[NFBCS] circling back to the wiki!

[Charles Vanek]

Ty et al, an additional words/phrases.


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> On Oct 2, 2022, at 9:08 PM, David Farmer via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 
> I can point
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> accessibilitytools.org
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> to a particular location, if you want to use that domain name.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David Farmer
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 2 Oct 2022, charles.vanek--- via NFBCS wrote:
>> 
>> Part of the takeaway also is not to attempt boiling the ocean.  Too much
>> information will certainly result in outdated material.  Also that the best
>> content is not that which reproduces mainstream content, but is a supplement
>> thereto.
>> 
>> Ty et al.
>> For a name, what do you think of "Blind Tips & Tricks".  The short site
>> could be blindTNT.com  Kind of gimmicky as Blind dynamite.
>> 
>> Other thoughts/options:
>> - blindhowto.com - self-explanatory
>> - jawsover.com, a merge of JAWS & VoiceOver.  Though this doesn't convey
>> purpose
>> - srtips.net  -  The .com of SR Tips is for sale it appears but .net and
>> others available.  You can probably assume I was thinking Screen Reader
>> Tips.  Auto correct does change this in Outlook to strips though.
>> - blindhacks.com is taken and says site coming soon, but .net .org and
>> others available.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Lacy via NFBCS
>> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 5:02 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] circling back to the wiki!
>> 
>> My takeaway from that thread was that as blind people, we have less access
>> to information, and we also access information less efficiently. Part of
>> this inefficiency comes from having to retry things that have already proven
>> not to work, and re-invent solutions that are already available. The wiki
>> should not just be about Computer Science but a wide variety of topics. When
>> sighted people want to learn a new skill they go to the internet. We
>> obviously do also, but our results can vary a lot more.
>> 
>> For instance, here is a tool that aims to make it easier to read scientific
>> papers with a screenreader: https://papertohtml.org
>> 
>>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 4:32 PM, Ty Littlefield via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Sorry for the delay. I had a ton of projects on my plate I was trying to
>> finalize/round up. I'm circling back to this and didn't want everyone to
>> think I had forgotten it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm quite terrible at titles, anyone have some cool names for this so I
>> can get the domain? The plan is to set it up as a github wiki, and we can
>> take input that way. I'd also like to find a group of editors and create
>> some sort of discussion platform (probably a mailing list) to go along with
>> this all. Any thoughts/ideas here would be great.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Ty
>>> 
>>> 
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