[Nfb-krafters-korner] Twitter Feed

[Maria and Joe Chapman]

Hi.  have retweeted some of the tweets.
Blessings!
maria and Joe chapman
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On 5 Apr 2014, at 4:58 am, Melinda Gorley <crochetnewstoday at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> My name is Melinda and I have volunteered to help Joyce with the Krafters
> Korner Twitter feed.  She and I had a good talk about how to get the
> message out to those who are blind that they can still work on their
> favorite crafts and also to help the blind learn NEW crafts.  Her goal is
> to reach as many blind crafters as possible with links to websites and
> businesses that offer patterns and crafting info.  We put together this new
> Twitter feed to do just that.  Since I do have my sight I am able to visit
> many websites and see if they could be useful to the blind community.  We
> will be following sites that offer patterns and tutorials, businesses that
> offer sales and coupon deals, and even articles that deal with crafting as
> a business so that those of you who are interested in selling your crafts
> could get some info in how to do that.  We could also try to locate
> teachers to teach some more classes.  (I am also interested in teaching
> some classes.)
> 
> One of the things I could use your expertise on is what you would like to
> see on a website that could help you in getting around on that site.  As
> you know, most websites are put together in a visually appealing manner.
> Maybe with your thoughtful suggestions we could help these websites in
> making their sites more user friendly for the blind.
> 
> Also, how would you like to see patterns written out on websites?  Most
> pattern designers use abbreviations and I am not sure how your screen
> reader interprets these abbreviations.  I am just learning all about screen
> readers, so I could use your help in this area.  Would you rather see
> patterns that have pattern directions written out in full words rather than
> abbreviations?  I have a crochet website that I will be working on this
> next week to write out the full words.  I have found that even beginners to
> crochet that have their sight are having trouble figuring out what all
> those abbreviations mean, so I want my website to be more user friendly.
> 
> You can access the Krafters Korner Twitter feed by going to
> Twitter.com/craftingblind
> 
> If you have a Twitter account and would like to post messages on your feed
> about Krafters Korner you can include our Twitter handle  @CraftingBlind
> in your posts.  Joyce will then be able to see all the posts about Krafters
> Korner and see how many times those posts are ReTweeted out to the public.
> This is how we will get the word out about Krafters Korner.
> 
> Please feel free to give me your thoughtful suggestions in how we can make
> Krafters Korner the best crafting info site for the blind!
> 
> Joyce, please let me know if it is OK to list my website here on the list
> for your members to be able to visit.  I would like to have suggestions to
> help make my site more user friendly.  I am also considering adding a page
> to my website that would post links for blind crafters that are more user
> friendly for you.
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> Melinda
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