[gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:

Tue Apr 7 18:49:43 UTC 2009

At least in my experience the old floppy disks were very unreliable.  Todays 
flash or thumb drives are much better and are really cheap these days.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:


> if you really really want a floppy drive, I believe that there are USB
> floppy drives available.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:49 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>
> Joel:  A couple minor points -- you can still order some PC's with a
> floppy drive, although their inclusion these days is pretty rare.
> Secondly, Mac's have not had a floppy drive for some time 7 or
> 8 years I think, but they used to have one.
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:56 PM 4/5/2009, you wrote:
>>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.
>>----- 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 6:56 PM
>>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>>
>>
>>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-----
>>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:29 PM
>>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>>
>>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
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:55 PM
>>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>>
>>
>>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 -----
>> >From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>> >To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:26 PM
>> >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A new kind of accessibility:
>> >
>> >
>> >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:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >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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>> > >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:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >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?
>> > > >
>> > > >----- Original Message -----
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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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