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Please, no flame wars. I did say "somewhat inappropriate"
and tried to keep my comments to the facts. Several of the
recent posts have supported my original observations about
software and skills.
>I'm sorry, but I honestly don't think a visually
>impaired TW is a good fit in every single situation.
This may be true. The same goes for sighted technical
writers -- skills determine the job, and the job determines
the skills. I'd be careful about presuming too many things
about what a blind writer can and can not do (just see
Eric's post), however. That's where ignorance creates
barriers to entry, and that *does* get me riled up.
