OT: Should the Emacs team leave beep-on-error enabled for the sake of people with vision loss?

[Rob Hill <robhill@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jason,

The error beep is certainly very useful when you can't see.  I would
prefer it to be left on by default, all things being equal, as it's one less customising job
to be done. 

Thanks for the consideration. 

Regards,

Rob




Jason Spiro writes:
 > Hi all.  I am fully sighted.  Here's a question about Emacs in general, not just
 > about Emacspeak.  When you make even the slightest mistake in Emacs, it rings
 > the system bell.  I asked the Emacs team to disable this beep-on-error by
 > default.[1]  One Emacs developer replied and disagreed.  He said they should do
 > that.  His main argument was that it should be left on because of blind /
 > visually impaired people.[2]  Do you think it should be left on because of
 > people with vision loss?  You may reply there (email
 > 1305@xxxxxxxxxxx to do so) or here.
 > 
 > Thanks in advance,
 > Jason Spiro
 > 
 > ^  [1].  http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/1305#5
 > ^  [2].  http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/1305#10
 > 
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