[stylist] Introducing Myself and Blogging with JAWS

Mon Jul 15 12:15:04 UTC 2013

Hi Jim,
very much appreciated. I'll have a look in the next few days, and
email what I find.
cheers, Henry

On 15/07/2013, Homme, James <james.homme at highmark.com> wrote:
> 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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>    1. also new on the list (Sophie Trist)
>    2. Re: also new on the list (Vejas)
>    3. Re: also new on the list (Bridgit Pollpeter)
>    4. introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS (Henry Macphillamy)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:41:04 -0500
> From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>
> To: Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [stylist] also new on the list
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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!
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> Yours sincerely,
> Sophie
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> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:24:39 -0700
> From: Vejas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
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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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>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com
> To: Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:41:04 -0500
> Subject: [stylist] also new on the list
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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
> From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
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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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> -----Original Message-----
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> Trist
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:41 AM
> To: Stylist
> Subject: [stylist] also new on the list
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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
> From: Henry Macphillamy <henry.macphillamy at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [stylist] introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS
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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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