[stylist] Writing Software

Tue Jun 14 22:58:41 UTC 2016

Thank you Sherry.

One thing that is interesting is that for some reason the mac version has 
more features and is easier to use than the PC version. I'm not sure how 
well their site points out the differences; I've gotten most of that info 
from Google searches.

I had heard about the mac version being accessible, but I tried downloading 
the windows version (you get a 30 day free trial), and it doesn't appear to 
be accessible from what I can tell. So emailing them about it is a great 
idea. The guy who programmed it is Keith, and he sees most of their tech 
support emails. If anyone else wants to write to them about accessibility, 
an email address to use is windows.support at literatureandlatte.com. They have 
another more general email too, but don't use both; they say that if you 
email both addresses their system will flag it and it will go into their 
junk folder.

It would be great if this program could be made accessible on Windows 
though. (or if I could take the time to learn the mac. lol) It is a very 
inexpensive program for what it does. Its only $40 for the Windows version 
or $45 for the mac version.

Sarah

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Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Software

> I've been just now on the web site for scrivener, and one thing it says it
> that once you've crafted and written your novel you can export it to word.
> It specifically says it's for novels or screen plays. The description of 
> the
> features makes me think it won't be accessible, but you never know. I'm so
> used to working in word, that I don't know if I would use something like
> this or not. But I did email their contact link to ask about 
> accessibility,
> so we can all get an answer on that.
>
>
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 3:40 PM
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> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Software
>
> I will also say that this sounds more for research-based writing and
> technical writing. For literary writing, most editors and publishers will
> only accept Word or RTF documents. In fact, I have yet to see an editor 
> who
> accepts anything else. And the PR writing I've done, it's been the same
> thing. They want Word or RTF. So it also depends a lot on style and genre 
> of
> writing and what kind of publishing you go through.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Sarah Clark <sarah at sarahaclark.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Software
>
> Bridgit,
>
> You might want to take a look at the numerous Youtube videos on Scrivener
> and I think that it will quickly become clear why a program like Scrivener
> is vastly superior to Word when writing books. Most of the videos begin by
> pointing out why the individual offering the video stopped using Word and
> switched to Scrivener. Among other things, all of your research documents,
> notes, outlines, etc, are bundled with the writing project, yet kept
> separate from the manuscript itself. Saving of the work is done
> automatically every few seconds and can be saved on your local machine and
> also on Dropbox, etc, so that your work is safely saved off site. If you
> make changes to the manuscript and you decide "oops, I shouldn't have done
> that" you can easily roll your work back to the way it was before the
> change. Creation of paper and electronic books can be done automatically,
> and those books can be put into different fonts and have other properties,
> none of which effect your master manuscript. Chapters or even smaller
> sections can be moved around easily, and all research and so on that is
> linked to those book sections also move automatically. Even items you 
> delete
> go into a trash container that remain bundled with the book project, but 
> the
> items are not really deleted and can be retrieved from the trash. For
> professional writers, Scrivener also allows its documents to be saved in
> Final Draft format, which is the only electronic format that can be used 
> for
> submitting television and movie scripts to agents and studios. In short,
> Scrivener is an entire system for writing and producing books as opposed 
> to
> simply being a word processor.
>
> It's really quite impressive, and you might want to take a look at it just
> to see what is possible for writers.
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:43 AM
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>
>
>> Sarah,
>>
>> What do you mean by complicated? I'm getting my MFA in writing and work
>> only
>> with Word. I do all my writing and editing in Word, and I do not find it
>> difficult or tedious. So can you clarify your specific issues, please?
>> That
>> may help us better understand your concerns.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Clark
>> via stylist
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:33 PM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Sarah Clark <sarah at sarahaclark.com>
>> Subject: [stylist] Writing Software
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Up to this point I have been writing in Word, but it can be complicated
>> with
>> an extremely long document, so I am looking for a better option. From 
>> what
>
>> I
>> have read, Scrivener seems to be the most popular writing software. Is it
>> accessible with any screenreader? (Jaws, NVDA or VoiceOver for the mac) 
>> If
>> not, is there an alternative program that is accessible? (I'm most
>> interested in Windows based programs since I'm not very good with a mac
>> yet.
>> But if that's the only option I'd work on becoming more proficient with
>> VO.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sarah
>>
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