting at you may be asking? Very simple! Most of the world, those with sight enough to see, often judge people by their looks and when the audience and judges first set eyes on Susan Boyle they did exactly that. They did not give this very plain looking middle aged lady a ghost of a chance of success and why? Because they felt that she was just a bit too old to appeal to them. She was just too dowdy looking to be taken seriously. She was just not good enough based on her looks. What a shock when she belted out her first notes.
I am afraid that this is the kind of thing that blind and visually impaired persons face on a daily basis. We are almost always judged based on our blindness; the inability to see, and the inability to navigate our way like normal persons. Most of the rest of the world judge us on our disability rather than our ability. They do exactly what the audience and judges did to Susan Boyle a few weeks ago. Sometimes, blind and sighted persons do manage to shock their associates and acquaintances and I hope that Susan Boyle motivates my sightless friends to reach out and provide some timely shocks as she has managed to do.
I am offering to help our sighted readers become less judgmental when it comes to their perceptions and hang-ups about persons who are blind and sight impaired. You can contact me at info@sterlingcreations.ca or if you are curious and open minded enough you can visit any of these websites:
www.nfb.org, www.afb.org, www.acb.org, www.rnib.org, www.cnib.ca.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your accessibility and special needs business consultant wishing you a terrific day and suggesting that you should not judge a blind person by their disability. Judge them for their ability.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Hello there! It's your friendly Café team and we are delighted to be with you today. We hope that you are enjoying your summer thus far and today, we bring you a techy type of article; how to copy files to the clipboard without any registry hacks.
Make it a great day!
Copy a File’s Path to the Clipboard without any Registry Hacks!
Who knew it was so easy? Computing life just got a little easier.
Quickly Copy the Full Path of a File or Folder to the Windows Clipboard
If you ever wanted to copy the full path of any file or folder to the clipboard but without installing any third-party utilities or making any changes to your Windows registry, here’s a tip for you.
Copy File Path to Windows Clipboard
Copy the File’s Location to the Clipboard
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file or folder whose path you want to copy to the clipboard. Once you are there, hold the "Shift" key and right click that file or folder’s icon.
Because the Shift key is down, the contextual menu will have a new item that says "Copy as Path" – select that and the full location of the file or the folder will get saved to your clipboard from where you can paste it anywhere including the DOS window.
The keyboard equivalent is done by holding down shift and then press the application key.
The app key is three from the space bar's right edge also one key left of the right control key.
This key is the same as pressing the right mouse button.
The copy to path will still appear with the above keyboard action.
You can use this tip to copy a file’s location from all places including those appearing in the desktop search results.
This trick works in Windows Vista and Windows 7 but not XP. It was originally published in Ed Bott’s book.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Hello there! I'm Matt Chadwick, your friendly Café friend and today I have a great article of interest to share with you and an excellent one to kick off the week. I hope you had a great weekend and are now ready to face a brand new week.
We thank our friends at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for passing this along to us.
Make it a great day!
BBC News, Technology (UK)
Friday, October 05, 2007
All-in-one gizmo for blind people
By Geoff Adams-Spink
Age & disability correspondent, BBC News website
Caption: The TellMate can read a thousand labels using radio frequencies
A multi-purpose gadget for blind people that will enable them to listen to music and identify household items is under development.
The TellMate, designed by Singapore company, GaiShan Technology could soon be available in the UK.
It has a one gigabyte memory and can be used as a music player, radio, clock, talking book player, voice recorder and label reader.
The Mark 2 version of the TellMate will also be able to read SD cards.
Sound guide
The device is being imported into the UK by a Basingstoke-based fundraiser, Dave Chatten-Smith, but he is looking for another company to distribute it.
The TellMate is about the same size as a television remote control but with fewer buttons.
Mr Chatten-Smith believes that it will be of particular use as a scanner and label reader to help vision-impaired people identify items in the house or at work.
"You could label up your CDs, your DVDs, paperwork - there are even washable, waterproof labels so that you can identify your clothes," he told the BBC News website.
The TellMate uses RFID tags that can be attached to, for example, different food items in a kitchen cupboard.
Each label transmits a low-powered signal to the device which then plays the audio clip that has been recorded and associated with it.
The labels can be re-used by recording a new audio clip.
Up to a thousand labels can be read by the TellMate.
"As the labels are unpowered, you have to be in close proximity to them - about five or six centimetres away," explained Mr Chatten-Smith.
One of the partners of GaiShan Technology - the Singapore based company that developed the TellMate - has a vision impairment himself.
The new product has been extensively tested for the past 18 months.
Mr Chatten-Smith says that it will sell for around £250, and the SD card version should be available by the end of the year.
Although none of the functions of the TellMate is new, it is the first time that everything has been brought together in a single unit.
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GaiShan Technology
http://www.gaishantech.com/products.htm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7026753.stm
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
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Week of August 07
Healthy eating tips
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Greetings everyone! I'm Jayna Sheffield, your friendly Café friend and it's that time of week for me to present you with an article written by one of our dearest friends, Donna J. Jodhan.
Today, Donna talks about what it is like to live in a sighted world as a Blind person.
We hope you enjoy this particular article.
Make it a great day!
Living in a sighted world
Living in a sighted world is something that I accepted as a child and acceptance is something that enables me to function as best as I can. There are challenges to face; namely unhealthy attitudes on the part of individuals, governments, and society as a whole. There are technological challenges to face; keeping up with the evolution of the Internet using access software that is a few steps behind the times. There are social and employment barriers to deal with as well as barriers from several other quarters but I'll tell you this for sure! At the end of the day when I lie quietly in bed waiting for the sand man to take me off to dreamland, I thank God for my family and friends. Those who have never used my lack of sight as a barrier against me.
Unlike so many others with vision problems, I have been blessed with family who do not really think of me as blind or if they do they have never really allowed it to get in the way. Naturally when I was growing up my parents, brothers, and granny were a bit over protective at times but apart from this I was treated normally in every sense of the way. My cousins acted normally around me but like everything else they always came to my rescue whenever I found myself in difficulty; like bumping into things, unable to find my way, or not being able to find stray or fallen objects.
I have friends who do the same; Debbie in Tennessee who has known me since we were in high school and who recently admitted to me that we never really discussed my blindness until now and when she read my blogs she realized that we had never done so. Gabriella in Toronto; who has never allowed my lack of sight to get in the way of a really warm and treasured friendship. I often call her my electronic cane! Dena in North Carolina; my friend across the border as I call her. This is a very special friendship because you see, we have never met since forming a natural and normal friendship in 2005. She never knew what I looked like until last December and I have trusted her to tell me what she looks like. A blind friendship if I may say so.
There are so many others that I can mention here but for now I think that this is enough for you to get the picture. If you would like to learn more then by all means drop me a line at donnajodhan@sterlingcreations.ca and I will be happy to respond.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and encouraging you to go out there and find someone who is blind and see if you can become friends.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Hello there! It's your friendly Café team and today we're here with our suite of helpful tips for August.
We hope you enjoy them and we encourage you to keep your feedback coming to info@onestopbookcafe.com.
Make it a great day.
Helpful tips for August
In this issue:
General tips
Tech tips
Top American cities
Quotes for the day
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General tips
Courtesy of the research team at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
Looking for a way to protect your leather boots after wearing them in slushy conditions?
When you get inside, remove them and place them on some sheets of newspaper to dry.
Make sure that they are properly dried before placing in your closet.
Looking for a way to remove lingering odours from your closet or room?
Fill a small container with water and place a few drops of vinegar in the water.
Place container in a spot that is out of the way of your kids and in a spot where you can not easily knock it over.
Looking for a way to unclog your sinks?
A very economic way is as follows:
Pour one half cup of baking soda down the drain and quickly follow with a half cup of white vinegar.
Follow this up with two cups of boiling water.
It works like a charm.
How can you detect spyware on your computer?
When you notice excessive pop-ups,
when there is the changing of your home page,
or when you find yourself being taken to ads and/or pornographic sites.
Would you like to know some important information about passport numbers?
Each time you receive or renew your passport, you are given a new and unique number.
Your passport number cannot be transferred from passport to passport.
Here is some useful and important information about gift cards.
The gift card business is a 10 billion dollar business annually.
Over 90% of persons do not cash in their gift cards.
If you wish to redeem cash for your gift cards then you can visit:
www.giftcardrescue.com or www.plasticjungle.com.
Some gift cards come with expiry dates while others do not.
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Tech tips
Taken from Melanie Mama's corner
Dan's tech tips
The AVG Rescue CD
AVG has just released a free rescue CD that can be used to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection.
The AVG Rescue CD enables you to fully remove infections from an otherwise inoperable PC and render the system bootable again.
This could also be handy for folks who recently were locked out of their PCs by a faulty update installed by BitDefender and Bullguard (which uses the same engine and signatures) which rendered many 64 bit machines useless.
The AVG Rescue CD aims to help people so affected to recover their system. Essentially, it is a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus embedded in a version of Linux so it doesn't need Windows to operate.
You can choose to download for use with either as a bootable CD or USB stick. Apart from the AV program the software also contains a variety of useful system tools for restarting a PC such as a file manager and registry editor.
The AVG Rescue CD is completely free of charge. There is a FAQ and free forum for the product, but only people with an AVG commercial license are entitled to receive technical support. The AVG Rescue CD is currently only available in English. More information and download links here:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd#tba2
A user guide for AVG Rescue CD is available here :
http://www.avg.com/us-en/226386
The user guide contains steps to make the bootable CD, and also step by step guide to create a USB bootable device. Some steps are to be given proper attention while preparing the USB stick, as a wrong step in choosing the proper disk may render Windows unbootable. So, please read the steps carefully. The user guide also shows how to use the Rescue CD, along with screenshots. Users are advised to read the user guide carefully, before attempting to create CD/USB stick, and also before using the Rescue CD.
Video tutorials on using the AVG Rescue CD are also available on this page :
http://www.avg.com/us-en/tutorials
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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A Comprehensive Guide To Web Terminology
Newcomers and old timers alike can gain new knowledge with this terrific guide.
Frequently there is a lot of terminology and acronyms posted on the internet. Most of it has no definition attached, which leaves you trying to figure out what it means from the context it's used in, or look it up. That's where this guide comes in. You can find words and their definitions in these areas:
· General Design Terms
· Typography Design Terms
· Color Design Terms
· Composition Design Terms
· General Developing Terms
· Developer Languages
· Developer Content Terms
· CSS Terms
· Typography Developer Terms
Terms are not listed alphabetically, something to keep in mind if you're looking for a specific term. Pronunciation on a few terms would have been helpful, most of the terminology is short and doesn't need much explanation, Enjoy.
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Terminology
http://pelfusion.com/design/a-comprehensive-guide-to-web-terminology/
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Copy a File’s Path to the Clipboard without any Registry Hacks!
Who knew it was so easy? Computing life just got a little easier.
Quickly Copy the Full Path of a File or Folder to the Windows Clipboard
If you ever wanted to copy the full path of any file or folder to the clipboard but without installing any third-party utilities or making any changes to your Windows registry, here’s a tip for you.
Copy File Path to Windows Clipboard
Copy the File’s Location to the Clipboard
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file or folder whose path you want to copy to the clipboard. Once you are there, hold the "Shift" key and right click that file or folder’s icon.
Because the Shift key is down, the contextual menu will have a new item that says "Copy as Path" – select that and the full location of the file or the folder will get saved to your clipboard from where you can paste it anywhere including the DOS window.
The keyboard equivalent is done by holding down shift and then press the application key.
The app key is three from the space bar's right edge also one key left of the right control key.
This key is the same as pressing the right mouse button.
The copy to path will still appear with the above keyboard action.
You can use this tip to copy a file’s location from all places including those appearing in the desktop search results.
This trick works in Windows Vista and Windows 7 but not XP. It was originally published in Ed Bott’s book.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Blue Screen Of Death Survival Guide: Every Error Explained
| Maximum PC
May 24 2010
Article source, MaximumPC
The link to a page with this article and more is at the end of today's tip.
Picture this: It’s late at night, you’re sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you reboot it. You have no choice but to sigh loudly, shake your fist at Bill Gates and angrily push the reset button. You’ve just been visited by the ghost of windows crashed: the Blue Screen of Death.
Also known as the BSoD, the Blue Screen of Death appears when Windows crashes or locks up. It’s actually a Windows "stop" screen, and is designed to do two things:
tell you the reason for the error, and to calm your nerves, hence the use of the color blue (studies show it has a relaxing effect on people). Though Blue Screens are difficult to decipher, all the information you need to figure out what caused it is right there in front of you in blue and white—and that’s where we come in.
We’re going to show you how to dissect the blue screen error details, so you can fix the problem that’s causing them.
BSoD 101: A Crash Course.
Error Name
There are many parts to a BSOD, but the most important is right at the top. The actual name of the error is presented in all caps with an underscore between each word.
In some cases this will be all that’s needed to get to the root of the problem (thanks to the handy guide you are about to read). Most of the time, however, more information will be required.
Troubleshooting Advice
Nearly every BSOD includes a portion of text with some basic troubleshooting advice, the first of which recommends restarting your computer. Gee, thanks for the tip Microsoft.
Before you restart, copy the exact all-caps error code and hexadecimal values shown above and below this portion of generic text. The next paragraph provides sound advice, alerting the user to check to make sure their hardware is installed properly, or to undo any recent software or hardware upgrades.
Memory Dump
Every BSOD is accompanied by a memory dump. What this means is when Windows crashes, it dumps whatever it is holding in system memory to a file, and saves the file on your hard drive for debugging purposes. If you contact Microsoft for technical assistance, they’ll want to know the contents of this file.
Stop Code
The "technical information" section portion contains the actual Windows stop code, in oh-so-easy-to-read hexadecimal form. Despite appearing unintelligible at first glance, this combination of numbers and letters is instrumental in determining the cause of the crash. Pay particular attention to the first set of numbers and letters.
It precedes the other four, which are enclosed in parenthesis. If a specific driver is associated with the crash, it will be listed on the very next line.
I Run Vista, so I'm Immune to BSODs, Right?
Unfortunately, no. A common misconception is that blue screens don't even exist in Vista, but not only are they still there, but we're here to tell you we've seen them first hand. The good news is Microsoft put a lot of work into how Vista handles critical errors and other glitches that in previous OSes would cause a system crash. Most of the time, if a problem occurs, Vista will attempt to fix the problem without any interruption. For example, if your videocard crashes, you may see a message saying "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered." In XP and previous OSes, this almost always would have resulted in a system crash.
In some cases, Vista will be unable to recover on its own, and the result is a blue screen. By default, Vista will reboot itself after briefly flashing the blue screen.
It happens so fast you might miss it, but once Windows reloads, you'll be greeted with an error message similar to the above. You can try clicking the Check for solution button, just as you can try your hand playing the lotto. Neither one is likely to result in anything.
Instead, scroll down and take note of the blue screen codes. Armed with this information, you can perform your own detective work. Alternately, if you'd prefer to see the actual blue screen rather than automatically rebooting, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, select Properties, and click on Advanced System Settings. In the System Properties window that appears, select the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery, and uncheck the box that says Automatically Restart.
The same steps also apply to XP.
In another nod towards streamlining the troubleshooting process, Vista's Problem Reports and Solutions wizard can save you oodles of time in PC detective work, and may even alert you to potential conflicts you weren't even aware existed. You can find this applet by name in your Control Panel, or just type Problem Reports and Solutions in Vista's search box. Once loaded, click 'Check for new solutions' in the left-hand column. If Vista finds any conflicts, it will list them in the main window, along with any potential resolutions.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/blue_screen_survival_guide
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SoftKey Revealer
SoftKey Revealer is a Free Software for Personal Usage, not for Commercial Usage.
The first section is an article from the site where this program can be downloaded.
The second section includes step by step directions how to use the program as I go through running it on my laptop.
I.
Section One, About the SoftKey Revealer Program:
Retrieve the Software Installation Keys From Your PC
Updated Tue, 07/06/2010 - 18:43 by r.schifreen
You know how it is. You buy some software on CD, or online, and install it. The program works perfectly for ages. And then one day it doesn't. Or you change your PC.
Time for a reinstall of your applications. Except that you forgot to write down the installation key of that software, and the CD case (or confirmation email) has long since been lost. So you face the prospect of having to buy another licence for that can't-do-without application.
If that sounds familiar, here's a possible solution. A tiny, free utility for Windows (XP and above) that retrieves and displays the installation keys for loads of Windows apps.
The utility in question is called Softkey Revealer, and you can download it from:
http://sites.google.com/site/cakirbey/softkeyrevealer
No need to install anything - just unzip and run. And then copy those keys somewhere safe, before you forget!
II. Section Two:
Downloading and running the program.
1. Select the web address below and copy it to the clipboard by pressing control plus the letter c.
http://sites.google.com/site/cakirbey/softkeyrevealer
2. Open your internet browser and paste in the address above into the address bar.
From the keyboard, pressing control plus the letter o for open followed by control plus the letter v will do the trick.
Finally press enter to access the site.
3. Press the letter h once to reach the heading of "softkey revealer."
4. Arrow down 12 times and you should land on "SoftKey Revealer v2.2.4."
5. Press enter on this download link.
6. Press alt plus s to start the saving process.
7. Press alt plus the letter I and navigate to where you would like to save this zipped file.
8. Press alt plus the letter n and take note of the file's name for ease of location later.
9. Press alt plus s once more. The file will finish downloading in a few seconds. You should hear a short ding indicating the downloading is finished.
10. Press alt plus f4 to close the internet.
11. Move to where you placed this zipped file and highlight it.
12. Press the application key found three from right edge of your space bar. It is one key left of the right hand control key.
13. If you have winzip on your computer, arrow down to "winzip sub-menu" and press the right arrow once.
14. Arrow down three times to "extract to folder." You will hear the drive letter where your file is located and where this file will be unzipped.
You can use whatever unzip program you are comfortable with. Just remember where you unzipped the program. Usually it will be unzipped into a folder of the same name.
15. Press enter and in a few seconds the file is unzipped.
16. Arrow down once to the new "softKey revealer" folder placed just below your zipped version and press enter.
17. Arrow down once to "SoftKeyRevealer.exe" and press enter.
18. You are placed into a text document with the keys available on your computer.
First is given the program name and version.
Just below that information is the product key.
19. Below is the document provided on my computer with product codes deleted.
Just remember on yours, the product code will be where I have typed in a line of x's.
Now starting my report
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
Product IDxxxxxxx
Computer Name: DANLOPTOP
Registered Owner: Dan Thompson
Registered Organization:
Microsoft Windows XP:
Xxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 (English):
Xxxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 (English):
Xxxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702:
Xxxxxxxxx
Adobe Audition 1.0:
Xxxxxxxxxx
Adobe Audition 1.5:
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Cakewalk SONAR 8 Producer Edition:
Name: dan thompson
Xxxxxxxxxxx
DVD Audio Extractor:
Name: DAN THOMPSON
Key xxxxxxxxx
JAWS 9.0:
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
JAWS 10.0:
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Naturally Speaking 10:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RegCure:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sonic MyDVD:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sony Sound Forge 9:
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dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Top American cities
By Donna J. Jodhan at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
1. Pembroke Pines Florida
If you are seeking a city where you can raise your kids in style, find some of the best educational facilities, and live in a city that is considered to be one of the best in America, then you have it all in Pembroke Pines.
This is a city that is close to Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Pembroke Pines has a magnitude of home styles for everyone.
There are assisttive living facilities for seniors and the disabled.
Subdivisions, suburban homes, and modern condos and apartments grace many of Pembroke Pine's neighborhoods.
Fair and sunny weather is the order of the day.
2. New Haven Connecticut
New Haven is home to one of America's finest universities; Yale University which belongs to America's Ivy League of universities.
The city is rich in greenery, with hundreds of thousands of elm trees dominiting its streets.
It offers shopping to include the bargain hunter, the window shopper, and the serious shopper.
Fine dining abounds and if you love to sample international cuisine, then New Haven is for you.
3. Modesto California
Are you seeking a change in pace?
In a city that is far away from the clutter and confusion of a larger city?
One that will enable you to communicate more closely with nature?
In a city that offers you healthy living in a valley that is close to a river?
A city where the sun never stops shining, and where you can go rafting, biking, and hiking?
Then that city is Modesto California.
Modesto is primarily an agricultural city with healthy living and a quiet life style.
Home styles range from the modern condo to the sprawling farm, and from the comfortable suburban home to urban living.
4. Richmond Virginia
Looking for a city that offers you a chance to kick off your shoes, relax, and stay a while?
A city with a magnitude of home styles to choose from?
You can either choose to retire permanently in one of those handsome retirement homes or live in a modern condo.
You can make Richmond your home away from home or simply go there for a fine vacation.
Come and enjoy Richmond's rich entertainment, fine dining, and friendly neighborhoods.
If you would like to learn more about Donna J. Jodhan then visit http://www.sterlingcreations.ca.
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Quotes for the day
Taken from Melanie mama's corner
Quote For Today:
"As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency."
Caroline Kennedy
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Quote For Today:
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!
Michael Landon
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Quote For Today:
Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.
Billy Graham
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Quote For Today:
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James
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Quote For Today:
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
George Sand
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Quote For Today:
Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.
Greg Anderson
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Quote For Today:
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.
~Mary Dunbar
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Quote For Today:
The way to be respected is to be respectful. The way to be heard is to listen. What do you wish to experience? Give it to others, and you will surely find it appearing and growing stronger in your own life.
Ralph Marston
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Quote For Today:
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Martha Washington
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Quote For Today:
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the one who will win.
Roger Bannister
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Quote For Today:
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
Swami Vivekananda
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Quote For Today:
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.
John Muir
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Quote For Today:
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe
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Quote For Today:
Every moment is precious. Let me fill myself with so much peace and stability that whoever comes in front of me any time is at ease and uplifted.
Unknown
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Hello there! I'm Matt Chadwick, your friendly Café friend and today I am here to start off your week with a very informative article.
If you are in the market for a really nifty digital recorder, then here is an article for you.
We thank our friends at www.sterlingcreations.ca for passing this along to us.
Make it a great day!
Talk To The Wilson Digital Recorder
I have one of these and have baught several for visually impaired students/adults.
This little digital recorder is very popular with anyone who enjoys the simple things in life. It measures approximately 3x3 inches and fits in the palm of the hand. It has a belt clip on the back and uses two triple A batteries, not included in the price.
The cost is $19.99 with a $5 Shipping and Handling fee. The company is based in California and the website shows more products will be forthcoming. The Wilson Recorder can hold fifteen messages and each message can be as long as four minutes in length. It has no volume control, but the sound quality is very clear. There are only three buttons on the unit, which makes this digital recorder very easy to learn and use.
The button on the left is the record button. The button in the middle is the play/stop button. The button on the right is the delete button. A small blinking red light in the upper right hand corner of the recorder will indicate that the unit is in the record mode. This recorder provides users with a quick and easy way of capturing information "on the fly" when they are visiting their doctor or given a phone number and don't have an effective way of getting the information into an accessible format.
Price $19.95
Contact Information
Electronics Etc., LLC
7514 Girard Avenue, #1-508
La Jolla, CA 92037
Toll free: 866-551-1588
www.talktothewilson.com
Admin@TalkToTheWilson.com
Excerpts from their web site are:
The WilsonTM is a state-of-the-art digital voice recorder that is simple to use, inexpensive to purchase and made from high-quality components.
Features:
60 minutes recording time
Stores up to 15 messages, each up to 4 minutes in length
Easy to add and delete messages
Clips to belts, visors, purses
Use The WilsonTM to record and play:
1. Phone numbers
2. Addresses
3. Shopping lists
4. Reminders
5. To do lists
6. Brilliant ideas
7. Notes
8. Appointments
9. Messages
Many Uses
Have you ever been driving in your car and noticed an address or phone that you wanted to remember? Or woke in the middle of the night with a brilliant idea? If so, then you need The WilsonTM. Inexpensive, simple to use and constructed from state-of-the-art components, The WilsonTM is designed to be your recordable companion.
Instructions
Batteries
1. Requires two (2) AAA batteries, not included.
2. To insert batteries, remove the battery cover from the back of The WilsonTM and insert batteries with negative (-) end against the springs.
3. Once the batteries have been inserted, The WilsonTM will beep twice to indicate it is operational. Replace the battery cover.
4. Note: When batteries are removed and replaced, The WilsonTM will retain all existing messages.
Recording
1. To record, press the Record button (Left). After a beep, speak in the direction of The WilsonTM. An LED light will flash, indicating that The WilsonTM is recording.
2. To stop recording, press the Play/Stop button (Right). The WilsonTM will beep twice, indicating that the recording has stopped. Alternatively, The WilsonTM will automatically cease recording if the four minute recording time has expired.
3. You can record a maximum of 15 messages, each one a maximum of 4 minutes in length, for a total recording time of 60 minutes!
Play Back
1. To play back your message, simply press the Play/Stop button. To stop play back, press the Play/Stop button once more. Once a message has been played back in its entirety, The WilsonTM will beep once and the LED light will flash once.
2. If more than one message has been recorded, The WilsonTM will play back the most recently recorded message first. Each time the Play/Stop button is pressed thereafter, The WilsonTM will replay all recorded messages in reverse chronological order, newest to oldest.
3. To skip quickly through your recorded messages, press the Play/Stop button in quick succession to start and stop the replay of each message until you arrive at the message you wish to hear.
Deleting Messages
To delete a message, press the Delete button (Right) twice in quick succession while playing the message you wish to delete.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Good lovely Saturday morning to everyone out there! It's the end of July and Augustt is waiting in the wings.
We sure hope that you are enjoying your summer and we have some great tips for you today.
Enjoy your weekend now and take some time to open and read our package.
Your Café moms
Week of July 31
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