[BlindMath] help with website name

[Allan Mesoga]

It's a good idea.  I would suggest "stem4blind" as it's website name.

On 7/18/17, Taksan via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Łukasz: whatever name you finally use for the website please let us all
> know how it goes. The project you described is very interesting and I offer
> my help if you guys are open to other contributors. I am a developer and
> I'm not blind.
>
> Returning to the topic of the "name", my humble opinion is to forget about
> using specific (or not widely known) scientific names and just go for
> something simple as "science4all"... take as an example the web somebody
> offered you, it is called "access2science", I believe that is a fantastic
> name in my opinion because the name "invites" you to read it, regardless of
> the content inside.   I believe many people can benefit from your project,
> not just people that understand what a monad is.
>
> Regards,
> Taksan
>
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Łukasz Grabowski via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I will soon be starting a (paid) webservice for visually impaired STEM
>> students, whose initial aim will be providing interfaces to
>> open-source software which are specifically designed for visually
>> impaired people (in case you're interested what's the service about, I
>> describe it briefly below, but it's an early stage).
>>
>> I spent way too much time thinking about a name :-). For now I chose
>> Blind Monad.
>>
>> All the guides I read about choosing the domain name suggest to check
>> with target demographics how they like it. So - do you like it? :-)
>> It's somewhat inspired by the name of this group.
>>
>> The word monad has many meanings but in the branch of maths called
>> category theory monad is something which in particular describes
>> interactions. Similarly in computer science monad is a concept which
>> can be used for description of user interfaces, etc. A friend told me
>> it's a bad name because noone will know what is a monad. I get the
>> point but perhaps on the other hand it invokes your curiosity? :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Here are some very early details about the service. I came up with
>> this idea after a recent private conversation with another group member
>> Zach - it was clear that the problem he had, producing a diagram of a
>> biochemical reaction, can be fairly easily solved by using open-source
>> software. But the problem is having access to linux, configuring orca
>> or other linux screen reader correctly, learning to interact with
>> compilers, etc.
>>
>> So the idea is that perhaps at first one could use a web-based
>> front-end, and then if one thinks that it's a good idea, invest time and
>> resources into configuring their own computer. The kind of things I
>> want to provide access to are e.g. latex and latexml, python, octave
>> (clone of matlab), DOT language for graphs, etc. plus "tailor-made"
>> interfaces if you want to solve some specific problem quickly. When I
>> say "tailor-made" I really mean that the user would describe the way how
>> they would prefer to interact with the website to solve a concrete
>> problem (e.g. producing a diagram of a biochemical reaction), and then
>> we work together to come up with an efficient interface.
>>
>> In other words if you're a technically savvy person there's
>> probably not much in the above which you couldn't do yourself.
>> Also the service will not be meant to "hook you", but rather
>> introduce you to a technology in a most efficient fashion and
>> encourage to explore it on your own (perhaps on your own
>> computer). At a later stage I would perhaps also like to offer 1-1
>> "tutoring" in usage of latex, octave, etc. but will see where it goes.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lukasz
>>
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