[Genealib] CAPS

[Kathleen Wieland]

There may be reasons other than blindness.  My 
aunt passed away several years ago, a victim 
of ALS.  For the last year or two of her life, 
the computer was her only effective means of 
communication.  Pecking out messages with two 
fingers - and later, only one - the typing had 
to be kept simple.  For many of those who 
received her emails, all CAPS was easier to 
read than all lower-case would have been.  

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:35:28 -0600

>Perhaps the Visually Impaired person would 
>add a signature note to their messages tell 
>the world the reason for the caps. I too 
>don't like to see all caps, but if I know the 
>reason I can ignore my feelings. 


Kathleen Wieland
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