[Blindtlk] needing insight re: the pitfalls of web design with a screen reader

[Peter Donahue]

Hello David and listers,

    I believe you're thinking of Dreamweaver and Contribute. Both Adobe 
Applications are used to develop and maintain Web Sites. Like you said 
they're a mixed bag when it comes to accessibility. I played with both 
products but always came back to good old Notepad, Ed Sharp or another text 
editor and an application called "Finger Grease" to create my pages and 
manage Web Sites. The Finger Grease Application is known by its more common 
name, "Coding Web pages by hand."

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] needing insight re: the pitfalls of web design with 
a screen reader


I used the wrong words -- was trying to think of the adobe gui-based
web pl\ublishing tool many people use.

Dave

At 10:59 PM 12/20/2009, you wrote:
>Hello Dave and listers,
>
>     Just a minor correction. ColdFusion itself is not a Web publishing 
> tool.
>It is a Web language that extends the capabilities of HTML to permit 
>various
>components to be included on Web sites and in applications built with it.
>Like HTML ColdFusion pages can be hand coded so there are no barriers to
>working with Adobe ColdFusion as a blind person. In fact I'll be putting up
>several ColdFusion sites in the coming year. The Adobe Web production
>products do permit one to create sites using ColdFusion as the language to
>be used. You specify this when you begin constructing a Web site using 
>these
>applications. Hope this clears up any confusion as to what ColdFusion is 
>and
>what it is not.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] needing insight re: the pitfalls of web design with
>a screen reader
>
>
>It depends on how they conduct the class.  If you hand code basic
>sites you shouldn't have any problems.  However, if they have you use
>a web publishing tool like cold fusion, front page, or something from
>adobe, it could be a problem -- depending on what they use.
>
>Dave
>
>At 07:52 AM 12/18/2009, you wrote:
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> >Hi Guys,
> >
> >I have just registered for my courses for next term, and one of the
> >pending classes is a course in web design.  As I am a computer user, and
> >not a programmer by any means, I am very nervous about this.
> >
> >I'm wondering if some of the more savvy users can tell me what hurdles I
> >can expect to run into with a screen reader, and whether there are any
> >of these that are nonnegotiable.
> >
> >Hope this makes sense.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >Diane Graves
> >Civil Rights Specialist
> >Indiana Civil Rights Commission
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