[stylist] Screen Readers and Word or Open Office was/

Tue Mar 6 01:24:47 UTC 2012

BARBARA, I WILL CHECK THAT OUT AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH MAGIC.
AS FOR MY STATE AGENCY, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE... THEY ARE BASICALLY
WORTHLESS.  DIOLCH, EVE

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Brenda <bjnite at windstream.net> wrote:

> Hey Eve
> Check out NVDA which is a FREE screen reader.  I am pretty but not
> 100%sure it will read Open Office.
>
> Also, are you in a position to get help from your local State agency?
> Brenda
>
>
> On 3/5/2012 1:33 AM, Eve Sanchez wrote:
>
>> Barbara, I can not write in Braille as I do not have a Braille writer and
>> my arthritis does not allow me to do much with a slate and style. Thanks
>> for the suggestion though. Also, it is not the computer voice that gets to
>> me. It is that I do not have Word which is a  good program. I have Open
>> Office which does not read through. I have to arrow down and for some
>> reason it keeps adding line numbers in its dictation. Also if I get too
>> low
>> without scrolling, it rereads a past line. Annoying, but at least I have a
>> computer so I deal with it. I do like to complain though. haha Diolch, Eve
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>**wrote:
>>
>> Eve,
>>> Do you know braille? I suggest writing your poems out in braille on
>>> paper.
>>> That way you can read back yourself and see the line breaks for stanzas
>>> and
>>> punctuation. You're right the computer voice can never do poetry right.
>>> If
>>> I read poems with it, what I do is read through once straight through.
>>> Then, I read stanza by stanza. The key to do this is the paragraph
>>> keystroke, control down arrow.
>>> This still interrupts the
>>> flow, but at least you can sort of see the poem structure then.
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Eve Sanchez
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 10:36 PM
>>>
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] new writing assignment?
>>>
>>> Ashley, I agree with your comment about poetry and screen readers. I
>>> figured it was just that I am not as profficient a screen reader reader
>>> as
>>> some. I dont know, it just does not flow. I notice this with my own
>>> poetry
>>> as well and have a difficult time with it as I cannot enlarge it enough
>>> for
>>> me to be able to read visually and I do not like the way the computer
>>> reads
>>> it. That is one reason I do not generally share poetry or comment on
>>> poetry. If anyone has suggestions around this I would appreciate it. I
>>> try
>>> to get a human t read for me at times to better hear flow, but you need a
>>> good reader for that also. Not all people know how to read poetry or
>>> verse.
>>> Diolch, Eve
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>****wrote:
>>>
>>>  Brad,
>>>
>>>> Good luck with your career change. I hope you are happy and successful
>>>> in
>>>> something new. I haven't started my first job as I just finished
>>>> undergrad
>>>> school a few years ago. But I want to use my writing skills where ever I
>>>> go; something in outreach or communications would be great although I
>>>> likely will be an admin assistant first.
>>>>
>>>> Ashley
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: BradDunsé
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 7:37 AM
>>>>
>>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] new writing assignment?
>>>>
>>>>  That's a good prompt, to draw emotion. I'd love
>>>> to do it but I'm really crunched for time at the
>>>> moment working on a career change. The best I can
>>>> do to make anyone cry is for you to follow these instructions:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Reach in your pantry.
>>>> 2. Grab an onion
>>>> 3. Grab a knife.
>>>> 4. You know the rest :)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to chince out.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/1/2012  03:19 PM Barbara Hammel said...
>>>>
>>>>  How about if you write something that will make us cry or something
>>>>
>>>>> about
>>>>> a time when you cried. Since spring is coming and most of the country
>>>>> experiences lots of rain in spring, I thought maybe we could make rain
>>>>> pour
>>>>> forth from ourselves or remember a time when it did. If you donâ€™t
>>>>> like
>>>>> this idea, come up with another for us instead. Barbara Poetry is an
>>>>> echo,
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