[blindlaw] Follow Up On Decreasing Reliance on Human Readers and a Proposed Wiki Page

[Chang, Patti]

Don't forget that NABL has a web page. This might help drive hits to that page. 
On the other hand we would need to own the updating of the page. Scott, what do you think?


Patti Chang
(410) 659-9314, x 2422
(773) 307-6440
National Federation of the Blind

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rod Alcidonis, Esquire via BlindLaw
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 1:02 PM
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Cc: Rod Alcidonis, Esquire
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Follow Up On Decreasing Reliance on Human Readers and a Proposed Wiki Page

I am fully supportive of this project and I look forward to making my contributions to its success. However, Chris, with all due respect to you, is there a way we can secure a more public platform for hosting the wiki so we can guarantee continuity?

Another way we can use the finished product is to forward it to Freedom Scientific, NVDA, and other screen readers to get them to focus their efforts on our needs. Maybe FS can take our ideas and suggestions and create a proof reading scheme in JAWS for legal documents, for instance.

On a different note, I know of a powerful proof reading software out there with tons of potential to do what we need, but unfortunately the developer was too timid at implementing major changes to the interface and that caused me to abandon my collaboration with his company. Maybe we can petition the screen reading folks to script it and make it accessible? The software is called "perfect it." Check it out and if it is of interest, maybe more of us can write to the developer to get him more motivated to fix the interface? 
He was willing to make changes, but not quickly enough for my taste.



Rod Alcidonis, Esq.


-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Wolk via BlindLaw
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 11:35 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Laura Wolk ; Stewart,Christopher K
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Follow Up On Decreasing Reliance on Human Readers and a Proposed Wiki Page

Thanks, Chris, for sending this along.  I am excited about this project, and I really think this will prove an extraordinarily helpful resource.  Here are two suggestions.

First, I like your category suggestions.  I also think it would be great if we could capture multiple methods of accomplishing the same task, because different folks have different ways they may prefer to do something.

Also, per Rod (and my own) practices, we could also have a "general checklist" that's just the bare bones basics of the most useful global changes before handing something over to a proofer.

Laura

On 11/14/16, Stewart, Christopher K via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
>  I recently created a website called txti to create an editable  page 
> of helpful MS Word commands that I use most frequently in my  
> clerkship. It is a direct response to all the things I've been  
> learning about formatting of documents specific to the Court.
>
>  I just started last week, so I only have a few key sequences in 
> there, but I very much like the idea of also incorporating our shared 
> formatting knowledge. I  originally intended to grow this page on my 
> own, then share it with  the list and allow group edits, but Laura's 
> email made me think we may  as well get this off the ground now.
>
>  If anyone else is on board, let's maybe figure out some rules of 
> editing to make  this a functional wiki. I can actually create 
> separate lists on the same page that we  can easily navigate through 
> using a screenreader. One list can be  keyboard shortcuts. One can be 
> formatting tips. And another can be, I  don't know, general warnings 
> and concerns.
>
>  This hosting website is incredibly user friendly. It was designed by  
> a friend of mine, and he always designs with blind users in mind.
>  Here's the website.
>
> http://www.txti.es/blindword
>
>  Best,
>  chris
>
>
>
>
> --
> Chris K. Stewart, J.D.
> Ph:
> (502)457-1757
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