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Hello Joanne,
Here are a few links to websites for the blind, including sites on
accessibility,  and sites with blindness/computer links:


Blindness Resources Center - Universal Access
http://www.nyise.org/access.htm

American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org/afb/

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
http://www.cnib.ca/sandp/index.htm

A Survey of Windows Screen Reader Users: Recent
Improvements in Accessibility
http://www.afb.org/afb/technology/prodevals/winimprove.html

COMPUTER USERS NETWORK  - Chicago
http://www.city-net.com/vipace/friends/chicago/

This is a blind web ring with 99 members:
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=blind;list

HumanWare, Inc. specializes in assistive technology for persons who are
print
impaired due to blindness, low vision, or learning and/or reading
disabilities.
http://www.humanware.com/

Adaptive Computer Products
http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/computers.htm

WebABLE
http://www.webable.com/

Institute on Independent Living
http://www.independentliving.org/

There are a lot more, but I had these handy tonight...

Regards,
Valerie


Valerie G. Rankow
Professional Information Services
Research, Training & Consultation
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Internet/BITNET Network Trainers
> [mailto:NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU]On Behalf Of twining
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 12:49 AM
> To: NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
> Subject: Training resources for the blind
>
>
> Hi all.  I have been asked to provide one-to-one web training for an old
> friend, a blind man and former NASA engineer, using email only (he is on
> the other side of the country.) He is connected to the net and uses
> email well, is comfortable with his system, and is ready to move onto
> the web. He has occassional (but expensive) in-home assistance available
> from his home state's Center for Blind.
>
> He navigates using the keyboard, no mousing.   His system uses a speech
> synthesizer (Henter-Joyce program- "JAWS") and we are negotating how
> well it reads urls as text in the body of emails (or whether we must use
> phonetic spellings) while I am getting him oriented to the environment.
> He has tried using Navigator in the past, but couldn't get past the
> graphical layouts and other whistles and bells to even start thinking
> about how to search.  I know that after we get our communication
> negotiated one of the first things we'll do is get him a text-only
> browser, like Lynx.
>
> This is a new information need area for me, on many dimensions very much
> like the blind leading the blind. If you have helpful tips and leads to
> resources that will help us, I'll be grateful to receive them and will
> compile and post to the list.
> joanne
> ___
> joanne twining
> twining@texoma.net
> www.intertwining.org
>