[Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Sandra,

What specifically do you want formatting help with? I'm not sure I entirely
understand your question. The way you format with a screenreader is the same
as a sighted person; we just use a screenreader, not our sight. Personally,
I do have JAWS read everything out, at least when editing. I know Braille
but do not use a Braille display, so I'm not sure how things translate with
a Braille display. But with JAWS, and other screenreaders, there are
commands to let you know how things are formatting. Such as Insert and the F
key. This tells basic info like indents, font, spacing and alignment. I've
had pieces published in magazines and journals, and I am a freelance
marketer, and I rarely have sighted assistance to look material over, and
I've yet to have something formatted that did not look correct to sighted
people. I am a previously sighted person, so I do have a visual
understanding of what it should all look like, but I'm obviously now using
JAWS to give me all that information.

Bridgit

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Subject: [Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers

Hi,

 

Long-time subscriber, seldom contributor to conversations, but I do have a
question now. Has anyone devised a tutorial on fine-tuning documents so they
are acceptable to sighted readers? Yeah, I know that UEB was supposed to
address teaching kids about what sighted people do to ornament and otherwise
tweak text, but I am an older, native Braille reader with no desire to use
UEB, and just would like a verbal list, including instructions. When I read
items sent by sighted readers, I don't have JAWS describe every little
attribute, because I find it extremely distr, but obviously, I now rely on
JAWS to give me that information.

Bridgitacting for my very-detailed "Aspergian" brain, so trying to figure
out what they do in their docs using a screen reader's settings is not an
option. I have several writing projects in mind for the future, and just
want to ensure that, in terms of emphasis markings, graphics, etc., they
will be meaningful to "light-dependent"
readers. Also, is there an accessible graphics list from which I could,
based on pic descriptions,  choose pictures to insert in docs easily?
Thanks! If this is not of general interest to more-experienced,
probably-previously-sighted folks, feel free to write me off-list, so that
we don't eat time discussing something most would have  no need for.

 

Sandra

 

Something is wrong, I know it, if I don't keep my attention on eternity. May
I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.

(Mary Oliver) 

 

 

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