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   From: swimmer953@insightbb.com   
      
   "neo"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > Dick Silk -- The Computer Tutor wrote:   
   >> "neo"  wrote    
   >> > Steve Britt wrote:   
   >> >> I'm totally blind and have been so all my life.   
   >> >   
   >> > Will you please explain if you are blind how can you see and type   
   >> > messages?   
   >>   
   >> Obviously, Neo, you've never heard of JAWS or other text-to-speech   
   >> software.   
   >> How do you think Professor Stephen Hawking manages to synthesize speech   
   >> when   
   >> he can barely move more than twitching a muscle?   
   >> (Hint:  it's called "technology.")   
   >   
   > But hawking can see. He is not blind. And although such technology   
   > does exist, I never interacted with any blind person on usenet or   
   > internet.   
   >   
   > You will not believe me. Since last 3-4 days I was thinking what color   
   > a person born blind see. It can not be 'black' because black is also   
   > color.   
   >   
   > And just when I was thinking over this, I got reply from person who   
   > claim to be blind.   
   >   
   > If steve is really born blind, I would like to ask him some question I   
   > always had in my mind.   
   Go ahead and ask, Neo. I'll answer if I can. Keep in mind that I can only   
   offer a viewpoint from my own perspective; I can't speak for someone else.   
   >   
      
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