[stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

s y m m e t r y

jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 11:59 AM 1/31/2009, you wrote:
>On a format, its up to you to decide what look you want. (I can't seem to
>get this next word close enough to being correct to get the spell checker to
>help me; sorry; but JAWS is saying it real good; so I leave it as a point of
>ADA accommodation.) Cemetry in form is subjective.
>
>As for asking for sighted help with doing the picture bit- until you know
>what you are doing, ask someone in the know and learn from them, be they
>sighted or blind. I'm sure there are accessible facts about a digitized
>picture file that you and JAWS can make sense of. Just got to find out the
>facts.
>
>And don't for get, putting one of those together is a team effort. So you do
>your best, then you pass it on to the next person who checks it out, then
>send it on to a third and because it will also be a visual medium, going to
>sighted readers, it makes sense to have one of the editing team be a sighted
>person. (Just as, if a publication is to go out to the blind and the
>sighted, the editing staff should have one blind person on the team to
>ensure that the product is assessable.)
>
>I'm happy for you! What a great opportunity.
>
>
>Robert Leslie Newman
>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Justin Williams
>Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:52 AM
>To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?
>
>yes, get the sighted person to help so the pictures look correct.  Swallow
>that  pride your lady.  You would rather it look good, and have a little
>help, then to do it on your own and have it look terrible.
>Of course you can do it on your own, then just get a sighted person to look
>at it.  If there is some ajusting to be made, then I'm sure they wouldn't
>mind helping you.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Aziza C
>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:45 AM
>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: [stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?
>
>Hi everyone,
>Sorry I've been a little quiet lately.
>Anyways, I was recently asked to be in charge of a bimonthly newsletter for
>my state's student devision. The newsletter will highlight upcoming events,
>and the lives of other students.
>
>I have a few questions though, how can a newsletter be formatted? I am on my
>school's newspaper staff, and they work with this program called Layout. I
>was wondering if making a template would be in our best interest. Also, many
>newsletters have visual appeal. How can we ensure that our newsletter is
>fun, and still talk about the in portance of the devision? Do people think
>that the help of a sighted person should be enlisted when attempting to
>insert pictures?
>Thanks,
>Aziza
>
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