[gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:

Joel Deutsch jdeutsch at dslextreme.com
Mon Apr 6 19:43:25 UTC 2009


Oh, players. You mean like an .mp3 player. That kind of thing. Or a cell 
phone that takes pictures and/or plays music and, accordingly, needds to 
offer variable storage space options. I think I get it.
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Some players accept memory cards to expand their built in memory.  Some cell
phones too.

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Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 10:56 PM
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Floppy disk? Well, I still have an A drive where I can use 3 1/2 inch
floppies, myself, and my Dell is about four years old. I didn't know they
didn't make the slot anymore. I mean on PCs, not Macs. I know Macs don't and

never did have a floppy drive, in the old days or more recently.

But that's at the very top of my tower, practically, I thought this thing
was down where the USB ports are. Also, what sort of player are you talking
about? What does that have to do with this? I'm confused. Someone must get
this, but between floppies and some sort of player, i don't get what you're
saying.
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One reason it's not universal is that just a few years ago people were still
using floppies and that space in the front of the computer was used up by
their player.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:29 PM
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Dave,

that sounds like such an obvious and practical feature for a personal
computer. hard to believe that's not nearly universal. Interesting.
or rfor
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Finally, Joel, some computers -- particularly laptops have built-in
card readers that accept one or more types of cards.

Dave

At 03:18 PM 4/5/2009, you wrote:
>yeah, you're right. When I read an occaisonal review of a camera, or talk
>to
>a friend about something they did with their camera, I remember hearing
>about jut plugging a cable into the USB port. Okay. So they don't all have
>these multiple outlet gismos. I see.
>
>----- Original Message -----
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>
>
>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?
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> >From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
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> >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
> >
> >
> >Not quite right.  This won't accept thumb drives.  It reads various kinds
> >of
> >memory sticks and cards.
> >
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> >Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> >Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:31 AM
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> >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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> >From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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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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> > >
> > >
> > >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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