[blindLaw] List of Traps and Solutions

[Laura Wolk]

Thanks, James!!  I'm definitely interested.  I'll try writing up my
check list and customizations over the next few days.  I also very
much agree regarding having a document posted somewhere or having a
presentation of some kind.

Laura

On 9/26/19, James T. Fetter via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I would love to participate in this effort. I do not have a checklist as
> such, although I probably should. I do, however, make heavy use of Jaws
> sound schemes and increasingly now of various features in NVDA, in light
> of the persistent stability issues with Jaws. I would love to see this
> culminate in a presentation at the NABL annual meeting and ideally in a
> document posted somewhere on the web, so that anyone could find it
> without looking through list archives. I think it makes sense to do what
> we did with the track changes issue (i.e. gather a list of people
> interested in participating and start working collaboratively on this
> off this list). Otherwise, this list will get a ton of traffic.
>
> If you would like to be part of this effort, please email me off list at
> jtfetter at yahoo.com. This shouldn't all be on Laura, and I'm happy to do
> my part.
>
>
> On 9/26/2019 7:20 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote:
>>   I have proposed this idea in the past. The first time, there was a lot
>> of generated interest, and then nothing came of it, which is why I brought
>> it up again now.  I have a checklist of things that I do before I submit
>> any document that I am happy to share. I'm also happy to share how I've
>> customized word. That being said, I'm also A Braille reader and user and
>> find Braille absolutely indispensable in this regard, so I don't think my
>> list would be a one stop shop for everyone. And of course, I'm sure there
>> are things I'm missing too.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 26, 2019, at 6:46 AM, Maurer, Marc via BlindLaw
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 25, 2019, at 10:45 PM, Gerard Sadlier via BlindLaw
>>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello all
>>>>
>>>> In the previous thread on discrimination, someone suggested that it
>>>> might be worthwhile to compile a list of traps that we face in
>>>> creating documents etc. as blind people and solutions. I think this is
>>>> a really good idea and I'd like to be involved in doing this. I hope I
>>>> have a few pointers to offer and equally I hope doing this will help
>>>> me to learn and encourage me to up my game in certain aspects of
>>>> formatting etc.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder who'd be interested in joining and how best we can
>>>> collaborate? I'm thinking Google Docs or similar but amn't sure how
>>>> accessible it would be?
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>>
>>>> Ger
>>>>
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>>>> I would plan to be a lurker on this discussion because I suspect that I
>>>> have much more to learn than to teach. However, I applaud the thought.
>>>> mm
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