[gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:

Sun Apr 5 19:26:40 UTC 2009

They may have card readers, or those external devices, like cameras, 
may have an USB connection that they can connect to their PC with a cable.

Dave

At 09:51 AM 4/5/2009, you wrote:
>you must be talking about things I don't use except within the body of my
>own computer, right? Like a memory stick from another computer, or the
>memory cards of various sorts that you stick into things like blind reading
>devices or digital cameras, stuff like that. Now am I geting it?  You mean
>all my normally sighted friends who have digital cameras all have some sort
>of card reader that comes with it and plugs into their USB port where I've
>got my thumb drive plugged in and sometimes take it out and plug in my
>mobile .mp3 player so I can copy a music file to it or copy an audible.com
>book from Audible Manager to it?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 2:05 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
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>Not quite right.  This won't accept thumb drives.  It reads various kinds of
>memory sticks and cards.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:31 AM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>
>Dave,
>
>Well, I have one thumb drive stuck into a front-side USB port all the time
>to which I copy various things I want to keep backed up from my hard drive.
>So if I'm understanding you, this is some sort of device that provides extra
>
>input slots for more such things, sort of the way a power strip lets you
>plug a bunch of devices into one outlet? And when you select one of the
>things you've got attached to it, it shows up in Windows Explorerr just the
>way my one and only thumb drive shows up now? Is that pretty much how it
>works? It's a thing that plugs into that USB port and sits on the desk in
>front of your computer and has a few slots in it for a few thumb drives?
>
>At least I understand it isn't a gypsy lady who reads Tarot cards. That's
>the only meaning I could think of, which is what such fortune tellers are
>generally called. Card readers or Tarot card readers. That's Taroh, Mr.
>Jaws.
>
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>Message -----
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 8:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
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>
>A card reader is a small device that hooks up to your computer,
>usually via an USB connection, and accepts one or more flash storage
>cards, such as SD or compact flash, or memory sticks.  The card then
>appears to your computer as does another drive so you can move files
>to and from it.
>
>Dave
>
>At 06:50 PM 4/4/2009, you wrote:
> >Stupid question of the day: what's a card reader?
> >
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> >Subject: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
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> >
> >I just bought a card reader and it came with a disc which included the
> >print
> >user's manual in PDF format.  I think this will happen more often which
> >will
> >make life just a little easier.
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