From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Fri May 6 17:22:00 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:22:00 +0800 Subject: [Share] Test mail Message-ID: <003b01c5521d$0f8ee780$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Hello to all, pleae ignore this mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050506/cfaae183/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Fri May 6 17:30:30 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:30:30 +0800 Subject: [Share] Test is on going Message-ID: <008901c5521e$3fb796e0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> To all my fellow listers, We have been doing some testing of late. I decided not to make any announcement as I thought it would be best to see that the whole transition is over before keeping all listers informed. Due to the request from many of you, I have been looking for solution to solve some of our simple needs. The whole exercise is not completed yet. When the time is right, you will be informed of our website and what you can do on it. Just be a little patient for a while more. In the meantime, do continue sending information to the list. We will try to have as little interruption as possible. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050506/0bcabe89/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Fri May 6 17:37:25 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:37:25 +0800 Subject: [Share] Latest price list from Humanware Message-ID: <00a701c5521f$372877f0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Hello Listers, The latest price list just came in. If you are interested to know the latest price of solutions from Humanware, please refer to the attached PDF file. By the way, Adobe has released version 7.0. Please note that the full version is almost 20 MB. Anyone interested in the products listed in the PDF file should contact the MAB. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050506/1486bc9c/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Price List 0505.Print.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 211914 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050506/1486bc9c/attachment.pdf From thkiat at pd.jaring.my Sat May 7 09:20:16 2005 From: thkiat at pd.jaring.my (Teh How Kiat) Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 09:20:16 +0800 Subject: [share] An outstanding mum Message-ID: <00cf01c552a2$ff588ca0$0200000a@hkteh> The Star Online > Features Thursday May 5, 2005 An outstanding mum WHEEL POWER by ANTHONY THANASAYAN Mothers around the globe are having their special day this weekend as Mother's Day comes around again the second Sunday in May. For me it will be mums of persons with disabilities, like Roxanna Lim, and her 20-year-old daughter Wong Lee Foong who will truly stand out during this blessed occasion. The 52-year-old from Taman Eng Ann in Klang e-mailed me last week to share some of her personal thoughts for Mother's Day based on her life with Lee Foong who is diagnosed a spastic quadriplegic. Roxanna Lim and Wong Lee Foong. Here is their unique story as told by Roxanna: "I had been a social worker for over a decade working with severely physical and mentally disabled persons in a residential home before I decided to give it up 15 years ago to give all my attention to Lee Foong. "Despite my exposure to disabled children all those wonderful years, I had never seen a child quite like her who was so neglected, deprived of human care and affection and had virtually nothing to look forward to in life. "Rather than turn a blind eye to the five-year-old as I guess many would, I decided to adopt Lee Foong and give her a home in my house as well as in my heart. "I was quite surprised myself that I had chosen to do this. However, it slowly became clearer to me that my choice came about as a direct answer to my prayer - and all that was left for me to do from then on was to put my trust in Almighty God in seeing to it that I would be the best mother for Lee Foong. "And the journey for the both of us hasn't been easy, to say the least. Lee Foong's health and condition, particularly before she reached the age of 10, was quite difficult. "Because she also had epilepsy, she was put on medication three times a day. She experienced frequent coughs, suffered constipation, was underweight because of difficulties in consuming food and water and had nightmares that caused her to cry hysterically whenever she was left alone. "Those moments were so intense and excruciating for the both of us that I thought that my girl wouldn't make it to her teenage years. Turning into a young adult "Today, however, Lee Foong is about to turn into a young adult. She hardly has seizures anymore and her weight has stabilised to a healthy level. She understands when people talk to her and smiles, and even closes her eyes to pray at church meetings. "Raising a child with multiple disabilities hasn't only drained me physically but financially too. But there has never been a time when God's providence has failed us. Whilst some people shun us, others have mysteriously knocked on our door to give us cash and foodstuff - without waiting for a 'thank you' afterwards. "As a single mother, Lee Foong and I continue to face our daily share of challenges. I am reminded of (and shocked by) the life of the so-called 'brain dead' American Terri Schiavo and how her existence was terminated by the US courts by pulling out her feeding tube recently. "Although Schiavo was caught in a 'vegetative state' she was still able to touch the lives of millions of people all around the world who fought hard to the very last for her to live another day. (Schiavo eventually died in her hospice room.) "To me, Lee Foong's life is no different from Schiavo's. That is why I never fail to help her live a normal life every day which includes brushing her teeth each morning and feeding her even though she struggles to eat her food, frequently biting the spoon in the process. "I have to carry her to the bathroom for her bath where I help her do her stretching exercises as well. "And Lee Foong gives back to dear ol' mum too! She provides great company in the kitchen seated, in her buggy-chair, as I prepare our meal. "And I take her with me to the post office when I have to pay for my bills. "Speaking of money, because of my time spent with my daughter, there is little or no time for us to make extra money for ourselves. "We rent a house that has not been painted for more than 10 years. We managed to acquire furniture at low prices or at no cost at all because they were 'handed-down'. "My van looks run-down too but the faithful 'war-horse' has been dutifully taking us to hospital visits, meetings, therapies, school & grocery shops and back. "In the midst of our struggle, I always try to count my blessings. Although I wasn't able to upgrade myself academically or pursue a better career, my time spent with Lee Fong has been a good training ground in pushing on for the finer things in life. I have learned the hard way that results are not what that's really important but the ability to touch another life through love and hope. "I sincerely hope that the story of my lovely daughter's life which I share with your Wheel Power readers today will touch and inspire everyone to stop for a moment to think about what people with disabilities and their mothers have to go through every day of their lives. "Happy Mother's Day everyone." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? 1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050507/65393539/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Access to this network is made possible through a unique audio computer software program and a standard keyboard. This revolutionary system is capable of self-correction and automatic updates. An integrated help key and virtual menu eliminate the need for user training and ensure ongoing ease of use. Present features available to members include: Tools: Time/date calculator Internet: Live chat, message board, World news, e-mail Game Types: Strategy, educational, role playing, guessing, memory, casino Applications: CD player, address book, organizer Enquiries: info at scainetwork.co.uk www.scainetwork.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050508/e3cac660/attachment.html From chwalian at streamyx.com Sun May 8 17:08:14 2005 From: chwalian at streamyx.com (Ch'ng Hwa Lian) Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 17:08:14 +0800 Subject: [share] LVA PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL Message-ID: <008401c553ad$7ba20330$0401010a@pc> Dear Mr. George, I am very thankful to you and MAB in assisting my students by getting the LVAs (fully paid by my school) to loan to them for use while they are still in our care (as government properties can only be loaned and not given to students). I am also very delighted to learn from you that you have agreed to sponsor these students under the project to possess one before they leave schooling in November this year. It is already more than 2 months since the project has been carried out. I am definitely looking forward to receiving these LVAs ordered by my school as soon as possible. As for the second set (given free to them), they do not have many more 2-month to wait before the end of this year. Your speedy action is most needed and highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Regards, Terry. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050508/2cf856af/attachment.html From zahashim at streamyx.com Mon May 9 01:07:20 2005 From: zahashim at streamyx.com (zahari) Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 01:07:20 +0800 Subject: [share] Karnival Braille Message-ID: <011101c553f0$81a9ea20$94995fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Rakan2 dan para sahabat sekalian. Di kalangan oku penglihatan pada masa ini, demam Karnival Braille sedang hangat. Zon utara sudah pun selesai menganjurkan pertandingan tersebut. Minggu ini dan minggu hadapan, giliran MAB pula menganjurkan karnival berkenaan untuk memilih wakil2 mereka. Telah menjadi tradisi bagi MAB untuk menganjurkan karnival ini pada dua hari Sabtu. Insya-Allah, nama2 wakil MAB hanya akan dapat diketahui setelah pertandingan tersebut selesai minggu hadapan. SBM belum lagi mewarwarkan bila pertandingan peringkat pertubuhan tersebut akan dijalankan. Bagaimana dengan suasana demam tersebut di Sarawak dan Sabah agaknya? Sudah ada wakilkah yang akan datang untuk menyertai peringkat kebangsaan yang kali ini akan dianjurkan oleh Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Orang2 Buta Malaysia (NCBM) yang dijangka diadakan di KL dalam bulan Jun ini. Itulah serba sedikit perkembangan mengenai demam karnival Braille yang semakin panas ini. Untuk membaca artikel-artikel saya yang lain, jemputlah melawat ke weblog saya di: http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=alongzh Along Zahari Pendidik/penterjemah/aktivis oku, seni, bahasa dan sastera. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050509/9a989b3a/attachment.html From mustaffar at mohr.gov.my Mon May 9 14:22:35 2005 From: mustaffar at mohr.gov.my (Mustaffar Talib) Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 14:22:35 +0800 Subject: [share] Dari IPPD Petaling Jaya Message-ID: <001d01c5545f$7e266940$2854150a@MOHRADMMUS> MessageSalam sejahtera rakan-rakan yang budiman! Marilah kita luangkan sedikit masa membaca petikan di bawah yang telah dipanjangkan oleh Puan Noornawal untuk panduan keselamatan kita. Mungkin rakan celik, anak-anak atau sesiapa juga dapat membantu kita OKU penglihatan membaca nombor-nombor pemilik kenderaan yang tak berhati perut ini untuk mengambil langkah-langkah keselamatan yang difikirkan sesuai dari menjadi mangsa-mangsa mereka ini. Subject: Dari IPPD Petaling Jaya Ikhsan dari IPPD Petaling Jaya kwn2 atas rasa tanggungjawab saya mengingatkan kepada anda semua berhati2 ketika di hampiri kenderaan iswara biru bernombor plate palsu WFK 6929, BEB 9325, BEB 8734, WHN 8719, BEB 8320, BEB 8323 dan proton wira WKT 5371...ia adalah kenderaan yg di gunakan oleh kumpulan peragut dan penjenayah yg masih aktif di sekitar PJ dan anda mungkin mangsa seterusnya....tolong sebarkan.... (Balai Polis Sea Park,Petaling Jaya) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050509/ab674fea/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Tue May 10 17:56:13 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 17:56:13 +0800 Subject: [share] Tadi A personal diary and personal organiser Message-ID: <002901c55546$80972d30$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Dear listers, I have been contemplating on anouncing a small but very useful product over the list. If you need to keep a long list of numbers, keep a diary and record infomation, this little booklet-like electronic organiser may be of help. I have managed to get a copy of the manual and thought some of you may want to read it your self. If you think that the NCBM should bring in a unit or too and place on demo, please indicate it over share and I will do my best to have it available. I must say here that bringing this product in may be quite a sticky problem. This is a product of Israil. Please find the manual attached. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050510/b9dbcb4c/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tadi_manual.rtf Type: application/msword Size: 939110 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050510/b9dbcb4c/attachment.dot From chwalian at streamyx.com Sat May 7 17:42:03 2005 From: chwalian at streamyx.com (Ch'ng Hwa Lian) Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 17:42:03 +0800 Subject: [share] LVA PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL Message-ID: <000001c55539$4f4f6fb0$0401010a@pc> Dear Mr. George, I am very thankful to you and MAB in assisting me by getting the LVAs (fully paid by my school) to loan to them for use while they are still in our care (as government properties can only loaned and not given to students). I am also very delighted to learn from you that you have agreed to sponsor these students under the project to possess one before they leave schooling in November this year. It is already more than 2 months since the project has been carried out. I am definitely looking forward to receiving these LVAs ordered by my school as soon as possible. As for the second set (given free to them), they do not have many more 2-month to wait before the end of this year. Your speedy action is most needed and highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Regards, Terry. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050507/fec85343/attachment.html From wongyl at pd.jaring.my Thu May 12 16:40:40 2005 From: wongyl at pd.jaring.my (Mr Wong) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:40:40 +0000 Subject: [share] LVA PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL References: <000001c55539$4f4f6fb0$0401010a@pc> Message-ID: <003301c556ce$477181c0$1301a8c0@streamyx> Good morning Terry This reminder should be sent to Mr. George directly and not here. Perhaps you made a mistake when sending the mail. Regards Wong Yoon Loong. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ch'ng Hwa Lian To: share at ncbm.org.my Cc: NCBM President/S Kulasegaran ; hksbdrd at hksb.org.hk ; "NCBM/Exec Dir Ivan Ho ivanho"@ncbm.org.my Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 9:42 AM Subject: [share] LVA PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL Dear Mr. George, I am very thankful to you and MAB in assisting me by getting the LVAs (fully paid by my school) to loan to them for use while they are still in our care (as government properties can only loaned and not given to students). I am also very delighted to learn from you that you have agreed to sponsor these students under the project to possess one before they leave schooling in November this year. It is already more than 2 months since the project has been carried out. I am definitely looking forward to receiving these LVAs ordered by my school as soon as possible. As for the second set (given free to them), they do not have many more 2-month to wait before the end of this year. Your speedy action is most needed and highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Regards, Terry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050512/0a9e9712/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Thu May 12 09:41:14 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:41:14 +0800 Subject: [share] Ever thought of what to share? Message-ID: <00c301c55693$b07906b0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Dear Listers, While browsing the net and looking and different methods of encouraging the participation within a certain community, I learnt that many blind people actually had the opportunities of creating surprises among the people around them, that is, your colleagues, school mates and even brothers and sisters. Some times, it being able to perform better than them, perhaps, thought of something that they never realised, observing something which your sighted mates never realised even with their eyes. To put it in a nut shell, there were moments that you performed above the very low expectations of the seeing people around you. Please do not just think of academic achievements, I am sure many of you have experienced moments where your sighted friends never expected it from you. As "share" is the platform for learning, let us learn from one another's experiences and encounters. I look forward to making a collection of such experiences. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050512/bd6052e8/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Thu May 12 09:13:18 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:13:18 +0800 Subject: [share] Info on phones Message-ID: <003c01c5568f$c886b2b0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Hello listers, Hear is something that may interest many of you. Perhaps, some of you can help to find out further details and share with the rest. We would do better working as a team. Regards, Moses. A Review of the LG VX 4500 Cell Phone from Verizon Wireless and Microsoft's Voice Command Software - AccessWorld? - May 2005 AccessWorld ? May 2005 . Volume 6 . Number 3 Product Evaluation A Review of the LG VX 4500 Cell Phone from Verizon Wireless and Microsoft's Voice Command Software Darren Burton This article a product evaluations from AFB TECH (American Foundation for the Blind Technology and Employment Center in Huntington, West Virginia) examining the accessibility of cell phones. As promised in our article in the March 2005 issue of AccessWorld, which summarized the current choices available to cell phone users who are blind or have low vision, this article explores two more approaches to accessibility. We evaluate the LG VX 4500 cell phone offered by Verizon Wireless and Microsoft's Voice Command software, which can be installed on many of today's new Pocket PC telephones/personal digital assistants (PDAs). Verizon Wireless LG VX 4500 Priced at $39 with a two-year service agreement from Verizon Wireless, the LG VX 4500 manufactured by LG Electronics is an off-the-shelf telephone with some accessible functionality built in. It is similar to the Audiovox/Toshiba phone we evaluated in the May 2004 issue of AccessWorld. However, this phone features robust voice input control as well as speech output, and it provides a greater degree of access to more features and functions than does the Toshiba/Audiovox phone. Initially released in early 2004, The VX 4500 was upgraded in late November 2004 with features that enhance its accessibility. Description The LG VX 4500 is a small, clamshell-style phone weighing 3.7 ounces and measuring 1.9 by 0.9 by 3.5 inches when folded up. On the inside, it has a 1.1-by-1.5-inch high-resolution display screen with 6,500 colors that can be viewed when the phone is flipped open. There is a smaller 0.9-by-0.5-inch monochrome display on the outside that can be viewed when the phone is flipped closed. The LG VX 4500 features a keypad with the 12 dialing keys arranged in the standard three-by-four grid. Above those keys are six more keys in two rows of three each. On the outside of the top row are two "soft" keys, whose function depends on the icon adjacent to them on the display screen. Between those keys is a circular, four-way navigation key surrounding an OK button. Below that row are the Send, Cancel, and End keys. On the left side panel there are two control keys. On the top is an up/down rocker-style button used to control the volume. Below that is the Voice button, used to activate the voice input functionality. The LG 4500 is considered a midrange phone by today's standards, without some advanced features such as a digital video camera or multimedia messaging. It does, however, feature a Web browser, speaker phone, text messaging, and a Contacts application. Of interest to people who are blind or visually impaired are its voice input and speech output capabilities, which can be used to access much of the phone's screen information and menu system. The LG Voice Command Function It is interesting that LG calls their voice input function Voice Command, which is the same name that Microsoft has chosen for its software and that we will discuss in the next section of this article. LG's Voice Command allows you to use your voice to control many aspects of the phone. It is speaker-independent, meaning that it recognizes any voice, so you do not have to train it to understand your particular voice. To access LG's Voice Command function, you press the Voice button on the bottom of the left side panel, and a recorded human voice responds, "Please say a command." You then respond with one of the 10 commands that the phone recognizes. For example, you could say, "Voice mail," and the phone will respond with, "You have one new voice mail message, call voice mail now?" You then respond with "Yes" or "No." Here is the list of the voice commands available along with a short description of what they do: Call someone. The phone responds, "Please say a name," and you speak the name of a person you have entered into your Contacts application. Digit dial. The phone prompts you to speak a phone number into the phone and then dials it. Service alerts. The phone tells you how many missed calls, new voice mails, and new text messages you have. Missed calls. The phone tells you how many new missed calls you have. You can then scroll through the list and hear the phone read you the time, date, and number of each missed call. Contacts. The phone asks if you would like to read, create, or erase a contact. After you respond, it follows with more prompts to guide you in completing each task. Announce. This command toggles Announce Mode on and off. With it on, you are prompted for a command by simply flipping the phone open, and it activates the speaking of caller ID information and some menu items. Driving. This command toggles the hands-free mode on and off. With it on, the speaker phone is on and, as with Announce Mode, you are prompted for a command by flipping the phone open. The speaker phone can also be activated by pressing the Up Arrow on the circular four-way navigation key. Time and date. The phone announces the current time and date. Phone status. The phone announces battery strength, signal strength, digital versus analog mode, and indicates if you are roaming and if your global positioning system (GPS) location feature is active. Voice mail. The phone tells you how many voice mail messages you have and asks if you want to call voice mail. If you forget any of the voice commands that are available, or if you simply do not want to talk to your phone, you can press the Voice button and a recorded human voice will speak the name of each command as you scroll through the list using the Up and Down Arrows of the four-way navigation key. You then just press the OK button when you land on the item you want to activate. You can toggle the speech output between the earpiece of the phone and the speaker phone by pressing the Up Arrow of the four-way navigation key or by turning Driving Mode on and off. Microsoft Voice Command Software and Pocket PC Phones Priced at $30, Microsoft Voice Command is a product for Pocket PC and Pocket PC phone devices that features synthesized speech output. It lets you use your voice to look up contacts and place phone calls, get calendar information, play and control your music, launch programs, and get device status, including spoken caller ID. Pocket PC is a line of software developed by Microsoft to run on the Windows CE platform used in many of today's PDA devices, including the Pac Mate from Freedom Scientific. (You may also hear Windows CE referred to as Windows Mobile.) Pocket PC phones are a handheld PDA, similar to a Palm Pilot or an HP iPAQ, but with the addition of telephone functionality. Priced around $500, Pocket PC phones feature Pocket PC applications such as Pocket Word, Internet Explorer, Excel, and Outlook. Caption: The LG VX 4500 cell phone from Verizon (left) and a T-Mobile Pocket PC phone featuring Microsoft's Voice Command. Several service providers offer various Pocket PC phones that are compatible with the Voice Command software (see the Product Information section at the end of this article). However, the Pocket PC phone that we used to evaluate Voice Command for this article has already been discontinued, so we will not discuss its specifics. In general, Pocket PC phones/PDAs weigh about 8 ounces and are fairly flat, measuring roughly 5 inches long by 3 inches wide by about a half inch thick. They have large high-resolution color touch screen displays, measuring about 2 inches wide by 3 inches long, and they usually have only three to five buttons. They have no number keys because dialing is done using voice or a stylus on the touch screen. They are basically very small devices used by people on the go who need some of the functionality of a computer without having to carry around a laptop computer. As well as their telephone and Pocket PC applications, these PDAs can be used to play games; listen to music; and synchronize your contacts, calendar, and tasks with your PC using Outlook. They also perform handwriting recognition when a sighted person uses a stylus to write notes in the device's text editor. In the past, handheld PDAs such as the Palm Pilot or iPAQ have been unusable by people who are blind or visually impaired because they have had no speech output functionality and the display information has been too small for most people with low vision to read. The inputting of information has also been inaccessible, because these products make use of a flat touch screen and a stylus for entering data, instead of buttons that can be identified by touch. The Microsoft Voice Command software is the first solution we have found that provides access to some of the features of these handheld PDA devices. However, although the Voice Command software is certainly intriguing, we are not quite ready to recommend these devices or the Microsoft Voice Command software to you, because they still have some serious limitations. What Can Microsoft Voice Command Do? To use Voice Command, you need first to configure one of the phone's buttons to be the Voice Command button. Although that process is inaccessible, it can be done easily with the assistance of a person who is not blind or visually impaired, and it only has to be done once. Once the button has been assigned, you can access many of the device's functions just by pressing the Voice Command button. A two-note tone is played and a microphone icon appears on screen. Then you can speak naturally into the phone. For example, you can ask, "What is the battery level?" and a high-quality synthesized voice responds, "The battery level is 80 percent." Here is a list of some of the voice commands available, along with a short description of what they do: Call Jane Doe. Voice confirms with "Call Jane Doe?" and you respond by saying "Yes" or "Correct." If you have more than one telephone number associated with that person in your Contacts list, the phone will ask you which number to call, saying "Call Jane Doe at work, home, or mobile?" Dial a number. You say "dial" followed by any phone number. The phone repeats the number, and you confirm by saying "Yes" or "Correct." Play music. The phone responds by asking you various questions to help choose the song you want to hear. You can instead command it to play a specific artist's music that you have downloaded onto the device, for example, "Play the Beatles," and the Fab Four will soon begin to play. You can also interrupt the playing of music with commands such as "Next track," "Previous track," "Stop," Pause," or "What song is this?" What is my calendar today? or What is my schedule today? The synthesized voice responds with the time, date, and details of your upcoming appointments. What is the signal strength? The phone responds with the signal strength as a percentage of full. Redial. The phone redials the last number you called. Call Back. The phone dials the number of the last person who called you. What is the battery level? The phone responds with the battery level as a percentage of full. What time is it? or What is the date? The phone will answer with the correct time or date. Flight mode on or Flight mode off. The voice will confirm the setting. With flight mode on, you can listen to music while on a plane and the phone is automatically turned off to comply with airline regulations. Other commands too numerous to list are available with Microsoft Voice Command. We discuss some more of them in the Sweet 16 section of this article. If you can't remember all the commands available, you can simply say "Help," and the voice will ask you to choose a help topic and then read the topics available. After you speak the name of one of the topics, it will tell you the commands available. Some of the commands are not accompanied by speech output, so they are not that helpful. For example, you can say, "Start Pocket Internet Explorer," and the device will open the Web browser, but there will be no speech output to access the screen information. You can likewise say the word "Show" followed by a name in your Contacts list. The device will then show all the contact information for that person, but there will be no speech output to help you access that information. Like the Voice Command feature on the LG 4500, Microsoft's Voice Command is speaker-independent, so you do not have to train it to recognize your voice. Also, your commands do not have to be exact. For example, when asking for your appointments, you can ask "What are my appointments today?" or "What are my meetings today?" or "What's my schedule today?" The Sweet 16 As we reported in our previous cell phone evaluations, before beginning our reviews we surveyed 40 cell phone users who are blind or have low vision to determine which features they would most like to have made accessible. The 16 features rated the highest by the respondents became the basis of our evaluation, and are known as the Sweet 16. We looked at whether users would be able to access these features and noted the barriers to accessing them. As phones began to come onto the market with capabilities to make the Sweet 16 features accessible, we wondered what other features would be important to cell phone users who are blind or visually impaired. We surveyed readers of our AccessWorld Extra e-mail update last year to establish more features that would be important to increase the accessibility of cell phones. We received over 60 responses, and came up with a list of eight more features to evaluate, which we will call the "Elite Eight," in keeping with our NCAA college basketball tournament nomenclature. The evaluation methods we used included these: measuring the ability to identify and use the keypad tactilely determining the ability to navigate menus noting auditory and vibratory feedback assessing the readability of the visual display The following analysis lists the 16 cell phone features that our original survey determined to be the most important for accessibility and how the LG VX 4500 and Microsoft's Voice Command software measured up on each feature. Following that, we will present our analysis of the Elite 8. Keys Easily Identifiable by Touch Although there is still room for slight improvement, the keys on the VX 4500 are relatively easy to identify by touch. The dialing keys are in the familiar three-by-four grid, and the 5 key has two nibs properly placed on the right and left sides of the key for orientation purposes. With Announce mode on, the phone will speak the digits as you dial them to help you ensure that you have dialed correctly. The Talk and End keys also each have a nib placed on them, so that you can find them quickly and easily, and the Volume key and Voice key on the side panel are raised and easy to identify. The Pocket PC phones that we have seen only have three to five keys, and they are very easy to locate and operate by touch. However, that is somewhat moot because most of the input on the Pocket PC phones is done by tapping on a flat touch screen with a stylus, which is not accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Voice Output Most of the voice output on the LG 4500 is digitally recorded human speech in a clear, female voice, but there is also a synthesized voice that reads out the names of contacts that you create in the phone's contacts application. Although the synthesized speech is not as easy to understand as the synthesizers that come with screen reader software, it is adequate. In addition to the access that the voice output provides in support of the Voice Command features described earlier, it can also be set to read out the digits as you dial phone numbers. It also reads menu items as you navigate the phone's menu system. However, it only reads two levels of menus and does not provide speech output once you choose a particular function to activate. For example, you can press the left soft key to enter the main menu, then scroll to and choose "Messages" and then "New message," but that is where speech stops. There is no speech output to assist in creating the new message. With Microsoft Voice Command software, the voice is produced through a clear, easy-to-understand speech synthesizer. All the speech output is produced in conjunction with the voice input commands discussed earlier. Although the software provides a degree of access to many of the device's functions, it does have significant limitations. Other than for dialing phone numbers, it does not provide speech output for entering data into the device, and there is no voice output support for using the Pocket PC applications such as Pocket Word, Excel, or Internet Explorer. Accessible Documentation We were able to acquire the manual for the LG 4500 from Verizon Wireless in text format. Although this manual was certainly accessible, it did have some fairly major problems in regard to usability and how well it provides assistance to a person who is blind or visually impaired who is trying to learn how to use the phone. The table of contents had no page numbers associated with the various sections, and it was very difficult to tell one section from another when reading through the document. Also, there was no specific section dedicated to describing the Voice Command functions. Instead, information on Voice Command was intermingled throughout various other sections. In our testing at AFB TECH, we had to learn about it through trial and error. The manual for Microsoft's Voice Command software, in contrast, was produced in a highly accessible and usable HTML file. It was easy to navigate and find clear descriptions of how to use the software. Battery Level Indicator It is easy to access battery level information on both these systems. When prompted to say a command by the LG 4500, you simply say "Phone status," and the voice speaks the battery level, which is read as full, 75 percent, 50 percent, 25 percent, or 0 percent. It also produces an audible tone warning that the battery is empty and needs charging. When the battery is critically low, the phone produces a periodic warning beep and then three consecutive beeps just before the battery runs out completely. With Microsoft Voice Command, you ask, "What is the battery level?" and the voice responds by telling you the percentage of battery power remaining. During testing, we heard no low battery warning tones, but that feature would be dependent on the Pocket PC phone itself, and not on the Voice Command software. Roaming Indicator If you give the Phone status command to the LG 4500, it will tell you if you are roaming and thus paying more for your call. However, Microsoft's Voice Command does not provide spoken indication of roaming. Message Indicator On the LG 4500, the Voice mail command causes the voice to tell you if you have any voice mail messages, and the Service alerts command alerts you to voice mail, missed calls, and text messages. However, the text messaging function is inaccessible because it does not feature speech output. You cannot access any message indicators with Microsoft's Voice command software. Phone Book The phone book application is called Contacts on the LG 4500. It is more accessible than on any other off-the-shelf phone, but it still isn't perfect. You can add contacts using voice commands along with the keypad, but that only lets you add one phone number per contact. If you memorize keystrokes, you can add up to four more numbers, but you do not get voice feedback to guide you through that process. After phone numbers have been added, you can use the Contacts command to read, erase, and call those contacts, with the human voice output guiding you through the process. You can also press the right soft key to enter the Contacts mode and listen to the synthetic voice read the names as you scroll through the list of contacts you have created. When you hear the name of the person you want to call, you can then press the Send key to place the call. If there is more than one number associated with the contact, it will prompt you to tell them which one to call. However, it only prompts you for that if you use the Voice command to call, and not when you go directly into the Contacts mode by pressing the right soft key. With a Pocket PC phone, you can create your Contacts list in Outlook on your PC, then transfer them to the phone, a process that is entirely accessible using a screen reader and Microsoft ActiveSync. You can then call someone by saying "Call," followed by the name of one of the contacts you have created. The voice will then repeat the name and you confirm with "Yes" or "Correct." You can also say "Show" followed by a name, and that person's contact information will appear on the screen, but there is no speech output to read that information. Phone Lock Mode To lock the LG 4500 to prevent unauthorized use, you press the Pound key for 3 seconds. You unlock it by pressing the right soft key followed by your four-digit password, which is the last four digits of your phone number. The phone emits a beep to indicate that the phone is locked, but there is no speech output to support this process. Also, there is no speech support if you want to change your password. On the Pocket PC phone, the feature is called Call Barring, but it must be set via the inaccessible menu system and it cannot be accessed with the Voice Command software. Keypad Lock Mode A keypad lock feature is used to prevent the phone from dialing inadvertently if it is jostled while in your pocket or briefcase. Since the keys on the LG 4500 are protected by its clamshell-style design, this feature is not necessary with this phone. Since the Pocket PC phones have no keypads, there is no need for a keypad lock mode. Power Indicator The LG 4500 plays a short tune when it is turned on or off, but that indicator does not help if you just want to check to see if the phone is actually on or off. Sighted users can tell whether the phone is on simply by looking to see if the display is on. Users who are blind or visually impaired can press any number key and listen for a tone, which would indicate that the phone is on. Also, if Announce mode is activated, the voice prompts you to say a command when you flip open the phone, which would indicate that the power is indeed on. With Microsoft Voice Command, sighted users can look to see if the display is on, or you can simply press the voice command button and listen for the tone prompting you to say a command. Ringing or Vibrating Mode Indicator The LG 4500 has a feature called Manner mode for use in public places, which silences all key tones and sets the phone to vibrate mode. Set Manner mode by pressing and holding the Star key for 3 seconds. The phone will briefly vibrate and a Vibrate icon appears on the display. To get out of Manner mode, press the Star key for 3 seconds again, and a beep will sound and the Vibrate icon disappears. With Microsoft Voice Command, you give the command "Set ringer vibrate," and the voice responds confirming the setting. To set it back to ringer mode, you give a ringer volume command such as "Set ringer high," and the voice confirms that setting. GPS Feature The LG 4500 has a GPS feature that is used to help local 911 systems locate you in case of an emergency, but your local emergency system must be equipped to use the satellite systems. The GPS feature can also access other location-based services that may be available from providers of cellular services in the future. Turning the GPS feature off will hide your location from everyone except 911 services, but it must be done via the inaccessible menus. The Pocket PC phone we used for this evaluation did not have a GPS feature, but other Pocket PC phones coming onto the market may have that feature. However, Voice command does not have a way to turn the feature on or off. Signal Strength Indicator Both of these systems have speech output to indicate your signal strength. On the LG 4500, you give the command "Phone status" and the voice tells you how many bars your signal strength icon is displaying. With Microsoft voice command, you ask "What is my signal strength" and the voice tells you your signal strength as a percentage of full, in increments of 10. For example, it might say, "The signal strength is 60 percent." Ringer Volume Control On the LG 4500, you press the rocker switch Volume button on the left side panel to adjust the ringer and earpiece volume. There are six levels: silent, low, low/medium, medium, medium/high, and high. An indicator tone plays as you adjust the volume, and that tone increases or decreases in volume depending on the direction in which you are adjusting the volume of the phone. With Microsoft Voice Command, you set the ringer volume by saying "Set ringer high," "Set ringer medium," "Set ringer low," or "Set ringer off." The voice responds by confirming the setting. Caller Identification Both of these systems will speak caller identification information. They will speak the number of an incoming caller or they will speak the name of the caller if you have entered the caller into your Contacts list. Speed Dialing On the LG 4500, there is no speech output to assist in setting up speed dialing, but if you get assistance from a sighted user to associate certain contacts with speed dial numbers, you simply press a number between 2 and 9 to call the contact associated with that number. You will need to remember which contact is associated with which speed dial number, so it would probably be easier to use the Voice Dialing feature to dial a number quickly. The Elite 8 The new "Elite 8" features that were evaluated on these two systems include access to the call log, customizable ring tones, backspace, voice dialing, voice recorder, ringer type selection, redial, and text messaging. Call Log Access Both systems can speak missed call information, but not information about received calls or dialed calls. Customizable Ring Tones Neither system has speech output to assist in customizing ring tones. Backspace A backspace key is used to erase misdialed numbers. The LG phone has a Cancel key that you can press to backspace over misdialed numbers one at a time, but the Pocket PC phone does not. Voice-Activated Dialing Both systems have voice-activated dialing. Voice Recorder There is no speech output to support the voice recorder on the LG phone. The voice recorder on Pocket PC phones is also inaccessible because you have to use the touch screen to access that function, and there is no speech output to support the process. Ringer Type Selection There is no speech output to support the selection of the type of ringer to be used on either system. Redial There is no redial command on the LG 4500. With the Microsoft Voice Command you can simply say "Redial" and the phone will redial the last number you called. Text Messaging Speech output does not support text messaging on either phone. Accessibility for Users with Low Vision In addition to the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8, we looked at overall accessibility of the phones from the perspective of a user with low vision. The LG 4500 has a high-resolution color display, but most of the text and icons that appear are in font sizes around 10 points, which is too small for most people with low vision to see clearly. It does have a setting to adjust font sizes from normal to large, but it only adjusts the size of the digits that appear on screen when you dial a number or enter text into a contact or text message. Glare was not a problem with this phone, and brightness and contrast can be adjusted to improve viewability. The Pocket PC phones we have seen also feature large high-resolution color displays, but they were not designed to be easily viewed by people with low vision. Although there is a lot of screen area, the font sizes are too small, and the contrast and brightness cannot be adjusted. On the positive side, glare was not a problem, and we were able to open the Pocket Word application and use its zoom feature to increase the font size of documents from a low of 8 points to a high of 30 points. Voice Recognition Quality Since much of the functionality of the two systems we are evaluating in this article rely on voice input for control, we decided to check to see how robust the voice recognition was. To test how well the systems recognized verbal commands, we tested them in different environments with varying levels of background noise. We took the phones to a downtown street corner near passing traffic and to a university student union, and we varied the noise level in our lab with music and recorded conversation. To show our true dedication to researching cell phone accessibility, we even took the phones to the local pub on a very busy Friday evening to test them in a very loud environment. The results were surprisingly positive: both systems performed better than expected in environments we would describe as mildly to moderately noisy. We found the voice recognition to be more robust on the LG 4500: it was 90 percent successful in recognizing commands even in the very loud pub. With Microsoft Voice Command, the voice recognition did not work at all in the noisy pub, and it failed about 50 percent of the time in the moderately noisy environment. Another advantage of the LG 4500 is that it can be trained to recognize your particular voice patterns, which helps if you have a strong accent or your voice is hard to understand because of a speech impairment. The Bottom Line Although the systems that we evaluate in this article do not provide the high level of accessibility provided by the TALKS and Mobile Speak products we evaluated in our November 2004 issue, they do provide additional choices for blind and visually impaired cell phone users. The LG 4500 is the most accessible off-the-shelf phone available today, outperforming the Audiovox/Toshiba phone that we evaluated in our May 2004 issue, and it does so at a price hundreds of dollars less than the TALKS or Mobile Speak options in a smaller, more convenient clamshell design. However, it does still have some serious drawbacks in accessing the phone's menu system and many of its features. Although it does provide speech output while you navigate through the top two levels of the menu system, that speech output is of no real use to a blind or visually impaired person. For it to be useful, the speech must be consistent throughout the entire menu system; when you choose a feature you want to access, it must also provide speech output while you use that feature. For our readers who want to purchase this phone, you will want to make sure that you are buying the upgraded version, with software version T45VZV04. To learn more about the LG 4500, you can join the online discussion list by sending a blank e-mail message to . Although we would not yet recommend Microsoft's Voice Command software to our readers, it is interesting to see Microsoft entering the fray and providing even this limited level of accessibility to these touch-screen devices that have traditionally been unusable by people who are blind, visually impaired, or have low vision. We were certainly intrigued while evaluating the Voice Command system. It was great to be able just to pick up the phone and say, "Play Muddy Waters," and hear the blues legend begin to crank out his riffs. However, it is hard to justify shelling out around $550 for a device with such limited accessibility. Voice Command provides access to only a small portion of the full functionality of a Pocket PC device, and it has a very serious limitation that becomes apparent while you are on a call. If you need to enter a digit to choose an option on a company's voice mail system or if you have to enter a person's extension number, you are out of luck. Voice Command will not function during a call, so you cannot enter digits while on a call unless you can see to tap the onscreen dialing pad. Microsoft Voice Command would be something to consider if it had screen reader functionality to deliver more accessibility for inputting and outputting information. On the Horizon As is the case with most consumer electronics, cell phones are continually evolving, so we can hope to see further enhancements and upgrades to the systems we have described in this article and previous articles. For those of you interested in staying on the cutting edge of cell phone development, you will want to check out the Resources and Product Information section of our article summarizing the choices available, which appeared in the March 2005 issue of AccessWorld. You may also want to join the LG 4500 discussion list mentioned earlier if you want to keep up with the LG 4500. Those interested in the Pocket PC phones may be interested to hear about a number of developments that were demonstrated at the 2005 Technology and Persons with Disabilities conference sponsored by the California State University at Northridge (see the "CSUN 2005" report elsewhere in this issue for more details). Dolphin Computer Access (European manufacturers of assistive technology products such as the HAL screen reader) demonstrated "Pocket Hal," a screen reader designed for Pocket PC applications, to be released in summer 2005. Also, Code Factory, manufacturers of the Mobile Speak and Mobile Magnifier cell phone software products, demonstrated their Mobile Speak Pocket screen reader, which will be available in the near future, on several Windows CE devices. These products, along with the portable "snap-on" and wireless keyboards now available with some Pocket PC devices, may provide full access to a Pocket PC phone/PDA. Also, representatives from Optelec, vendor of low vision, speech, and braille solutions, demonstrated EasyLink, a combination software and wireless braille-keyboard solution that they are now offering to make the HP iPaq Pocket PC device accessible. (For another type of keyboard solution, see "A New Keypad Design for Faster Text Input.") In addition, Fonix Corporation is offering two products for Pocket PC phones similar to Microsoft's Voice Command, called VoiceCentral and VoiceDial. These are exciting times in the world of mobile technology. It has always been a fast-paced, rapidly-evolving industry, and it finally seems as though people who are blind or visually impaired are beginning to have more opportunities in which to take part. Funding for this product evaluation was provided by the Teubert Foundation, Huntington, West Virginia. View the Product Features as a graphic View the Product Features as text View the Product Ratings as a graphic View the Product Ratings as text Product Information LG VX 4500 and PC Phones with Microsoft Voice Command Product: LG VX 4500. Manufacturer: LG Electronics, MobileComm U.S.A., 10225 Willow Creek Road, San Diego, CA 92131; phone: 800-793-8896; e-mail: ; web site: . Service Provider: Verizon Wireless: phone: 800-256-4646; web site: . Price: $39.95 with a two-year service agreement or $89.95 with a one-year agreement. Product: Voice Command Software for Pocket PC phones. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399; phone: 800-642-7676; web site: . Vendors: Voice Command is available from CompUSA Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Fry's Electronics Inc., Micro Center, J&R Electronics Inc., and MobilePlanet and at . Price: $30. Pocket PC Phones Compatible with Microsoft Voice Command Here is a sample of the phones compatible with Voice Command and the service providers that offer them: Product: Samsung i700 Pocket PC. Service provider: Verizon Wireless; website: . Price: $549.95. Product: Siemens SX66 Pocket PC. Service provider: Cingular; website . Price: $549.99. Other Software Compatible with Pocket PC Phones Product: EasyLink. Manufacturer: Optelec, 321 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824; phone: 978-392-0707 or 800-828-1056; e-mail: ; web site: . Price: $1595 (includes EasyLink software, wireless Braille keyboard, and HP Ipaq PDA). Product: Fonix VoiceDial and Fonix VoiceCentral 2 for Pocket PC. Manufacturer: Fonix Corporation, 629 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA, 01719; Phone: 978-266-0100; e-mail: ; web site: . Price: Fonix VoiceDial: $15.95; Fonix VoiceCentral 2 for Pocket PC: $29.95. Product: Pocket Hal Screen Reader (not yet available). Manufacturer: Dolphin Computer Access, 60 East Third Avenue, Suite 301, San Mateo, CA 94401; phone: 866-797-5921 or 650-348-7401; e-mail: ; web site: . Product: Pocket Mobile Speak Screen Reader (not yet available). Manufacturer: Code Factory, S. L. Rambla d'Egara, 148, 2-2, 08221 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; phone: 0049-171-3797470; e-mail: ; web site: . Product: Pocket PC Screen Reader (not yet available). Manufacturer: Dolphin Computer Access, 60 East Third Avenue, Suite 301, San Mateo, CA 94401; phone: 866-797-5921 or 650-348-7401; e-mail: ; web site: . A New Keypad Design for Faster Text Input Readers who have had the opportunity to use the accessible cell phones we have evaluated in AccessWorld have probably noticed that it can be a bit cumbersome, not to mention downright frustrating, when trying to enter text in the phonebook or messaging applications on these devices. Traditionally, you enter letters by pressing one of the number keys between 1 and 4 times. For example, you would press the 1 key once to type the letter A, twice for B, and three times for C. It would actually take 15 key presses to type out the five letters in the name Chris into your phonebook application using these traditional keypad methods. In addition to having to make multiple key presses to enter individual letters, you also have to memorize which letters correspond to which numbers on the keypad. Caption: A cell phone with the Fastap keypad. To ease the burden of text entry, Massachusetts-based Digit Wireless has developed their Fastap keypad, which uses what they describe as a "hills-and-valleys" design to include separate number and letter keys on the keypad of a cell phone. Essentially, the number or dialing keys are rectangularly shaped valleys, and the letter keys are on circular raised hills at the corners of the number keys. Starting at the top of the keypad, the top row of hills are the letters A through D, and below that the first row of valley keys are the Send, Backspace, and End keys. The next row of hills includes the E through H keys, with the 1 through 3 keys in the valleys below that. This pattern continues down the keypad, with the last row of valley keys including a Shift key, a Spacebar, and a Punctuation key. Below that are the final two hill keys, which are the Y and Z. In addition to entering text, the letter keys can also serve as shortcut keys to open applications while the phone is in standby mode. For example, pressing and holding the M key quickly opens the messaging application, and the S key opens up the settings application. Digit Wireless sent a prototype of their Fastap keypad on a preproduction LG phone to our product evaluation lab at AFB TECH last year. We conducted some user tests to determine its effectiveness and to provide them with our suggestions for improvement. Including myself, a total of eight people served as informal testers. The group included six adults and two teenagers. Four of the adults were totally blind, one was visually impaired, and one was sighted; one of the teenagers was blind and the other was sighted. I described the keypad to each person and then observed and took notes as each tester worked with the phone for about an hour, practicing writing SMS (short message service) messages and dialing phone numbers. Nearly every tester's initial reaction was confusion, as this is a keypad style that none of us had ever come across. However, as we practiced more and more, they began to get familiar with how to operate the keypad. All the testers commented that with just a little more time and practice, they would be able to use the keypad efficiently. I had the phone with me for several days, so I had much more time to work with it than any of the others, and my efficiency definitely improved over time. After I memorized and got used to the pattern, I was able to use the letter keys much more efficiently than I can use the traditional multitap method on my Nokia 6620 with TALKS or Mobile Speak. Interestingly, two of our testers were proficient braille readers, and they liked the keypad a great deal. They were much more proficient from the outset than our non-braille readers. Some of the testers commented that the hill keys got in their way when trying to dial phone numbers. They soon realized, however, that the keyboard has built-in error-correction software that makes dialing easier. The major point that our blind and visually impaired testers wanted to get across is that regardless of how much they may have liked the keypad, it is not of much use to them if it is on a phone that does not provide voice output. Without voice output to confirm what they have typed, even the most perfect keypad is not much help. We certainly relayed this information to our contacts at Digit Wireless, but they do not make the entire phone. They license the keypad technology and market it to telephone manufacturers, who can then build it into their phones. So, it is up to the manufacturers such as LG Electronics to decide to add the necessary text-to-speech functionality to their phones. The Fastap keypad has been available in Canada since December 2004 on the LG 6190 cell phone offered by the Canadian service provider TELUS Mobility. Based on the feedback that we provided to them from our user testing, Digit Wireless did make some improvements on the keypad before launching it in Canada. For orientation purposes, they increased the size of the nibs on the 5 key, and they also placed raised markings on either side of the 1 through 3 and 7 through 9 number rows. To improve the tactile differentiation between the keys, they made the hill keys rubber and the valley keys plastic. They also improved the low vision accessibility of the keypad by making the hill keys black to contrast with the silver valley keys. TELUS Mobility has reported that their clients using this phone are sending more than twice the number of text messages than their customers using other phones, so it is obvious that the Fastap keypad does facilitate more effective text messaging. The LG 6190 phone also includes the Voice Command feature described in the main part of this article, but it does not provide the necessary text-to-speech functionality to read the text that you would enter using the Fastap keypad. If a manufacturer would add the Fastap keypad to a phone that has the overall voice output functionality provided by the Mobile Speak and TALKS software products, then blind and visually impaired cell phone users would have another very useful option from which to choose when purchasing a mobile phone--especially if text messaging is something they would like to do more efficiently. 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URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050512/c3256743/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Thu May 12 14:51:07 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:51:07 +0800 Subject: [share] Your openion on weblog Message-ID: <001a01c556be$fa538640$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Dear listers, While planning the NCBM web site, many ideas came in from all sides. There were friends who made suggestions and I have thought of many things, some were practical and some were really not. One little idea that I need to seek all of your opinion was the need to start a Weblog or a site for all the blind to do blogging. This would be a place for you to write & write & write and we would want to maintain it for you. I would like to hear some of your comments. Do you think this would bring some positive results or will we all take it as a place for us to pour out all our problems. Well, what is your say? Rather than influencing the discussion to go in any direction I would reserve mine to a later stage. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050512/a53a4565/attachment.html From nasikandar at hotmail.com Thu May 12 19:00:30 2005 From: nasikandar at hotmail.com (hi) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 19:00:30 +0800 Subject: Fw: [share] New Virus Alert Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: Loh Kong Ken To: trainerscorner at yahoogroups.com ; share at ncbm.org.my Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: [share] New Virus Alert Subject: CNN Announced Worst Virus WORST VIRUS EVER ---CNN ANNOUNCED PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!! A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever. This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee . This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its functioning are stored. This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the title: "A Card for You". As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New York, according to news broadcast by CNN. This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You." As soon as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender !!! Please pass this mail to all of your friends. Forward this to everyone in your address book. I'm sure most people, like myself, would rather receive this notice 25 times than not at All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050512/b7c33c1c/attachment.html From khaieong at tm.net.my Thu May 12 21:55:41 2005 From: khaieong at tm.net.my (Ultraman.) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:55:41 +0800 Subject: [share] Tak perasan pulak. Message-ID: <01c701c55701$5fa72320$6fd45cdb@user> Wah, rupanya, share ni dah advance dah. Dah pun ada perubahan. Jadi, tahniah kita ucapkan kepada pihak pentadbir share kerana telah membuat sesuatu yang baru dan canggih di zaman yang serba canggih ini. Dah tak ada dah {01} dan seterusnya apabila kita membalas sesuatu mail dari kumpulan ini. Jadi, sekali lagi, tahniah diucapkan. Dan nak cadang satu lagi, band lah penghantaran attachment. Ultraman Blind. http://planet.time.net.my/centralmarket/taikhaieong komuniti_oku-subscribe at yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/komuniti_oku/ http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=buta74 From chwalian at streamyx.com Fri May 13 08:48:09 2005 From: chwalian at streamyx.com (Ch'ng Hwa Lian) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:48:09 +0800 Subject: [share] Re: Welcome to the "share" mailing list References: Message-ID: <002f01c55755$6f3ecaf0$0401010a@pc> Thank you, Moses. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:23 PM Subject: Welcome to the "share" mailing list > Welcome to the share at ncbm.org.my mailing list! > > To post to this list, send your email to: > > share at ncbm.org.my > > General information about the mailing list is at: > > http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share > > If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to > or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your > subscription page at: > > http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/options/share/chwalian%40streamyx.com > > > You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: > > share-request at ncbm.org.my > > with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the > quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. > > You must know your password to change your options (including changing > the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: > > abcd1234 > > Normally, Mailman will remind you of your ncbm.org.my mailing list > passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you > prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to > unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on > your options page that will email your current password to you. > From zahashim at streamyx.com Fri May 13 06:56:56 2005 From: zahashim at streamyx.com (Stylus Emas) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 06:56:56 +0800 Subject: [share] Anugerah tingkat motivasi guru kurang upaya Message-ID: <000801c55746$39867ed0$80a15fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Berita Harian Sabtu, 7/5/2005 - Pendidikan - Anugerah tingkat motivasi guru kurang upaya PENGENALAN Anugerah Guru Kurang Upaya Cemerlang pada Perayaan Hari Guru Peringkat Kebangsaan tahun ini mampu meningkatkan motivasi golongan itu untuk memberi perkhidmatan lebih cemerlang. Tokoh akademik dan juga pakar ekonomi, Prof Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh, berkata kejayaan golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) menceburi pelbagai profesion termasuk perguruan, menunjukkan kerajaan serius untuk memberi peluang kepada golongan itu. "Lebih membanggakan, walaupun terpaksa mengharungi pelbagai halangan, namun dengan usaha gigih guru kurang upaya mampu cemerlang seperti guru normal lain. "Namun untuk mencapai tahap cemerlang, mereka harus diberi bantuan bukan memberi layanan istimewa tetapi motivasi berbentuk fizikal atau insentif bagi memudahkan mereka menjalankan tugas," katanya kepada Berita Harian, semalam. Namun beliau tidak nafikan, ada segelintir guru besar dan pengetua kurang yakin dengan kemampuan guru kurang upaya, sebaliknya mengehadkan bidang tugas mereka dengan memberikan tugasan mudah saja. Hakikatnya, katanya guru kurang upaya berkebolehan untuk menyampaikan ilmu dengan cemerlang asalkan diberi kepercayaan daripada pihak sekolah. "Kebanyakan masalah ini timbul di kalangan guru kurang upaya yang mengajar di sekolah biasa berikutan kurang kemudahan yang disediakan untuk mereka. "Perkara ini sudah dikemukakan kepada Kementerian Pelajaran dan dijangka satu bentuk bantuan khas akan diberikan kepada guru kurang upaya," katanya. Beliau yang juga Naib Canselor, Kolej Universiti Teknologi Antarabangsa Twintech juga menyambut baik usaha kerajaan yang banyak menumpukan kepada OKU, khususnya dalam pendidikan. Seorang guru cacat penglihatan dari Sekolah Menengah Sri Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Zahari Hashim, menyifatkan pengiktirafan ini membuktikan golongan pendidik kurang upaya juga mampu cemerlang seperti guru lain. "Usaha Kementerian Pelajaran memberi peluang kepada golongan OKU untuk menceburi profesion perguruan, menempatkan guru kurang upaya di sekolah biasa dan merancang memperbanyakkan lagi sekolah pendidikan khas untuk pelajar OKU adalah langkah terbaik memajukan masa depan mereka. "Namun begitu, menangkis tanggapan negatif masyarakat yang tidak yakin dengan kemampuan guru kurang upaya adalah cabaran besar yang harus ditangani," katanya. Beliau yang empat tahun berkhidmat, berkata pihak pentadbir sekolah perlu bersikap terbuka dan memahami situasi yang dihadapi golongan itu bagi memastikan dapat memberi perkhidmatan cemerlang. Untuk membaca artikel-artikel saya yang lain, jemputlah melawat ke weblog saya di: http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=alongzh Along Zahari Pendidik/penterjemah/aktivis oku, seni, bahasa dan sastera. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050513/c0561ee8/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Sat May 14 15:24:51 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (MOSES CHOO) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 00:24:51 -0700 Subject: [share] Instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe Message-ID: <001901c55856$17642d00$0301a8c0@bpasnb3> Clear DayDear listers, As we introduce a new mail control programme, let me give you a little information on how you can subscribe and unsubscribe your self. You may want to keep a copy of this mail for later use. This document describes the list member interface for GNU Mailman 2.1. It contains instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing, This document is intended to help the members of Share mailing list learn to use the features available to them. It covers the use of only the web for subscribing and unsubscribing, Note: For the purposes of this document, we assume that the reader is familiar with common terms related to email (eg: Subject line, body of the message) and web sites (eg: drop-down box, button) or can look them up. We also assume that the reader can already use his or her email program and web browser well enough that instructions such as "send email to this address" or "visit this web page" or "fill in the form provided" are clear. If you are not familiar with these actions, please consult someone and do not try it on your own. What is a mailing list? A mailing list is simply a list of addresses to which the same information is being sent. If you were a magazine publisher, you would have a list of the mailing addresses of all the subscribers to the magazine. In the case of an electronic mailing list, we use a list of email addresses from people interested in hearing about or discussing a given topic. Two common types of email mailing lists are announcement lists and discussion lists. Announcement lists are are used so that one person or group can send announcements to a group of people, much like a magazine publisher's mailing list is used to send out magazines. For example, a band may use a mailing list to let their fan base know about their upcoming concerts. A discussion list is used to allow a group of people to discuss topics amongst themselves, with everyone able to send mail to the list and have it distributed to everyone in the group. This discussion may also be moderated, so only selected posts are sent on to the group as a whole, or only certain people are allowed to send to the group. For example, a group of model plane enthusiasts might use a mailing list to share tips about model construction and flying. Some common terms: * A "post" typically denotes a message sent to a mailing list. (Think of posting a message on a bulletin board.) * People who are part of an electronic mailing list are usually called the list's "members" or "subscribers." * "List administrators" are the people in charge of maintaining that one list. Lists may have one or more administrators. * A list may also have people in charge of reading posts and deciding if they should be sent on to all subscribers. These people are called list moderators. * Often more than one electronic mailing list will be run using the same piece of software. The person who maintains the software which runs the lists is called the "site administrator." Often the site administrator also administrates individual lists. GNU Mailman GNU Mailman is software that lets you manage electronic mailing lists. It supports a wide range of mailing list types, such as general discussion lists and announce-only lists. Mailman has extensive features which make it good for list subscribers, such as easy subscription and unsubscription, privacy options, and the ability to temporarily stop getting posts from the list. The list member features are covered in this document. Mailman also has many features which make it attractive to list and site administrators. These features are covered in the list and site administrator manuals. LISTNAME The name of your list. DOMAIN The name of the mail server which handles that list. WEBSERVER The name of the web server which handles the list web interface. This may be the same as DOMAIN, and often refers to the same machine, but does not have to be identical. Most lists will have this information stored in the List-*: headers. Many mail programs will hide these by default, so you may have to choose to view full headers before you can see these informational headers. Subscribing and unsubscribing Since subscribing (joining) and unsubscribing (leaving) lists are often the only things a list member needs to know, these can both be done without requiring you to know a password. How do I join a list? (subscribe) There are two common ways you can subscribe to a Mailman mailing list. However, for the purpose of share, we will only cover using the web interface. Using the web interface: 1. Go to the list information page for the list you want to join. In the case of Share, go to the NCBM home page at http://www.ncbm.org.my and look for the Mailing list link and select the link. 2. Look for the section marked "Subscribing to LISTNAME" and fill in the boxes. You can fill in the following: + You must enter your email address. + You may choose to supply your real name. + You may choose a password. If you do not choose one, Mailman will generate one for you. Warning: Do NOT use a valuable password, since this password may be mailed to you in plain text. + If the list supports more than one language, you may be able to choose your preferred language. Note: This setting does not affect posts to the list, only pre-prepared Mailman texts such as your member options page. 3. Press the subscribe button. A new page should appear telling you that your request has been sent. After following one of these sets of instructions (you don't need to do both!), there are a few possible outcomes depending upon the settings for that list. * You may receive an email message asking for confirmation that you really want to be subscribed to the list. This is to prevent anyone from subscribing you to lists without your permission. Follow the instructions given in the message to confirm your wish to be subscribed. * A moderator may also need to confirm your subscription if you are subscribing to a limited list. * Or you may have to wait for a moderator and follow the instructions in the confirmation mail. Once this is done, you will likely receive another message welcoming you to the list. This message contains some useful information including your list password and some quick links for changing your options, so you may want to save it for later reference. How do I leave a list? (unsubscribe) Don't want to be on a list any more? If you're just going on vacation or are too busy to read mails and want to temporarily turn them off, you may want to stop mail delivery rather than unsubscribing. This means you keep your password and other settings so you can, for example, still have access to private list archives. We will give you the instructions for temporary halting the mail at a later point. If you actually want to leave the list, there are two common ways you can unsubscribe from a Mailman mailing list. Using the web interface: 1. Go to the list information page for the list you want to leave. In the case of Share the page is http://ncbm.org.my/mailinglist.htm. 2. Look for the section marked "LISTNAME subscribers" (usually found near the bottom of the page). 3. There should be a button marked "Unsubscribe or Edit Options." Enter your email address in the box beside this button and press the button. 4. You should be brought to a new page which has an "Unsubscribe" button. Press it to unsubscribe and follow the instructions given. Passwords Your password was either set by you or generated by Mailman when you subscribed. You probably got a copy of it in a welcome message sent when you joined the list, and you may also receive a reminder of it every month. It is used to verify your identity to Mailman so that only the holder of the password (you!) and the administrators can view and change your settings. Warning: Do NOT use a valuable password for Mailman, since it can be sent in plain text to you. 6.1 How do I get my password? If you've forgotten your password and haven't saved the welcome message or any reminder messages, you can always get a reminder through the web interface: 1. Go to the list information page for the list from which you wish to get your password go to http://ncbm.org.my/mailinglist.htm 2. Look for the section marked "LISTNAME subscribers" (this section is usually found near the bottom of the page). 3. There should be a button marked "Unsubscribe or Edit Options." Enter your email address in the box beside this button and press the button. 4. You should be brought to a new page which has an "Password Reminder" section. Press the "Remind" button to have your password emailed to you. If you do not receive the password reminder email after doing this, make sure that you typed your email address correctly and that the address you used is, indeed, actually subscribed to that list. For security reasons, Mailman generates the same member options page regardless of whether the address entered is subscribed or not. This means that people cannot use this part of the web interface to find out if someone is subscribed to the list, but it also means that it's hard to tell if you just made a typo error. How do I turn mail delivery on or off? (delivery option) You may wish to temporarily stop getting messages from the list without having to unsubscribe. If you disable mail delivery, you will no longer receive messages, but will still be a subscriber and will retain your password and other settings. This can be handy in a many different cases. For example, you could be going on vacation or need a break from the list because you're too busy to read any extra mail. Many mailing lists also allow only subscribers to post to the list, so if you commonly send mail from more than one address (eg, one address for at home and another for when you're travelling), you may want to have more than one subscribed account, but have only one of them actually receive mail. You can also use this as a way to read private archives even on a list which may be too busy for you to have sent directly to your mailbox. All you need to do is subscribe, disable mail delivery, and use your password and email to log in to the archives. To disable/enable mail delivery using the web interface: 1. Log in to your options page. (See Section 3.1 for instructions.) go to http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/options/share/useraddress/ ?Please replace useraddress with your e-mail address? 2. Go down to the section marked "Mail delivery" and select "Disabled" to stop receiving mail, and "Enabled" to start receiving mail. Finally, if you encounter any problem, please mail me at moseschoo at ncbm.org.my and I will try to iron out your problem. Regards, Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050514/8970ceae/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 5675 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050514/8970ceae/attachment.jpe From thkiat at pd.jaring.my Sun May 15 17:18:28 2005 From: thkiat at pd.jaring.my (Teh How Kiat) Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 17:18:28 +0800 Subject: [share] Seeing the positive side of life pays off Message-ID: <009201c5592f$0e039d20$0300000a@hkteh> The Star Online > Nation Sunday May 15, 2005 Seeing the positive side of life pays off BY SHANTINI SUNTHARAJAH M.SHAMINI was in the newspapers last week but she did not have the pleasure of seeing her name or her photograph in print. She scored one A and four Bs in the STPM examination in 2004 and was among 80 students honoured by the MIC for her excellent results. What sets her apart from other students is not the plaque and certificate she received or even her first-rate scores but the fact that she accomplished all these despite being blind. Shamini's world plunged into darkness at the age of eight. "I remember a time when I could see but I had an operation and after that I couldn't see anymore," she tells Sunday Star. She says she cannot remember the details of the operation. The question of why she became blind does not seem to interest her. Shamini using the Braille typewriter at the Malaysian Association for the Blind library to transcribe her lessons. - STARpic by S.S. Kanesan Shamini, who hails from Seremban, explains that she prefers to focus on the future and it is this attitude that has helped her through difficult times. More than 10 years of inhabiting a world of darkness may have crushed a weaker spirit but Shamini has not only learned to live with her disability, she has excelled in spite of it. "My father, mother and grandmother gave me confidence and sent me to a special school when I was young to learn Braille," she says. The 21-year-old reveals that since then, she developed a love of reading, especially storybooks and historical novels, even though books in Braille are limited. Shamini is currently attending computer classes at the Malaysian Association for the Blind and her love for music has inspired her take organ lessons at the centre. "I've passed the Do Re Mi stage and I can play simple tunes now," she says, with a smile. Shamini's ready laugh and positive outlook toward life often make people forget the overwhelming odds she has had to overcome. She admits that it can be very hard to keep smiling sometimes. Preparing for examinations, for example, was a time-consuming, tedious affair. "I would tape record what the teachers say and then go home and type it out using my Braille typewriter for revision. I revised practically 24 hours a day." She explains that during exams, her questions are in Braille and that she types out her answers using the Braille typrewriter. 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In order to prevent everyone from having to download unnecessary junk mail, all mail exceeding a certain number of bites will have to be monitored before sending it over to the group. Thus, if you are sending a huge file, it may take a while before it is being distributed to the rest. We will try not to filter any mail unless it contains the following: Junk, indecent language or contains undesired information. During the last week end, we have filtered out a total of five mail containing viruses sent from unknown e-mail addresses. Regards, Moses. 3. . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050516/b0651474/attachment.html From thkiat at pd.jaring.my Mon May 16 11:38:14 2005 From: thkiat at pd.jaring.my (Teh How Kiat) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:38:14 +0800 Subject: [share] Anouncement References: <00cf01c559c7$d563d220$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Message-ID: <020f01c559c8$b11f31b0$0300000a@hkteh> Hi, Moses, Thanks for the announcement. ----- Original Message ----- From: Moses Choo To: share at ncbm.org.my Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:32 AM Subject: [share] Anouncement Dear listers, Since share has moved over to a new server, I need to explain to you the main changes that has taken place. 1. Moderation: Due to the many viruses that has penetrated into share and passed around, all mail coming into share will be moderated, especially those coming from people who are not members of share. Therefore, should you want to send a contribution to share, please use your registered mailing address. There are several people on share who have used several addresses but we will now recognise only what you have registered with share. 2. In order to prevent everyone from having to download unnecessary junk mail, all mail exceeding a certain number of bites will have to be monitored before sending it over to the group. Thus, if you are sending a huge file, it may take a while before it is being distributed to the rest. We will try not to filter any mail unless it contains the following: Junk, indecent language or contains undesired information. During the last week end, we have filtered out a total of five mail containing viruses sent from unknown e-mail addresses. Regards, Moses. 3. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050516/6eb6028e/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Mon May 16 11:44:45 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:44:45 +0800 Subject: [share] Test mail Message-ID: <012d01c559c9$9a3832c0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Hello listers, This is just to test the msil server. Please ignore this message Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050516/bddd010d/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Mon May 16 11:47:17 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:47:17 +0800 Subject: [share] Test 2 Message-ID: <018701c559c9$f577e0e0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Dearl lister, Sorry for the trouble, This is test 2. Please ignore. Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050516/555d5e20/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Mon May 16 11:49:33 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:49:33 +0800 Subject: [share] Test 3 Message-ID: <01f501c559ca$467f9780$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Dear Listers, Trying to fine tune the server. Please ignore. Moses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050516/13c8b05e/attachment.html From khaieong at tm.net.my Mon May 16 11:53:04 2005 From: khaieong at tm.net.my (Ultraman.) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:53:04 +0800 Subject: [share] Your openion on weblog References: <001a01c556be$fa538640$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Message-ID: <013601c559d6$631ac7a0$44d45cdb@user> Moses, write in malay. Easy to me. Weblog adalah sesuatu yang amat berfaedah. Kita boleh tulis apa saja. Apa saja yang kita nak tulis, kita boleh tulis. Orang tidak akan marah. Tidak seperti mailling list. Kalau terlampau banyak, nanti akan mengganggu mail box orang lain. Mengenai web-site NCBM, cuba buat dalam dua bahasa iaitu bm/bi. Setakat itulah dahulu. Ultraman Blind. http://planet.time.net.my/centralmarket/taikhaieong komuniti_oku-subscribe at yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/komuniti_oku/ http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=buta74 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moses Choo" To: Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: [share] Your openion on weblog *********************** This e-mail was scanned by TM Net E-Mail Virus Shield. ***********-*********** Dear listers, While planning the NCBM web site, many ideas came in from all sides. There were friends who made suggestions and I have thought of many things, some were practical and some were really not. One little idea that I need to seek all of your opinion was the need to start a Weblog or a site for all the blind to do blogging. This would be a place for you to write & write & write and we would want to maintain it for you. I would like to hear some of your comments. Do you think this would bring some positive results or will we all take it as a place for us to pour out all our problems. Well, what is your say? Rather than influencing the discussion to go in any direction I would reserve mine to a later stage. Regards, Moses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.8 - Release Date: 5/10/05 From khaieong at tm.net.my Mon May 16 22:11:29 2005 From: khaieong at tm.net.my (Ultraman.) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:11:29 +0800 Subject: [share] United Nations headquarters to display works by blindSingaporean artist Message-ID: <008401c55a23$50ddde40$1ed45cdb@user> *********************** This e-mail was scanned by TM Net E-Mail Virus Shield. ***********-*********** Channel NewsAsia Thursday, May 12, 2005 United Nations headquarters to display works by blind Singaporean artist By Yvonne Ang, Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE : The United Nations headquarters in New York will soon display the works of a Singaporean artist for the first time. When Chng Seok Tin found out, at the age of 42, that she had lost 90 percent of her eyesight after an operation to remove a brain abscess, she was devastated. "I felt very, very upset, just could not face it, of course. For one year I was in agony, solitude and despair, you know, frustration, very negative feelings," she said. Seventeen years later, she is a well-known local artist, and will soon have the rare honour of exhibiting her collection at the UN headquarters. Entitled "Passage to...", the exhibit consists of 35 pieces illustrating the different phases of her life, drawn after she lost her sight. A holder of two master degrees in art, Ms Chng explained that initially her works were very dark and heavy, reflecting her gloomy outlook, but over the years they evolved into vibrant watercolour pieces. "Though life is full of suffering and full of depression, still there is something wonderful, something beautiful, that you should treasure it and live for it," she said. She continues to travel extensively to display her work, sometimes painting the places she visits based on descriptions provided by friends. Aside from having participated in over 70 exhibitions around the world, the former printmaking teacher is also an accomplished Chinese author, with 12 published books to her name. Ms Chng's prints will be on display in New York from 24 to 27 May. - CNA /ct http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/147252/1/.html Ultraman Blind. http://planet.time.net.my/centralmarket/taikhaieong komuniti_oku-subscribe at yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/komuniti_oku/ http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=buta74 From khaieong at tm.net.my Mon May 16 22:35:12 2005 From: khaieong at tm.net.my (Ultraman.) Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:35:12 +0800 Subject: [share] TNB wajar segera menjadi ISP Message-ID: <009901c55a24$9415b420$1ed45cdb@user> From: "dvd" TNB wajar segera menjadi ISP http://www.jiwa-merdeka.net/buletinrakyat.php?target=articles&row=523418983 Tahniah buat syarikat FAR Alliance (M) Sdn Bhd atau FAMSB atas kejayaan mereka menghasilkan teknologi komunikasi jalur lebar menerusi penggunaan litar elektrik berkelajuan tinggi baru-baru ini. Presiden yang juga merupakan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Mohammad Abdul Zahid Mohd Zaid berkata bahawa teknologi yang dirintis FAMSB bakal menjulang nama negara dan seterusnya menerajui dunia dalam dalam zaman komunikasi global.Ini kerana teknologi ini belum lagi dilaksanakan hatta di mana-mana negara pun di seluruh dunia. Bagaimana pun webmaster Jiwa-Merdeka.net ingin memberitahu bahawa sebenarnya teknologi ini telah pun wujud di beberapa negara seperti Scotland. Sila rujuk salah sebuah laman web yang ada menceritakan tentang teknologi jalur lebar menerusi litar elektrik ini di http://www.hydro.co.uk/Broadband Apapun tahniah juga buat jurutera-jurutera dari FAMSB yang berusaha menghasilkan sesuatu yang baru untuk negara Malaysia yang tercinta ini. Sememangnya kita akui betapa teknologi yang dihasilkan ini bakal mencetuskan sebuah revolusi perhubungan jalur lebar kos rendah kerana menggabungkan perkhidmatan bekalan elektrik dan telekomunikasi. Segerakan lesen ISP untuk TNB Diceritakan oleh seorang rakan webmaster Jiwa-Merdeka.net dalam TNB bahawa sebenarnya TNB juga telah lama menjalankan RnD menerusi mahasiswa di Uniten dalam usaha membangunkan teknologi jalur lebar menerusi talian elektrik. Maka minat syarikat FAMSB untuk menjalinkan kerjasama dengan TNB tentulah amat dialu-alukan oleh TNB kerana dengan wujudnya kerjasama ini pastinya akan menghasilkan revolusi terbaik dalam industri telekomunikasi menerusi talian elektrik. Menurut beliau lagi, TNB juga telah lama memohon lesen untuk menjadi ISP. Namun katanya halangan dari pihak kerajaan menyebabkan agenda itu masih tidak dapat direalisasikan. Beliau juga tidak pasti apakah keengganan pihak kerajaan memberikan lesen terhadap TNB mungkin kerana bersebabkan kerajaan memikirkan bahawa banyak pihak lain yang akan merana nanti. Syarikat-syarikat seperti TMnet, Jaring dan TIME mungkin akan segera bungkus andai lesen ISP diberikan kepada TNB. Bayangkan pada ketika ini TNB telahpun memiliki infrastruktur merentasi semenanjung Malaysia termasuk Sabah dan Sarawak. Setiap kampung pula tentunya telah wujud sekurang-kurangnya sebuah sub-station TNB. Sekiranya beberapa hotspot milik TNB dipasang di setiap kampung misalnya, maka tentulah rakyat marhain di seluruh kampung sekaligus seluruh negara dapat menikmati kemudahan internet terlaju di dunia. Sememangnya perkara ini menggentarkan ISP lain dalam negara ini. Namun ini tidak sepatutnya dijadikan alasan untuk menidakkan hak orang kampung untuk berinternet. Teknologi komunikasi yang ada pada masa sekarang ini agak mahal kerana membabitkan kos pembinaan infrastruktur. Ianya hampir 90 peratus daripada keseluruhan kos operasi. Justeru teknologi jalur lebar menerusi talian elektrik ini mampu mengurangkan kos perkhidmatan kepada pengguna kerana hanya menggunakan kemudahan saluran dan kabel elektrik telah pun tersedia. Mari kita lihat broadband berjenama webbit yang disediakan oleh TIME. Adakah ianya mampu mencakupi keseluruhan semenanjung? Realiti yang ada sekarang ialah webbit hanya mampu dilanggan disekitar Petaling Jaya sahaja. Bukan itu sahaja, malah harga broadband yang mereka tawarkan juga membuatkan rakyat marhain berfikir dua kali sebelum melanggannya. Lihat pula TMnet dengan produk streamyx mereka. Broadband yang mereka sediakan itu hanya mampu dirangkul dalam jarak lima kilometer sahaja dari DSLAM TMnet. DSLAM TMnet lazimnya berada di dalam bangunan Exchange Telekom. Ertinya di sini jika sesebuah kampung itu berada melebihi lima kilometer dari lingkungan Exchange Telekom, maka menangislah orang kampung untuk merasai kehebatan internet. Memang TMnet ada menyediakan pizza box bagi kawasan-kawasan yang hanya mempunyai talian fiber, atau untuk kawasan-kawasan yang radiusnya melebihi lima kilometer. Namun kos penyediaan yang mahal bagi sesebuah pizza box merupakan penghalang kepada agenda untuk menginternetkan kawasan-kawasan luar bandar. Maka apakah TMnet mampu menyediakan perkhidmatan jalur lebar untuk seluruh rakyat Malaysia? Hatta broadband tanpa wayar yang disediakan oleh Jaring juga tidak kelihatan peningkatan kawasan liputannya. Hanya kawasan-kawasan tertentu sahaja yang mampu mereka layan. Justeru bahasa muktamad untuk ketiga-tiga penyedia broadband ini ialah mereka sebenarnya tidak mampu menyediakan khidmat jalur lebar mencakupi seluruh negara untuk kegunaan rakyat marhain. Harapan terhadap teknologi yang telah matang Kerajaan dan juga TNB seharusnya menyegerakan proses untuk memiliki lesen ISP. Teknologi jalur lebar menerusi talian elektrik yang ada pada TNB telah cukup matang untuk digunakan. Maka kenapa harus diperam teknologi itu hanya kerana "arahan" kerajaan agar tidak melingkupkan perniagaan broadband syarikat lain. Ramai rakyat luar negara kagum dengan kehebatan TNB yang mampu menghasilkan teknologi ini. Di negara lain walaupun teknologi ini turut dihasilkan namun kualitinya tidak sama seperti di Malaysia. Tahap kelajuan broadband mereka agak terhad. Amat berbeza pula dengan di Malaysia dimana rangkaian letriknya mampu menghasilkan kelajuan pada skala lebih tinggi. Justeru tiada alasan kenapa teknologi yang telah matang ini terus akan diperam. Jika terus diperam maka pendapat webmaster Jiwa-Merdeka.net ialah sia-sia sahajalah pengorbanan para jurutera dan juga para pelajar Uniten yang telah bertungkus lumus dalam penyelidikan mereka dalam membangunkan teknologi jalur lebar menerusi talian elektrik ini. Apakah kerajaan takut hendak mengembangkan teknologi ini ke kampung-kampung? Kerana sejarah dunia pernah mencatatkan bagaimana internet mampu mengubah pemikiran rakyat marhain sesebuah negara. Lihat sahaja sejarah negara ini tentang bagaimana rakyat marhain mendapat maklumat menerusi internet dial-up, lantas mereka menyokong cetusan gerakan reformasi Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim setelah beliau dipecat akibat menentang rasuah, kronisme dan nepotisme. Atau adakah memang benar bahawa terdapat tekanan dari pihak ISP tempatan agar kerajaan tidak mengeluarkan lesen ISP untuk TNB? Apakah ISP tempatan takut dengan saingan VoIP dari TNB hasil dari teknologi ini? Atau ada ketakutan lain menghantui ISP tempatan? Atau sememangnya ISP tempatan bacul bersaing pada peringkat global? Apa sekalipun jawapannya, seluruh rakyat Malaysia berharap agar suatu hari nanti Malaysia akan dipenuhi dengan jalur lebar menerusi talian eletrik. Teknologi ini bukan sahaja nanti akan memperkenalkan Malaysia sebagai peneraju terulung dalam industri komunikasi internet, malah teknologi ini juga pasti akan mampu memacu negara ke arah yang lebih cemerlang gemilang dan terbilang. Murni Jarkoni Webmaster Jiwa-Merdeka.net Berita/Artikel ini adalah suntingan para pengendali Laman web www.jiwa-merdeka.net , dihantar pada 28 April 2005 Ultraman Blind. http://planet.time.net.my/centralmarket/taikhaieong komuniti_oku-subscribe at yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/komuniti_oku/ http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=buta74 From zahashim at streamyx.com Tue May 17 00:29:57 2005 From: zahashim at streamyx.com (Stylus Emas) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 00:29:57 +0800 Subject: [share] Test 3 References: <01f501c559ca$467f9780$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Message-ID: <007901c55a34$80107a90$58995fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Hello Moses. I notice that Jaws keep on saying attachment from Share when actually there isn't any. I hope you can rectify this. Thanks. Zahari ----- Original Message ----- From: Moses Choo To: share at ncbm.org.my Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: [share] Test 3 Dear Listers, Trying to fine tune the server. Please ignore. Moses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050517/b17b71fb/attachment.html From thkiat at pd.jaring.my Tue May 17 01:06:25 2005 From: thkiat at pd.jaring.my (Teh How Kiat) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:06:25 +0800 Subject: [share] Test 3 References: <01f501c559ca$467f9780$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> <007901c55a34$80107a90$58995fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Message-ID: <03ae01c55a39$97c65380$0300000a@hkteh> test. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stylus Emas To: share at ncbm.org.my Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [share] Test 3 Hello Moses. I notice that Jaws keep on saying attachment from Share when actually there isn't any. I hope you can rectify this. Thanks. Zahari ----- Original Message ----- From: Moses Choo To: share at ncbm.org.my Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: [share] Test 3 Dear Listers, Trying to fine tune the server. Please ignore. Moses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ share mailing list share at ncbm.org.my http://lists.ncbm.org.my/mailman/listinfo/share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050517/743eba45/attachment.html From zahashim at streamyx.com Tue May 17 03:21:56 2005 From: zahashim at streamyx.com (Stylus Emas) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:21:56 +0800 Subject: [share] Karnival Sure Kerja di UM Message-ID: <013701c55a4c$87065280$58995fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Assalamualaikum dan salam mesra. KARNIVAL SURE KERJA PEKERJAAN UNTUK RAKYAT MALAYSIA PADA : 21 & 22 MEI 2005 MASA : 9.00 PAGI ? 5.00 PTG BERTEMPAT DI : KOMPLEKS DEWAN KULIAH FAKULTI SAINS UNIVERSITI MALAYA ANJURAN BERSAMA : JABATAN TENAGA KERJA SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA & FAKULTI SAINS UNIVERSITI MALAYA KARNIVAL SURE KERJA : PEKERJAAN UNTUK RAKYAT MALAYSIA OBJEKTIF : Memastikan bahawa setiap rakyat Malaysia tidak kira keadaan dan latarbelakangnya mempunyai peluang untuk mendapat pekerjaan. Mengekalkan pekerjaan kepada yang telah bekerja. Mengurangkan penggantungan negara kepada tenaga pekerja asing untuk membangunkan negara. Para graduan yang mencari pekerjaan; Pekerja yang diberhentikan. Pelajar yang sedang bersekolah dan ingin bekerja sambilan. Pelajar yang tamat sekolah dan tidak melanjutkan pelajaran. Memastikan peluang mereka untuk terus bekerja tidak diambil alih oleh tenaga kerja asing atau sebarang motif yang tidak relevan untuk memberhentikan mereka. Golongan pekerja yang sedang bekerja. Golongan yang sukar mendapatkan pekerjaan oleh kerana halangan-halangan fizikal atau lain-lain dan memerlukan bantuan dan sokongan dari pihak-pihak berkuasa tertentu untuk mendapat pekerjaan dan sumber pendapatan. Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) Warga Emas (Pesara) Wanita yang tidak bekerja dan mempunyai tanggungjawab keluarga. Banduan dan bekas banduan Bekas penagih dadah Ibu tunggal TEMUDUGA TERBUKA SILA BAWA KAD PENGENALAN SIJIL-SIJIL KELAYAKAN SIJIL-SIJIL KEMAHIRAN LESEN MEMANDU GAMBAR RESUME DAN DOKUMEN-DOKUMEN BERKAITAN PENTING!!!!! YANG DIHORMATI PARA PENCARI KERJA SURE KERJA Membuka peluang kepada ANDA untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan atau meningkatkan kerjaya SECARA LANGSUNG dan SEGERA. Rebutlah peluang ini . SILA hadir pada tarikh dan tempat tersebut ANJURAN BERSAMA : JABATAN TENAGA KERJA SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA & FAKULTI SAINS UNIVERSITI MALAYA Tel : 03-88865000 @ 03-88889111 www.elx.gov.my SEKIRANYA ANDA : sedang mencari pekerjaan ingin meningkatkan kerjaya ingin menukar kerjaya mencari informasi pekerjaan mencari informasi latihan mencari informasi pinjaman mencari informasi undang-undang buruh pekerja yang diberhentikan kerja Mencari peluang perniagaan Membuat pendaftaran melalui talian terus Sistem Penjodohan Kerja (Job Clearing System). Menyertai temuduga terbuka bagi pelbagai jawatan yang bakal disediakan oleh majikan yang terlibat sepanjang karnival dijalankan. Mengisi kekosongan pelbagai jawatan dipelbagai peringkat seperti pentadbiran /pengurusan/perkeranian/teknik, kemahiran/ separa mahir, buruh dan pekerja pengeluaran. Majikan dari pelbagai : Sektor Perindustrian, Perkhidmatan, Pembuatan, Pembinaan, Perhotelan, Pertanian, Perikanan dan sebagainya. Agensi-Agensi Kerajaan. KARNIVAL SURE KERJA PEKERJAAN UNTUK RAKYAT MALAYSIA TEMUDUGA TERBUKA CERAMAH BIMBINGAN KERJAYA PELUANG KERJAYA KEUSAHAWANAN BERTEMPAT DI : KOMPLEKS DEWAN KULIAH FAKULTI SAINS UNIVERSITI MALAYA http://www.elx.gov.my Untuk membaca artikel-artikel saya yang lain, jemputlah melawat ke weblog saya di: http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=alongzh Along Zahari Pendidik/penterjemah/aktivis oku, seni, bahasa dan sastera. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050517/cc36013c/attachment.html From zahashim at streamyx.com Tue May 17 04:14:39 2005 From: zahashim at streamyx.com (Stylus Emas) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 04:14:39 +0800 Subject: [share] Guru cacat penglihatan terima anugerah cemerlang Message-ID: <013e01c55a53$e5076660$58995fdb@zahari7f60a5d9> Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera. Saya tercari2 juga berita tentang anugerah sulung ini. Semasa mengikuti siaran langsung sambutan Hari Guru menerusi Tv1 pun tidak diumumkan tokoh yang bertuah itu. Jadi tertanya2 juga saya di mana Ultraman dapat berita itu! Rupanya memang betul kata Ultraman tu seperti yang disiarkan dalam petikan berita ini. Saya pun ingin mengambil kesempatan mengucapkan setingi2 tahniah kepada Cikgu MOHAMED ISMAIL atas kejayaan cemerlang beliau itu. Kami baru bertemu minggu lepas semasa menghadiri satu kursus ICT anjuran bersama Jabatan Pendidikan Khas (JPK) dan MAB di Kompleks MAB Brickfields. Semoga kejayaan beliau akan memberi peransang kepada guru2 oku lain untuk berkhidmat dengan lebih dedikasi lagi. Berita Harian, 17/5/2005 Dalam Negeri - Guru cacat penglihatan terima anugerah cemerlang Oleh Ahmad Naim Tahir dan Syuhada Choo Abdullah MOHAMED ISMAIL menerima Anugerah Guru Kurang Upaya Cemerlang daripada Hishammuddin di Seremban, semalam. - Gambar oleh Owee Ah Chun SEREMBAN: Guru cacat penglihatan sejak lahir, Mohamed Ismail, 51, yang dipilih penerima sulung Anugerah Guru Kurang Upaya Cemerlang sempena sambutan Hari Guru tahun ini menyifatkan anugerah itu sebagai pengiktirafan kerajaan terhadap sumbangan warga pendidik dari kalangan orang kurang upaya. untitled 5 frame Macromedia Flash Movie Start Special Online Promotion! Macromedia Flash Movie end untitled 5 frame end Guru Sejarah dari Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Sri Nilam, Kuala Terengganu itu yang tidak menduga dipilih menerima anugerah terbabit, berharap ia dapat menjadi pendorong kepada guru kurang upaya lain untuk meneruskan khidmat mereka dengan cemerlang. "Syukur kepada Allah... saya tidak menduga menjadi penerima pertama anugerah ini dan berharap ia menaikkan semangat anak-anak untuk cemerlang dalam hidup serta mendorong golongan kurang upaya lain, termasuk guru agar tidak menjadikan kecacatan sebagai penghalang untuk berjaya," katanya. Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui pada majlis khas sempena majlis sambutan Hari Guru 2005 peringkat kebangsaan, di sini, malam tadi. Mohamad menerima anugerah itu daripada Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. Bapa kepada tujuh anak berusia antara 11 hingga 23 tahun itu yang ditemani isterinya, Junainah Wan Chik, 47, berazam untuk terus berkhidmat mendidik anak bangsa dan tidak pernah menganggap kekurangan dirinya sebagai penghalang. Lulusan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pengajian Melayu dan Sosiologi serta Diploma Sejarah dan Bahasa Melayu dari Universiti Malaya (UM) itu menjadikan pakar ekonomi, Prof Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh yang juga cacat penglihatan sebagai idolanya. Beliau yang menjadi guru sejak 1981 memilih profesion berkenaan kerana berpendapat ia paling sesuai dengan keadaan dirinya serta memberikannya peluang untuk mendidik anak bangsa. "Ketika itu, saya berasa bidang pekerjaan lain untuk orang macam saya agak terhad, jadi bidang perguruan dipilih kerana ia lebih mudah dan membolehkan saya menyumbang kepada bidang pendidikan," katanya. Mohamad berterima kasih kepada ibu bapa serta isterinya, kakitangan kerajaan di Kuala Terengganu yang banyak memberikan semangat untuknya meneruskan minat sebagai pendidik. "Alhamdulillah, saya juga tidak menghadapi masalah bekerja dengan bantuan teknologi komputer sekarang yang memudahkan saya mengajar," katanya yang juga cergas dalam kegiatan kemasyarakatan dan sukan termasuk menjadi ayam tambatan Terengganu dalam acara catur serta ping pong bagi golongan cacat penglihatan. Beliau turut menyandang jawatan Yang Dipertua Persatuan Orang Cacat Penglihatan Islam Malaysia, Naib Presiden Pertubuhan Orang Cacat Penglihatan Malaysia dan Pengerusi Pertubuhan Orang Cacat Penglihatan Malaysia Terengganu. Untuk membaca artikel-artikel saya yang lain, jemputlah melawat ke weblog saya di: http://www.jaring.my/weblog/view.php?user=alongzh Along Zahari Pendidik/penterjemah/aktivis oku, seni, bahasa dan sastera. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050517/a2852b98/attachment.html From stnicks at streamyx.com Wed May 18 13:43:35 2005 From: stnicks at streamyx.com (Silatul Rahim Bin Dahman) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:43:35 -0700 Subject: [share] Online Class; new lecture posted Message-ID: <001001c55b6c$88de1ae0$b06ffea9@st3dadd72f089f> Dear All, New lecture, handout and quiz have been posted to the classroom. Please enter NiceNet classroom to read and save the lecture. Please post your questions to the trainerscorner mailing list. By the way, I will be abroad for a vacation from 22nd to 30th May 2005. As I am not sure whether access to Internet will be available while I am away, I assume I can't be reach via HP, Skype and MSN. However you can contact me via my hotmail email address. Good luck! cikgu Rahim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050517/f6e854d4/attachment.html From mablind at po.jaring.my Wed May 18 15:03:24 2005 From: mablind at po.jaring.my (MAB) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:03:24 +0800 Subject: [share] UN Committee on Disability Convention Message-ID: <00b001c55b77$d4bc6740$0201a8c0@george> Don MacKay elected Chair of UN Committee on Disability Convention United Nations, 13 April - Ambassador Don MacKay was unanimously elected the new chairperson of the United Nations committee which is drafting the first-ever convention on the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities. He succeeds Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, who was appointed ambassador of Ecuador to Australia. Mr. MacKay, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand at the United Nations, has served as coordinator of the informal consultations at the last two sessions of the Committee -- formally known as Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee elected Mr. MacKay at the opening of the first organizational meeting for its sixth session, which will be held at the United Nations from 1 to 12 August. Thanking the members of the Committee, Mr. MacKay said, "Together we can ensure that this extremely important convention is concluded as quickly as possible, so that proper protection and guarantee of rights is provided to persons with disabilities. "The Committee also elected Jordan, the Czech Republic and Costa Rica as Committee Vice-Chairs. Consultations are ongoing within the African Group for the African Vice-Chair. The convention is expected to be finalized in 2006.For further information, visit http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/ or contact Edoardo Bellando, UN Department of Public Information, bellando at un.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ncbm.org.my/pipermail/share/attachments/20050518/85090542/attachment.html From moseschoo at ncbm.org.my Wed May 18 16:14:12 2005 From: moseschoo at ncbm.org.my (Moses Choo) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:14:12 +0800 Subject: [share] Want to know about the Braille Sense? Message-ID: <006701c55b81$961255e0$6a00a8c0@bpacs6ka2cz7ng> Hello Listers, For quite some time now, we have been talking about the Braillenote and some of you may have heard about the Pacmate. Well,there is another player in the market, this time it is Korea. Since this product started marketing in the U.S. the product has made some changes, hopefully for the bet