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David Combs |
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LYNX-DEV RE: lynx-dev: NYTimes article on blind & internet |
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Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:03:28 -0800 |
RE: NY Times Article on Blind & Web, by Sreenath Sreenivasan
FYI: NYTimes, Monday, 2dec96, page D7 (ie, in business section),
had long article on how blind can use the web.
(For our list's more PR-minded)
MENTIONED IN ARTICLE:
American Foundation for the Blind (in New York).
Larry Scadden ("who works on technology issues for the
disabled at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va,
and is blind.")
Kelly Ford of Gresham, Ore, who runs Webwatch, an accessibility
discussion group on the Internet.
Richard Ring, who runs the National Federation of the Blind's
International Braille and Technology Center in Baltimore.
"DOS-based nonvisual browsers like Lynx". (This sentence-part is
the ONLY mention of Lynx, is re the EARLY 90's,
and is for the old DOS one at that).
Mr. Gregory Rosmaita, blind, now Web Master of the Caldwell College
site (is still a student there, I infer). "But with special
training and improved screen readers, users like Mr.l Rosmaita
have been able to use the web more effectively."
PW Webspeak: "For other users, PW Webspeak, a nonvisual browser, provides a
straightforward way to use the Internet." "Instead of reading aloud what
is on a computer screen, Webspeak reads the H.T.M.L. ... and interprets
it directly. This format lets people with low vision and dyslexia surf
the Web at their own pace.
"Tom dekker, who runs the Visually Impared Computer Users Group of New
York, has used PW Webspeak. \"It does make things easier, because the
learning curve is higher with screen readers,\" he said. PW Webspeak
now comes with a built-in version of Real Audio, a program made by
Progressive Networks Inc. The technology, which allows users to listen
to continuous streams of audio broadcasts, is attractive to blind
users who depend on aural communication."
"The competition between the two leading Internet browsers, Microsoft's
Internet Explorer and Netscape Communications; Navigator,
also affects blind computer users. Explorer allows
users to easily substitute keyboard commands, which Netscape does
not yet do.
NOTHING mentioned about the version of Lynx used and enjoyed by the blind
users on this mailing list.
"WHERE TO GO" (I myself have gone to none):
Caldwell College: www.njin.net/caldwell/front.html
On Island Communications: www.onisland.com
Cathy's Newstand: www2.cdepot.net/~mist
Camera Osbcura (sic?): www.hicom.het/~oedipus
Young Opportunities Inc: www.voicenet.com/~youngopp
Ann Morris Enterprises: http://tribeca.ios.com/~annm2
The Outpost: http://users.deltanet.com/users/tdb/public_html (sic?)
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