We might want to get nfbcal.org, nfb.org, blind.org,
and www.nfb.org listed in this thing.
Those of you who know more than me, might be better suited
to take care of it.
Dear Collegues:
Recently I was approached by a major publisher and asked if I would be
interested in compiling a guide for building an accessible World Wide Web site
for people with disabilities. The intended audience for the book is *not*
people with disabilities, but rather system administrators and internet service
providers.
The opportunity to educate the WWW audience and potentially the designers of
the Web and NII is one too good to pass up. Additionally, the public relations
plan the publisher has put together provides me with another opportunity to
generate a great measure of awareness around the issues of accessibility.
Additionally, the publisher has agreed to provide the source documents to ANY
braille publisher at no charge. I am personally building the publication using
SGML to insure a smooth conversion to braille, large text, and voice-ready.
Finally, they have agreed to donate a percentage of the books' revenues to a
nonprofit organization of my choice (I've already identified a
disabilities/accessibility organization).
The book will contain a CDROM that will contain accessibility tools and
utilities that might assist a system administrator in providing easier access
to his/her site. I already have several freeware and shareware utilities. I
also have commitments from 3 industry vendors to place their Web applications
on the CD.
This mail is a request for your help. For the most part, I have collected much
of the data that I need for the book. In fact, 10 chapters are already done.
However, I believe that an important contributing factor to the book would be
to have your important input. I am open to anything and everything you might
want to be sure I include in the book. Hints, recommendations, techniques,
utlities, tools, etc..etc... I will be sure that anyone who contributes will
receive acknowledgements within the publication. Please note that this also
includes FTP, Gopher, Telnet, WAIS, and any other internet applications you are
using. Most of these are accessible on Websites. Oh yes, I will be featuring
accessibility/disability Websites in the book. So if you want me to feature it,
please be sure to let me know, so I can be sure to get a screen capture of it.
In advance, I would like to thank you all very much for your consideration and
help. It is my goal to insure that this book is on the shelf of every system
administrator and internet service provider here in the States and
internationally. Feel free to inquire of me at any time. I will respond to all
requests and replies. You can send me email at this address or at my webserver
address which is: mpaciello@www.webable.com
Regards,
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Michael G. Paciello Paciello@shane.enet.dec.com
Usability Expertise Center Phone: (603) 881-1831 (w)
Program Manager Phone: (603) 598-9544 (soho)
Vision Impaired Information Services (VIIS) FAX: (603) 881-0120
ViceChair: Electronics Industries Association/Assistive Devices Division
PR Chair: International Committee for Accessible Document Design (ICADD)
Member: Project EASI (Easy Access to Software and Information)
Member: Disabilities Access for X (DACx)
Member: NCSA/NSF Mosaic Access Project (MAP)
Member: Universal Access Project (UAP)
Author: ACCESS.TXT
Owner: WebABLE (TM) (WWW Server for Accessibility and Disabilities)
URL: http://www.webable.com
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David Andrews, director
International Braille and Technology Center
for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
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