Re: [orca-list] You know you're old when ... (was Re: Proposal: Remove the emacspeak suppport)

[bigd <bigd vi guy gmail com>]

Lol, good one! I think some old Apples were famous for that too. :)

Thanks,
KJ4UFX
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:23:54PM -0500, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Robert.
>
> On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 19:26 -0800, Robert Cole wrote:
> > +1 I have never used a hardware synthesizer in my entire life, that I 
> > can remember. I didn't even know what one was until just recently. :)
>
> Ouch! Just for that you must read my silly tale of tech.
>
> About... I dunno 16 or 17 years ago, I did an internship at the
> Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in the Adaptive Technology
> Program. Having been trained and all, I began going out in the field.
> One day I was at this consumer's home trying to re-set up an old
> DECTalk. And by old I mean it was old then. Nothing tiny like a DECTalk
> Express. Think of two thin portable scanners on top of one another.
> Seriously. 
>
> BTW, these were in the days when JAWS 2 was current, and one fought with
> interrupts and other silly crap in Windows 95. I had fought the good
> fight, but no luck. For the life of me, I just couldn't get it talking.
> So I called my supervisor and explained the situation. After walking me
> through some basics:
>
> Joe: Ok, I want you to pick the DECTalk up, lifting only its left side.
> Me: Huh?
> Joe: I want you to pick the DECTalk up, lifting only its left side.
> Me: (uncertainly) Yessir.
> Joe: Good, now drop it.
> Me: Sir?
> Joe: Drop it.
> Me: (uncertainly) Yessir. <pause> Oh my god it's talking!
>
> I kid thee not. Turned out the devices were notorious for some sort of
> bad connection.
>
> Say what you will about Assistive Technology today, but I have not had
> to "fix" anything by dropping it in quite some time.
>
> Take care, kiddo. <grins>
> --joanie
>
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