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

Fri Nov 18 06:14:37 UTC 2016

Hi

I would be interested in helping with this, when time allows.

Ger

On 11/15/16, Scott C. Labarre via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hey everyone, I have been following this thread with great interest.  The
> time for NABL to update its website and roll out various resources is long
> over due.  Whether we host certain resources on the website or link to them
> is somewhat irrelevant.  My goal is to have our website serve as the main
> hub to access information to help blind practitioners of all stripes.
>
> So my plan is to appoint a website, technology,and social media committee.
> We have had some effort at this in the past but have not executed plans.
> Please let me know if you are interested in serving on this committee and
> we
> will develop some infrastructure to support the process.  Please contact me
> at slabarre at labarrelaw.com or 303 504-5979.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott LaBarre, President
> NABL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Elder
> via BlindLaw
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:29 AM
> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tim Elder <tim at timeldermusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Follow Up On Decreasing Reliance on Human Readers
> and a Proposed Wiki Page
>
> Collaborating on these techniques seems like a good idea.  Personally, I
> added custom hot keys for the paragraph and section symbols to make it
> faster to add those into text documents.  I also use ALT and J-Tools, which
> are two third-party productivity utilities that add more functionality to
> JAWS/Office.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Alcidonis, Esquire [mailto:Attorney at alcidonislaw.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 10:02 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> 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.
>>
>> www.txti.es/blindword
>>
>>  Best,
>>  chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris K. Stewart, J.D.
>> Ph:
>> (502)457-1757
>>
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