And yet, there is still some percentage of blind folks who have
not learned braille at all, claiming they don't need it.
They sure are missing out. Reading braille and having specific
spellings ingrained onto the brain simply by the sheer
repetitiveness of taking in words via the fingers is well worth
the slower reading time.
But as someone else also rightly pointed out, inept teaching can
also cause the same issues. Honestly it comes down to
proofreading. Take 30 seconds and proofread the message - I see
countless messages with actual missing letters or spaces that any
screen reader, much less braille display, picks out.
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On 2018-11-19 12:40 PM, Gerardo
Corripio wrote:
Which reminds me, in Spanish, I’ve seen
blind people spell stuff wrong like in Dropbox, they have
written stuff like Dropvo. The funniest one I’ve come across
was instead of Firefox, they wrote Firefo. I know we shouldn’t
laugh at these, but I mean withoutBraille/ready Access or
someone sighted to tell them the correct spelling, what or how
would they know the correct spelling of these terms? IN
thepast, I’vecorrected them, but have gotten beaten of that
I’m a perfectionist etc., or thatai want to show
mysuperiority, which I’d never do such a thing.
Enviado desde Correo para Windows 10
De: Kwork
Enviado: lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2018 12:30 p. m.
Para: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Asunto: Re: [nvda] wonder vs. wander
The only spelling anomaly common among blind people that
really annoys me to no end is misspelling captcha as capture.
Bad enough in everyday use, but worse when we're filling out
support tickets on websites and professional emails, and
asking companies to make their "captures" accessible. Um, no.
The form that includes an unsolvable by screenreader image
verification is called captcha. c, a, p, t, c, h, a.
On 11/19/2018 9:54 AM, Gene wrote:
I usually don't spell-check
messages. I read them before I send them to check for
words that sound misspelled but also to make sure what
I wrote is clear, accurate, such as commands given
during describing a procedure, and not clumsily
worded. I may start spellchecking them as well but my
main concern on e-mail lists is not to have spelling
errors that are more than minor and to have clear
writing and accuracy. Rereading before sending is
important in all those respects.
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Monday, November 19, 2018 10:16 AM
Subject:
Re: [nvda] wonder vs. wander
I'm writing as a moderator to
explain my thinking about the message. Of course, if
the owner disagrees, that will be the controling
decision.
While it is generally not done
and not considered proper, I think you are
overreacting. For one thing, I see this error with
native English speakers. I don't recall seeing it with
non native speakers. Since this sort of discussion
never takes place on the list, I let it pass. a little
variety is enjoyable and may stimulate thought and
awareness. No one was flamed. No one was disparaged.
These days, being offended by everything is a cultural
passtime and fixsture. I don't see anything offensive
in the message.
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----- Original Message
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Sent:
Monday, November 19, 2018 5:21 AM
Subject:
Re: [nvda] wonder vs. wander
Hello Travis:
I find your email to be quite insensitive. As you are
probably aware, this
list is comprised of people from all over the globe, many of
whom are not
native English speakers. I am always impressed when people
are capable of
speaking an additional language other than their native
tongue and
criticizing them for grammatical mistakes on a list not
focused on
grammatical correctness is petty and unwarranted. It is also
off topic.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Travis Siegel
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 12:40 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] wonder vs. wander
Not trying to make anybody mad here, but it really is
disconcerting to see
so many people here using wander and wonder interchangeably.
Wander (with an"A" ) is what you do when you're out and
about, and don't
have any particular place to be, and you just feel like
taking your time to
see what's going on around you. You wander around, looking
at things, and
simply taking things easy.
On the other hand, wonder (with an "O" ) is what you do when
you're curious
about something. Yeah, it's ok to wonder about life, the
universe and
everything, but if you wander about such things, you may
never find your way
back to your back yard, having being swept off into galaxies
unknown.
And, of course, it's perfectly acceptable to wonder about
wandering too,
especially if you're wondering why so many people wander
into things.
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