from Harriet Ranvig a concern about capacity to read the Long strings of email concerning Davis Square council

[Harriotte Hurie]



hi friends in the Davis Square council,

If any of you have an iPhone, it won’t work very well for you, but you could turn on the screen reading software known as voiceover. When you as a sighted person read each of these emails, your eyes can just skip right down to the message which might only be four lines long 2 lines long. However, for me as a blind computer user for some 35 years, I have no ability to do much more than line through all of the header and all of the footer to be sure I get the actual essence of the email. I think I finally understand why some groups actually have people make a digest of the actual essence of each email. It really is a hindrance to staying up-to-date with people’s views and suggestions. I don’t know if anyone would like to buddy with me and perhaps  be the person to audio help me have a digest because I hardly think anyone is gonna take this on as a separate volunteer project. I bring it to you more as an educational insight. And thanks be there are very few blind people in the world in the United States because we have very good preventive medicine. Of course that can’t be compounded by people who are in their latter years or just never had the time to learn to use computers and phone computers fluently. Keeping all this in mind, maybe All Of Us could notice that there is a kind of situation that brings up barriers for some of us.

Thank you for listening to my rent. I would be thrilled to hear from any of you directly. So bold am I that I will happily give you all my phone number for texting and it is: 6173061414

Appreciatively,

Harriet Hurie Ranvigfrom Harriet Ranvig In Davis Sqare is there as a blind person. I have to listen to each emails header and footerfrom Harriet Ranvig In Davis Sqare is there as a blind person. I have to listen to each emails header and footer..

On Feb 4, 2026, at 4:22 PM, 'Carol' via Davis Square Neighborhood Council <daviss...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

 Even worse as it only attacks singles or students. 

Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 3:37 PM, Christopher Beland <bel...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 19:42 +0000, Carol wrote:

As you all know, I am not in favor of a building that is so out of character for the neighborhood. I consider 26 stories as excessive.

How do you feel about the proposed alternative of 500 units in 13 stories?

-B.

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[Jeff Byrnes]

Harriotte,

Thanks for reminding everyone on this email group of the challenges of being blind or sight-limited.

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Jeff Byrnes

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