Re: Introduction

On 30 May 2013 14:48, Chris Angelico <rosuav(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Corbett, James
> <James(dot)Corbett(at)cra-arc(dot)gc(dot)ca> wrote:
>> For those twenty years as a developer I should say that I have been
>> completely blind, relying upon a screen review application known as JAWS and
>> a Braille display.
>>
>> I’m looking forward to being part of this list.
>
> Welcome! One thing I'm very happy with in today's world, as improved
> on (say) two decades ago, is the way that computers have become
> accessible to more people; back in the 90s, I was playing with some of
> the speech navigation / speech synthesis tools that were available
> then, and they seemed more like toys than anything truly usable. Sure,
> you could get around without seeing the screen, but it was a struggle.
> Today, legally or completely blind people can even play text
> roleplaying games, thanks to years of smart development work.
>
> You're now using what is, in my opinion, the best database engine in
> the world. And it's language-agnostic, so you can happily use Java for
> some things, Python for others, Pike if you've ever heard of it, and
> even PHP if you're sadistic enough. I love it.

Can I just say that I love being on this list.

In the past I have asked some pretty daft questions, but the responses
here have always been patient and helpful.