Announcing a new blindness-related listserv:
BLIND-DEV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
BLIND-DEV is an unmoderated discussion list dedicated to the detailed
discussion of issues concerning the development of computer products
and adaptive equipment for blind and visually impaired computer users.
This includes both hardware and software development on any system.
The purpose of BLIND-DEV is to serve as a catalyst which will both spur
and speed the development of software which will enable the blind user to
use emerging technologies, platforms, operating systems, and applications
as they are developed, so that access is built-in, rather than
retrofitted.
Example topics of discussion include, but are not limited to:
* design strategies
* accessibility APIs, such as MSAA
* Text-to-speech APIs, such as SSIL and SAPI
* Off-screen models (OSMs)
* Braille output APIs
* Relevant operating system issues
BLIND-DEV, therefore, is a conduit through which software developers and
users--whatever their area of interest, level of expertise, operating
system and/or hardware platform of choice--are able to dialogue, brainstorm,
and educate one another. While BLIND-DEV is intended as a technologically
oriented list, list "lurkers" are also welcome to monitor this dialogue.
To subscribe to BLIND-DEV, type the following command:
SUBSCRIBE BLIND-DEV firstname lastname
in the _BODY_ of a message (substituting, of course, your actual first
and last names) and send it to
LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
It is possible to subscribe to BLIND-DEV in index form, whereby you
receive a table of contents listing the subject lines of the day's
traffic. BLIND-DEV is also available in digest form--that is, all of the
day's posts contained in a single message.
The list and its monthly archives are public. This means that one does
not have to be subscribed to the list either to post to it or to peruse
past posts. BLIND-DEV is also automatically hyperarchived. Past posts to
BLIND-DEV can be perused via the web at the following URL:
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/blind-dev.html
BLIND-DEV also maintains a web site, located at
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/blind-dev
and an anonymous FTP repository, located at:
through which developmental software may be distributed to blind/vi users.
If you have any problems with the list or would like more information
about BLIND-DEV, please contact:
BLIND-DEV-request@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
thank you for your interest in BLIND-DEV,
Brendan McKeon and Gregory J. Rosmaita
Listowners, BLIND-DEV
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BLIND-DEV HyperArchive http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/blind-dev.html
BLIND-DEV Home Page http://www.cs.tcd.ie/blind-dev
BLIND-DEV FTP Repository ftp://ftp.cs.tcd.ie/blind-dev
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