[stylist] Introducing Myself and Blogging with JAWS

Mon Jul 15 11:29:07 UTC 2013

Hi Henry,
I know of a blind blogger who uses a plug in for WordPress called MarkDown. MarkDown is a sort of textual formatting scheme that allows you to use symbols in your text. The plug in reads your blog posts as someone reads your site and when it sees the formatting marks, turns them into HTML. You write the text and put the formatting marks in it. The plug in stores your text in the WordPress database with your MarkDown formatting in it.

Here is the page that talks about all of this. http://www.vocalbranding.com.au/these-are-a-few-of-my-favourite-themes-and-accessible-wordpress-plugins/

Here is the page written by the maintainer of the MarkDown formatting language. http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/.

Speaking of HTML, I feel that if you want to use HTML, that you need to turn off the normal editor WordPress uses, so that you can read the HTML mark-up. Mark-up is another term for formatting.

As for learning HTML, if you want to do that, and you use a blogging platform such as Blogger and WordPress, you can get away with starting with a small subset of HTML. MarkDown, though, would probably be a good way to go because it covers most of what you would use as a writer, in my humble opinion.

I'm starting to play around with WordPress myself. I'd be glad to share what I learn with anyone who wants to talk about it on this list. And while my coffee is flowing through my veins, if anyone wants to have a look at the site I'm using to play with WordPress, and please feel free to send me material privately, visit http://www.popciclejokes.com/. Note that the site address is misspelled. That joke is on me, because I can't change the domain name unless I want to buy a new one, which I don't. <grin>.

Thanks.

Jim

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   4. introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS (Henry Macphillamy)

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:41:04 -0500
From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>
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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to
the writers' division. I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to
write ever since I was a little kid. I love anykind of writing,
but my passion is fantasy. Right now, I'm working on getting my
first book published. I'm still in the early stages, but it's
coming along! I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:24:39 -0700
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Hi Sophie,
My name is Vejas, and I'm also 16.  Actually, I remember you from
Braille challenge and the NABS list.  Also, quite a while back I
saw your review for the book Louisiana's Song in Stone Soup.
We share writing and have discussions about various things
related to writing.
I can't really tell you what I'm working on, because I'm kind of
having writer's block.
Vejas

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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to
the writers' division.  I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to
write ever since I was a little kid.  I love anykind of writing,
but my passion is fantasy.  Right now, I'm working on getting my
first book published.  I'm still in the early stages, but it's
coming along! I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:13:44 -0500
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Welcome Sophie. Great, another fantasy lover! I admire your ambition.
I'm 32 with a degree in creative writing, and I'm finally working on a
novel. I've written short stories, nothing longer than 30 pages, and
lots of personal essays, but this will be my first attempt at a novel,
at least a disciplined attempt.

Look forward to seeing you on the list. Would love to read something of
yours.

Bridgit

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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to
the writers' division. I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to
write ever since I was a little kid. I love anykind of writing,
but my passion is fantasy. Right now, I'm working on getting my
first book published. I'm still in the early stages, but it's
coming along! I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:15:35 +1000
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Hi all,
My name is Henry, and I'm a Braille and JAWS user from Australia. I
was googling for resources on blind writers, and this list was one of
the first hits that popped up.
I've been writing a blog at: http://www.macphillamysmusings.wordpress.com
I know absolutely nothing about editing html, and have been writing my
entries on my Braille Sense, or with Microsoft Word, and then copying
and pasting when I think they're publishable.
I'm wondering if there are any bloggers out there who use JAWS, and if
so, how on earth do you do it? which blogging sites are most
accessible? and how do you deal with the presentation side of
things... bulleted lists, embedding links, etc etc. any tips, advice
and or other resources would be very much appreciated.
I would really like to make my entries more professional looking, as
well as embed links to other posts, articles and such.
If you want to contact me off list, my email is: henry.macphillamy at gmail.com
Cheers, Henry

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