[real-eyes] Re: question for a customer
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- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:07:22 -0500
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Write me privately. I have a couple.
Ruthie &
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From: Robert Beach=20
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: question for a customer
I learned by taking a class here at the college. Others I know have =
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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 =
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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 =
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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=3D20
provided.
For in case it comes up, where would one go to learn the HTML coding?
Thanks a bunch.
Kelly Stanfield
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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.
>
> 1) Most of the time, I hard code the page typing HTML into a =
NotePad =3D
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> document and save it with the HTM or HTML extension. This can be a =
bit =3D
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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 =
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> appropriate HTML code. I can also add the Alt Text attributes while =
I'm =3D
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> there and not have to worry about coming back later to put that=3D20
> information=3D3D
> in. For me, this is the easiest method to use and come back later =
for =3D
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> changes.
>
> 2) I have created documents in MS Word then saved them as Web Page =
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> Filtered, which takes out a lot of the junk MS Word likes to put in =
if =3D
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> =3D3D
> only use the Web Page option. However, there is still a lot of =
stuff to =3D
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> dig through in the document if you have to go back and modify the =
page =3D
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> later. Using this method, it is still very easy to add graphics , =
size =3D
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> them, and add the Alt Text attribute. The most difficult part for =
me =3D
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> =3D3D
> adding the alt text since you need to right-click the graphic to =
bring =3D
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> =3D3D
> the context menu. I have not found a good way to move to the =
graphic =3D
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> =3D3D
> open the context menu with the keyboard. I've gotten it to happen a =
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> couple of times, but it isn't consistant.
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> The more complex the page, the more difficult and time consuming it =
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> hard code.
>
> Is this what you're looking for?
>
>
>
> 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=3D20
>
>>>> "Kelly Stanfield" <kstannfield@xxxxxxxxx> 10/22/2007 8:52 PM >>>
> We had our Disability Awareness Month celebration this past =
Wednesday at =3D
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> work. One of the customers who came was very interested in the =3D
technology=3D20
> =3D3D
> we use. It turns out he has a co-worker who when she was hired was =
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vision=3D20
> =3D3D
> impaired and could do Cobol programming on a screen that magnified =
the =3D
=3D3D
> letters quite large. Now, however, this person is using JAWS. I =
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> appologize, i didn't get a chance to find out what version of JAWS. =
His =3D
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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 =3D
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> answer myself i'd put the question out on an e-mail list I'm on for =
the =3D
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> blind and see what I found.
> So, there's the question. If you have further questions, please =
fire =3D
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> at me. I asked him to call me at the store late this week and i'd =
give =3D
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> him what info I have at the time. i'll go ahead and ask him any =3D
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> you kind people may have to try and best solve the situation.
>
> Kelly Stanfield
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