4.0229 Notes and Queries (4/64)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 27 Jun 90 17:15:10 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0229. Wednesday, 27 Jun 1990.
(1) Date: Tuesday, 26 Jun 1990 23:17:20 EDT (23 lines)
From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM>
Subject: Hardware/Software configs for sight-impaired
(2) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 90 16:04:01 PDT (19 lines)
From: Gerald Barnett <OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: ACADEMIC SOFTWARE SUPPORT
(3) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 19:02:04 BST (11 lines)
From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk
Subject: ... Teaching French ... [eds.]
(4) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 08:32:57 EDT (11 lines)
From: "Adam C. Engst" <PV9Y@CORNELLA>
Subject: Re: 4.0219 Interactive Fiction
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Date: Tuesday, 26 Jun 1990 23:17:20 EDT
From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM>
Subject: Hardware/Software configs for sight-impaired
A close friend of mine just returned from a visit, after many year, to a
boyhood pal, and discovered that his friend's sight is rapidly
deteriorating; he can, in fact, read his computer monitor only with
great difficulty. My friend promised him that he would try to find out
what options exist for configuring a microcomputer so that it can be
operated by a blind person, and I have been asked to query HUMANIST on
the subject. I have a couple of ideas about how to approach this problem
on the Mac, using Smoothtalker, etc., but I would like to produce a list
of recommendations for all kinds of machines, and provide a list of
appropriate software, particularly software which has been developed for
sight-impaired persons. I shall compile all responses into a single
file, leaving headers and signatures intact, and forward it to HUMANIST
to be deposited on the server for others who may be interested in the
subject. Thank you in advance for any information you may send my way.
Pat Conner
West Virginia University
BITNET : U47C2@WVNVM
INTERNET : U47C2@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 90 16:04:01 PDT
From: Gerald Barnett <OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: ACADEMIC SOFTWARE SUPPORT
The Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Washington is
seeking to identify colleges and universities that have implemented
interesting models of support for software development. We are
especially interested in how other academic institutions support
software--including distribution, on-going program maintenance, and
end-user support--after the creation of working alpha versions. We
would appreciate hearing from those who have found effective (decent?)
support for their software packages. We would also like suggestions of
names of people we should contact to discuss software support models in
more detail.
Send replies by e-mail to OTT@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU or
by snail to Gerald Barnett / Office of Technology Transfer XD-40 /
University of Washington / Seattle, WA 98195
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 19:02:04 BST
From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk
Subject: Re: ... Teaching French ... [eds.]
>From time to time, requests appear over the HUMANIST network concerning
the teaching of French. Would it be possible to set up a subgroup of
persons into the teaching of French Language and Literature for an
exchange of ideas relating to that discipline? I am prepared to lead
such a subgroup.
Keith Cameron.
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 08:32:57 EDT
From: "Adam C. Engst" <PV9Y@CORNELLA>
Subject: Re: 4.0219 Interactive Fiction
Oops, I forgot. For anyone who wants to send me a disk for a copy of my
thesis fiction, my snail mail address is 901 Dryden Rd. #88, Ithaca, NY
14850 USA.
Adam Engst
Adam C. Engst pv9y@cornella.bitnet