BUT .. It is very important that this person has an assessment from the Access to Work Team, I won't do the usual reading between the lines, but if , by any strange and slim chance, the Access to Work team are the cause of the delay and problems I would recommend that someone from the person's employer's side gets involved with advocating for equipment. Should that not prove helpful perhaps the DRC's helpline might help? Chris -----Original Message----- From: enable [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 04 February 2004 12:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: A plea on behalf of a friend A Friend in IT has suggested this website may provide useful guidance http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/faqs/accessibility.html#0q0 And this, as an alternative reader. http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ Adam Taussik University of Southampton -----Original Message----- From: Pauline McInnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tue 03/02/2004 14:04 To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Subject: A plea on behalf of a friend Dear All, I have a computer query that I would really appreciate some help with. I might as well be up front, this is not for a student but a totally blind friend of mine, in a work situation. He's been trying to resolve this for nearly a year now and still hasn't got anywhere and is receiving minimal support from his employers. He is a computer programmer and needs to use Unix Solaris Version eight. This is a totally new programme to him and he has managed to make JAWS work with this system via Wintegrate. However, he wants to know: 1. Is there a better way of doing this? 2. Does anyone know where a totally blind person might go to get some training on how to use Unix Solaris with JAWS, is there anyone that could provide one to one training? This really has got to desperation point, hence me e mailing this list, I suspect the only reason that he hasn't been laid off is that a charity organisation subsidises his wages. Many thanks in anticipation. Pauline McInnes Special Needs Co-ordinator Disability Team Student Services St Mary's Road Ealing London W5 5RF Tel: 0208 231 2058