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They say it’s nice this time of year

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on Jupiter, except for the meteors. Ha! Name that tune. Extra points if you can spell the name of the band correctly.
I’ve got nothing tonight. I have no idea where this post is going. If the interwebicals were a bit more interactive then I would say, “You got any ideas?”, but by the time you read this I’ll have figured it out on my own.
Today I started training on a piece of software called JAWS. It is an Assistive Technology software that allows blind folk to use a computer. It’s pretty cool. The computer reads the screen to you out loud. It is a very complex software. It can be set up to translate the web site or whatever program you’re using and it can shift from mode to mode on the fly. You may need one reading mode for one particular web site and another mode for a program or you can jump from reading mode to reading mode while in a single application. It is somewhat amazing in what it does. I am learning how this program works so I can teach blind people how to use a new web application the Commonwealth of PA is rolling out this fall. That is going to be an interesting challenge.
What else? Let’s see. I had the most disgusting sandwich for lunch today. It is called a Thai Wrap. It is nothing more than pieces of vaguely chicken chopped up and wrapped in a piece of shoe leather with something red resembling a tomato, construction paper painted green to simulate lettuce and the worlds worst curry powder. I’m pretty sure that’s what it said on label of the industrial drum she was shoveling it out of. It was bad, really bad. I mean it was bad. I ate it anyway.
How was your Monday?

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They say it’s nice this time of year — 7 Comments

  1. From what I hear JAWS can be difficult to use with certain web pages, like ones that are CSS driven. They’ll probably get it fixed just in time for some new web page creation tool to make it difficult again. Maybe I’m just a cynic.

  2. That software sounds amazing. My cousin has gone blind over the last few years because of diabetes and I’m sure it’s something she would love to know more about – going to Google it now!

    As for that Thai Wrap, simple answer – stay away from fast “food”!
    😉

  3. Very cool program you’re working on Brian.
    I wonder why they named it JAWS?
    One of my previous jobs they kept naming computer programs after things that went badly – like – Titanic, Hindenburg, it seemed like portent of doom to me., and usually.. was.

    Bad lunches suck.
    That’s all I got this morning. Hope your week is improving.

  6. Axistive and AbVan, The software is very amazing! I have just begun to work with it in a CSS environment but in a complete 508 and ADA compliant as well as a W3C Priority One compliant environment it works Too Too well. I am very impressed and have installed it on my desptop here at home. I find I can easlily get throught MS Office programs without ever turning the monitor on.
    Jen!!!!! You win the Name That Tune contest. I’m impressed. Have ever gone to Moe.Down up in NY state? I have. BTW the CORRECT spelling is MOE., not MOE . There is a period at the end of their name. 🙂
    Rhea, I won’t say a word because I was reading blogs this afternoon at work too, Shhhh!

  7. Nope, haven’t been there, but I’ve friends there-abouts and closer to you as well.
    PA is actually my home-state. 🙂

    Sorry for missing the period. Gah. Can’t be perfect all the time.

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