Hi Govind, I had unsubscribed from the list for a while and did not see your previous message. I am sending my response to the list, as others who intend to take up technical writing as a career can also benefit from it.
Among the tools you mention, I worked extensively with RoboHelp and Adobe FrameMaker. While RoboHelp was nearly completely accessible, FrameMaker was almost totally inaccessible. Both RoboHelp and FrameMaker have come a long way in the six years since I stopped working as a technical writer, and things could have improved in the newer versions. I suggest that you enroll in this course and get as much out of it as possible. The certificate will help you find a job, and once you have the job, you can negotiate with the employer to allow you to do what you can do best, which is write. Meanwhile, in addition to the course, ensure that you hone your technical writing skills as much as possible. Read technical magazines and manuals and try to write step-by-step instructions for performing various tasks on the computer. Since your profficiency in using the tools will be below par when compared to your sighted counterparts due to their inaccessibility, your best bet would be to impress your prospective employer with your writing skills. So try to concentrate your energy on that. Hope this helps. Geetha ----- Original Message ----- From: "govind reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:04 PM Subject: [AI] Help needed regarding the technical writingand otheraccessible careers for VIs. > Dear list members, > Firstly, I'm sorry for the horible mistakes that I've made in my > previous mail since they were not written with my own hands. > A week ago I posted my requested about the accessible careers for > visually impaired, followed by the technical writing, unfortunately > not many responses. > Is there any horible mistake with my English? > for your conveenience I'm posting the request again with necessary > corrections. > i am to undergo a training program in technical writing at " Tech-Total " > in > Hyderabad. > They agree to teach me the seven tools used in technical writing. They are > one > ms-word, ms-power point,ms-visio,Adobe Frame maker ,photoshop, snag It of > Tech smith and robo-help. Could any one please tell me how far these > tools especially the last five are Accessible with Jaws8 or above .If > u have any additional information about it please do let me know. > Members can reply to > my personal to my personal e-mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > instead of increasing > the traffic on the list. > > Thankyou > Warm regards > Govind. > M: 9959392651 > > technical writing > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
