[real-eyes] Re: question for a customer
- From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:56:32 -0500
I learned by taking a class here at the college. Others I know have =
learned by simply buying a book and digging it out on their own.
I believe there are some online resources, but how good they really are is =
a question I can't answer.
Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx
>>> "Kelly Stanfield" <kstannfield@xxxxxxxxx> 10/23/2007 6:54 PM >>>
Thank you. This looks like it might help. The customer is going to call =
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late this week. i'm going to forward this to myself at work. Then, =
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have him e-mail me so I can reply to his message with the info you've=20
provided.
For in case it comes up, where would one go to learn the HTML coding?
Thanks a bunch.
Kelly Stanfield
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:00 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: question for a customer
> Kelly,
>
> I have created web pages using a couple of different methods.
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> 1) Most of the time, I hard code the page typing HTML into a NotePad =
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> document and save it with the HTM or HTML extension. This can be a bit =
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> time consuming and tedious, but usually renders good results. When =
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> this method, I can position and size the graphics I need with the =3D
> appropriate HTML code. I can also add the Alt Text attributes while I'm =
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> in. For me, this is the easiest method to use and come back later for =
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> changes.
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> 2) I have created documents in MS Word then saved them as Web Page =3D
> Filtered, which takes out a lot of the junk MS Word likes to put in if =
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> only use the Web Page option. However, there is still a lot of stuff to =
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> dig through in the document if you have to go back and modify the page =
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> later. Using this method, it is still very easy to add graphics , size =
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> them, and add the Alt Text attribute. The most difficult part for me =
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> adding the alt text since you need to right-click the graphic to bring =
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> the context menu. I have not found a good way to move to the graphic =
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> open the context menu with the keyboard. I've gotten it to happen a =3D
> couple of times, but it isn't consistant.
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> The more complex the page, the more difficult and time consuming it is =
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> hard code.
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> Is this what you're looking for?
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>
>
> Robert Lee Beach
> Assistive Technology Specialist
> Kansas City Kansas Community College
> 7250 State Avenue
> Kansas City, KS 66112
> Phone: (913) 288-7671
> Fax: (913) 288-7678
> E-mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx=20
>
>>>> "Kelly Stanfield" <kstannfield@xxxxxxxxx> 10/22/2007 8:52 PM >>>
> We had our Disability Awareness Month celebration this past Wednesday at =
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> work. One of the customers who came was very interested in the =
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> we use. It turns out he has a co-worker who when she was hired was =
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> impaired and could do Cobol programming on a screen that magnified the =
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> letters quite large. Now, however, this person is using JAWS. I =3D
> appologize, i didn't get a chance to find out what version of JAWS. His =
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> question to me was what we as blind people used to create web sites, =
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> the graphics, if possible. I told him that because I didn't have hte =
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> answer myself i'd put the question out on an e-mail list I'm on for the =
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> blind and see what I found.
> So, there's the question. If you have further questions, please fire =
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> at me. I asked him to call me at the store late this week and i'd give =
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> him what info I have at the time. i'll go ahead and ask him any =
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> you kind people may have to try and best solve the situation.
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> Kelly Stanfield
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