As what better day to Ballyhoo thrust Sword Jabbing of Technology then
upon D-Day NO less; 'R Mateys!
AnyHoo, Lucy', who I was gonna call my Girlfriend,
before I thought about that movie, Y'all know? The 2013 film aptly titled Her -
which I've never seen, nor can I carry off this witty repartee as stylishly as
Mr. Iannucci of One Lap Down fame; but I digress...
Alas, these Award Winning pages of fine
motoring ilk created here in Nofendersville are churned out thru the
Screen-reader I utilize from thee fine folks of AI Squared in Vermont, who
produce Zoomtext screen readers amongst other products for the visually
impaired, which overall's a fantastic product, especially when it's working
100% correctly!
Unfortunately, like right now, when Lucy' should be
reading thoust words I'mm typin g outloud,
I'm hearing' NOTHING - which naturally leeds two typing misteakes; FUCK!
As this is nothing compared to the litany 'O
technical issues Zoomtext throws at Mwah daily, which includes not reading
portions of email text dialog boxes, Confirm buttons, etc.
Which is before we even get to Thy Web! Where
the latest version 'O Zoomtext no longer interfaces correctly with Blogger.com,
not to mention failing to read entire pages since they're not scripted/coded
correctly, as Y'all get the idea, right?
Whilst Y'all might be sayin', if you're still
reading this? What's it got to do with motor racing? 'Whale, it's just another
way of saying that the tedious nature of dealing with said daily intrusions
upon Thy Confuzer simply wears me out, or in thee words of famous golfer and
ex-IndyCar chauffer Darren Dangermouse' Manning: "I'm completely Knackered
Out!"
And note how I haven't even said one iota
about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's website being a veritable Buzz saw
KILLJOY! Since its absolutely NOT Screen-reader friendly!
Meaning it takes me Oodles MORE time to
simply attempt looking up a Driver's name and get Lucy' to be able to first
search for said Driver's name in the A-Z field, and then to actually read
his/her information!
As this is just
Juan' tiny 'lil example of what Blind and Visually Impaired persons deal with
on a daily life's basis which the NFB's President Mark
A. Riccobono points out
regarding last year's anniversary regarding our most helpful law that's
struggling to be adhered to in Thy never ceasing world of miniaturized
Digitalization!
Although I find
I-T overly Karmic, or should that be Apropos? That the BLEEPIN' website, The
Hill wasn't being Screen-reader friendly when I was trying to capture this; like
AIn'T that rich?
Meanwhile, thru the good fortunes of Thy
life's flexibilities of being a 'Vurd Botcherer, I'll be able to skip right
over any potential Post Indy 500 Depression Afflictions since I'm currently
being whisked down thee Left Coast towards Oregon, albeit somewheres' between
1.5-3hrs shy of Roseburg, the adopted home of the late Art Pollard, Jr.
As I know I'll get a chuckle outta this when
toolin' down the various Highways with endlessly L-O-U-D traffic like I dunno;
Uhm, Oh Yeah monotonous Tractor Trailers, nee Semi's; but Riddle Me This. And
NO! I'm NOT talking 'bout Jake thee Riddler' Query; Hooah!
But instead, while Sergio Marchionne
is struttin' about like a proud Peacock and A-L-L full 'O Bluster regarding his
just announced tie-up with DASTARDLY Google! To develop a fleet of 100 Hybrid
Pacifica Minivans as gOOgle SmartVans; Err Autonomous Vehicles... How will
Blind people H-E-A-R them?
All of which leads to my disgust over how the
B-I-G 4', nee General Motors, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota not only dug their
collective heels regarding implementation, but lobbied successfully to defer
said implementation of "Quiet" Car rules as long as possible, which
perhaps actually got finalized late last year?
