Screen Readers and post trimming

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Oct 27 23:57:58 UTC 2009


On 10/27/2009 08:28 AM, Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> 
> in firefox it is "Webmail" which is another whole beast.
> 
> as for that "other company" well this is a Ubuntu list so your guess
> is likely right.
> and of course the most popular screen readers are written for that
> operating system,  Orca is not the best most visually impaired linux
> users I know use emacspeak
> 
> 
> I have been on what passes for the internet since the mid 70's and
> this top post/bottom post/midline argument has been going on at least
> that long.
> 
> FWIW, I'm using PINE as my mail reader.
> 
> Bob

<snip>

Then raise the issue on the accessabity list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Until then:
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette
pretty much is the rule here.

BTW: your ill formed sig below (it should be: dashdashspace) certainly
isn't of help to anyone using a screen reader either, now is is?

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