On 6/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Database (Kalpana Kharade) > 2. Re: Database (vamshi . G) > 3. Re: Database (balaram) > 4. Help needed regarding the technical writingand other > accessible careers for VIs. (govind reddy) > 5. Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal (Vikas Kapoor) > 6. Behind the scenes of Firefox 3.0 (Vikas Kapoor) > 7. Google's experimental Gmail toys (Vikas Kapoor) > 8. Re: Help needed regarding the technical writingand > otheraccessible careers for VIs. (Geetha Shamanna) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:07:14 +0530 > From: "Kalpana Kharade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Database > To: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Kindly tell how and whom to send our informatio. > Dr.Kalpana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:10 AM > Subject: [AI] Database > > >> About a year ago XRCVC had emailed a form on accessindia requesting >> members to complete the same with their respective information but hardly >> any one had replied. >> I have personally taken up this project. >> For the last 2 months I have been writing to many of you personally >> requesting you to send your information in but hardly any of you have >> bothered. I had decided to ask a few members at a time so that I could >> have personal interaction and as yu do not seem to like to respond to >> general mails. >> It is shocking that you have not understood the need for a database . >> >> There are many reasons for wanting to have a consolidated online database >> and I will just explain a few. >> >> 1. When job mapping is done at companies the facilitator has an all India >> >> reference and it is easier to convince the companies. >> 2. When parents of visually challenged and the newly visually challenged >> visit Associations for help they are generally scared and disheartened by >> the disability. These organisations could use the database to increase the >> >> confidence levels. Its like when I was going blind I thought for a little >> while that I would never be able to continue with my career till I saw >> Deepak Motiwala a blind senior Solicitor doing well in his career. I was >> lucky that I did not have difficulty finding Deepak's name or address what >> >> would have happened had he been from another city and I hadnt been told >> about him. This database will be online and will be useful to both >> organisations working for the welfare of the visually challenged and the >> challenged themselves. >> 3. About a month ago Amar Jain had asked on accessindia, the names of >> Visually challenged lawyers. Did any of you notice that there were so many >> >> lawyers on and off this list but none of us could give a complete list or >> a reasonablly good list. Had this database been available this question >> would not have arisen and the replies would have been better and Amar's >> job done faster. >> 4. There was an email from Prateek agarwal regarding IT sector but he has >> not specified in what part of IT sector does he want information. The >> database would have helped him. >> 5. Last week I was fighting a case against the Maharashtra Public Services >> >> Commission for a totally blind candidate. Even though the question was not >> >> before the Court but the Court did ask casually that could a totally Blind >> >> person do the work of a Naib Tahsildar. Of course I said yes but had I >> known at that time that our very own Rajesh Assudani had got the >> appointment letter from the very same Commission for the post of Naib >> Tahsildar the Court would have passed the order much faster. >> >> I hope I have explained my case for the database and all of you will send >> in your details and especially the 75 people who have got mails on this >> issue from me. please ask your friends and do definitely make it a point >> to do it this weekend. I will not stop sending you reminders but you >> better take responsibility too. >> >> Thanks for reading this mail and sorry for being so direct about this >> issue. I was losing hope about ever finishing this project. >> >> A very big thank you to those who have filled up their details and sent >> the forms. >> Regards Kanchan >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:59:13 +0530 > From: "vamshi . G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Database > To: pamnani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Respected madam > > I think most of us were unaware of such an issue like me. And before > everyone in this list repents on this and thereby increases the > traffic in this thread, I feel someone should come up with the exact > information about how we should proceed in this regard. Awaiting > someone's earliest reply. > > Regards > Vamshi. G > Landline: 0877-2243861 > Mobile: 09949349497 > E-mail ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Vamshi. G > > On 6/21/08, pamnani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> About a year ago XRCVC had emailed a form on accessindia requesting >> members >> to complete the same with their respective information but hardly any one >> had replied. >> I have personally taken up this project. >> For the last 2 months I have been writing to many of you personally >> requesting you to send your information in but hardly any of you have >> bothered. I had decided to ask a few members at a time so that I could >> have >> personal interaction and as yu do not seem to like to respond to general >> mails. >> It is shocking that you have not understood the need for a database . >> >> There are many reasons for wanting to have a consolidated online database >> and I will just explain a few. >> >> 1. When job mapping is done at companies the facilitator has an all India >> reference and it is easier to convince the companies. >> 2. When parents of visually challenged and the newly visually challenged >> visit Associations for help they are generally scared and disheartened by >> the disability. These organisations could use the database to increase the >> confidence levels. Its like when I was going blind I thought for a little >> while that I would never be able to continue with my career till I saw >> Deepak Motiwala a blind senior Solicitor doing well in his career. I was >> lucky that I did not have difficulty finding Deepak's name or address what >> would have happened had he been from another city and I hadnt been told >> about him. This database will be online and will be useful to both >> organisations working for the welfare of the visually challenged and the >> challenged themselves. >> 3. About a month ago Amar Jain had asked on accessindia, the names of >> Visually challenged lawyers. Did any of you notice that there were so many >> lawyers on and off this list but none of us could give a complete list or >> a >> reasonablly good list. Had this database been available this question >> would >> not have arisen and the replies would have been better and Amar's job done >> faster. >> 4. There was an email from Prateek agarwal regarding IT sector but he has >> not specified in what part of IT sector does he want information. The >> database would have helped him. >> 5. Last week I was fighting a case against the Maharashtra Public Services >> Commission for a totally blind candidate. Even though the question was not >> before the Court but the Court did ask casually that could a totally Blind >> person do the work of a Naib Tahsildar. Of course I said yes but had I >> known >> at that time that our very own Rajesh Assudani had got the appointment >> letter from the very same Commission for the post of Naib Tahsildar the >> Court would have passed the order much faster. >> >> I hope I have explained my case for the database and all of you will send >> in >> your details and especially the 75 people who have got mails on this issue >> from me. please ask your friends and do definitely make it a point to do >> it >> this weekend. I will not stop sending you reminders but you better take >> responsibility too. >> >> Thanks for reading this mail and sorry for being so direct about this >> issue. >> I was losing hope about ever finishing this project. >> >> A very big thank you to those who have filled up their details and sent >> the >> forms. >> Regards Kanchan >> >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:03:20 +0900 > From: balaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Database > To: pamnani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Expecting the form to my personal I.DOn Sat, 2008-06-21 at 10:10 +0530, > pamnani wrote: >> About a year ago XRCVC had emailed a form on accessindia requesting >> members to complete the same with their respective information but hardly >> any one had replied. >> I have personally taken up this project. >> For the last 2 months I have been writing to many of you personally >> requesting you to send your information in but hardly any of you have >> bothered. I had decided to ask a few members at a time so that I could >> have personal interaction and as yu do not seem to like to respond to >> general mails. >> It is shocking that you have not understood the need for a database . >> >> There are many reasons for wanting to have a consolidated online database >> and I will just explain a few. >> >> 1. When job mapping is done at companies the facilitator has an all India >> reference and it is easier to convince the companies. >> 2. When parents of visually challenged and the newly visually challenged >> visit Associations for help they are generally scared and disheartened by >> the disability. These organisations could use the database to increase the >> confidence levels. Its like when I was going blind I thought for a little >> while that I would never be able to continue with my career till I saw >> Deepak Motiwala a blind senior Solicitor doing well in his career. I was >> lucky that I did not have difficulty finding Deepak's name or address what >> would have happened had he been from another city and I hadnt been told >> about him. This database will be online and will be useful to both >> organisations working for the welfare of the visually challenged and the >> challenged themselves. >> 3. About a month ago Amar Jain had asked on accessindia, the names of >> Visually challenged lawyers. Did any of you notice that there were so many >> lawyers on and off this list but none of us could give a complete list or >> a reasonablly good list. Had this database been available this question >> would not have arisen and the replies would have been better and Amar's >> job done faster. >> 4. There was an email from Prateek agarwal regarding IT sector but he has >> not specified in what part of IT sector does he want information. The >> database would have helped him. >> 5. Last week I was fighting a case against the Maharashtra Public Services >> Commission for a totally blind candidate. Even though the question was not >> before the Court but the Court did ask casually that could a totally Blind >> person do the work of a Naib Tahsildar. Of course I said yes but had I >> known at that time that our very own Rajesh Assudani had got the >> appointment letter from the very same Commission for the post of Naib >> Tahsildar the Court would have passed the order much faster. >> >> I hope I have explained my case for the database and all of you will send >> in your details and especially the 75 people who have got mails on this >> issue from me. please ask your friends and do definitely make it a point >> to do it this weekend. I will not stop sending you reminders but you >> better take responsibility too. >> >> Thanks for reading this mail and sorry for being so direct about this >> issue. I was losing hope about ever finishing this project. >> >> A very big thank you to those who have filled up their details and sent >> the forms. >> Regards Kanchan >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:04:25 +0530 > From: "govind reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] Help needed regarding the technical writingand other > accessible careers for VIs. > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:47:05 +0530 > From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal > To: "Access India" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal > > Yahoo rejected a $47.5bn offer from Microsoft > Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search > engine giant's advertising technology. > > Under the agreement, Google ads will appear alongside some Yahoo search > results in the US and Canada. > > The announcement came after Yahoo said it had failed to persuade Microsoft > to renew its bid to buy all of the internet company. > > Recent talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just > its online search business. > > Potentially lucrative > > Yahoo said the agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m (?410m) in > additional revenue every year. > > Alarm bells were already ringing on Capitol Hill over Yahoo's 'limited' > trial in April of Google's technology > > Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC Technology Correspondent > > > The Yahoo-Google drama > BBC dot.life technology blog > > "This commercial agreement provides Yahoo with the opportunity to deliver > more relevant ads to users and provide advertisers and publishers with > better advertising technology," said Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and chief > executive. > > "We believe that the convergence of search and display is the next major > development" in online advertising industry, said Yahoo chief executive > Jerry Yang. > > The partnership will initially last for three years, but could last up to 10 > if Yahoo decides to renew. > > Google said the deal did not need regulatory approval but that it would > delay its implementation by up to three and a half months to give the US > Department of Justice a chance to review it. > > However, the deal is likely to attract attention from competition regulators > in Washington, according to the BBC's technology correspondent Rory > Cellan-Jones. > > "Alarm bells were already ringing on Capitol Hill over Yahoo's 'limited' > trial in April of Google's technology," he said. > > Alternative deal > > The markets closed before the Google deal was announced. Shares in Yahoo had > closed down 10% after it said its attempts to revive Microsoft's $47.5bn > (?24bn) offer for the whole of Yahoo had been unsuccessful. > > > Cannot play media. You do not have the correct version of the flash player. > Download the correct version > > Yahoo chiefs strike deal > The shares fell as low as $22.50 earlier in the trading session, their > lowest level since the software giant first offered $31 a share for Yahoo in > January. > > Yahoo rejected a new proposal from Microsoft to buy just its online search > operations. > > "In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo, the two > companies have continued to discuss an alternative transaction that > Microsoft believes would have delivered in excess of $33 per share to the > Yahoo shareholders," Microsoft said in a statement. > > "This partnership would ensure healthy competition in the marketplace, > providing greater choice and innovation for advertisers, publishers and > consumers," the company said. > > Yahoo, however, did not want to sell off only one part of the business. > > It said such a deal "would not be consistent with the company's view of the > converging search and display marketplaces". > > Microsoft sources told the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones that the company was no > longer interested in a full takeover because Yahoo had been > "underperforming" and was losing some of its key staff. > > Yahoo's shares closed 10% lower at $23.52, while Microsoft finished 4.1% > higher at $28.24. > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7451946.stm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:44:42 +0530 > From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] Behind the scenes of Firefox 3.0 > To: "Access India" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Behind the scenes of Firefox 3.0 > > By Maggie Shiels > Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley > > > > About 15% of net users browse the web with Firefox > There is a clear sense of anticipation building at the Mozilla Foundation's > headquarters in Mountain View, California where engineers have been working > for the past 34-36 months perfecting Firefox 3.0. > > "This is the biggest release by far of Firefox," says Mike Schroepfer, vice > president of engineering at the non-profit that drives the web browser's > development. > > "We couldn't have done it without the two million people around the world > already running it and the other 20,000 helping give us feedback, working > out the bugs and constantly refining it," he said. > > Version 3.0 of Firefox is set to debut on 17 June and the Mozilla Foundation > aims to try and set a world record for the most downloads in a day when the > software is unleashed. > > It will have to do well to beat Firefox 2.0 - that version racked up 1.6 > million downloads on the day it was first released in October 2006. > > Mr Schroepfer said Firefox 3 promised to be faster, easier to use and more > secure than rival browsers. > > He claims that Firefox 3.0 loads webpages three to four times faster than > Firefox 2.0 and more than seven times faster than Microsoft's Internet > Explorer (IE). > > However, with all manner of factors beyond Mozilla's control affecting > browsing speed those claims may prove hard to sustain. > > Alongside the speed improvements goes the "Smart Location Bar" - a feature > known as the "Awesome Bar" internally at Mozilla. > > > Schroepfer: "This is the biggest release by far of Firefox." > Mr Schroepfer calls this novel feature: "The biggest user experience > change... since tabbed browsing." > > The feature gives the browser's address bar a mechanism for quickly > returning to web pages without bookmarking them, even if a user doesn't > remember the address. It can also search "tags" - keywords that users > associate with a particular page. > > "Arms race" > > Security was also high on the development team's list of improvements for > the new version. > > Mr Schroepfer told the BBC: "It's an arms race between the good guys and the > bad guys. This is not scare tactics or boogie man kind of stuff. > > "We have seen a huge uptick in malware attacks because they are financially > motivated," he said. > > "This is billions of dollars a year. There are clear incentives for people > to do this because they make money so you need some good guys on your side > to block them out." > > Included in Firefox 3.0 are malicious software spotters that tell users when > they are on a website that has been compromised. A red box will pop up in > the middle of the screen warning users of the danger. > > > Firefox 3.0 warns when users stray on to a booby-trapped page > Mr Schroepfer said: "This new type of attack where people are hijacking > legitimate websites and using them as mechanisms to try and install software > on your machine is truly worrying. > > Behind the warning system is a list of infected sites that is updated every > 30 minutes to keep up with the pace of web attacks. > > When Firefox 2.0 was launched, said Mr Schroepfer, its security focus was > phishing attacks, where fake websites ask for personal details such as bank > account or social security numbers to aid identity theft and give access to > a user's financial accounts. > > "I think people adapted and thought phishing isn't working and then they > switched to malware attacks," said Mr Schropefer. > > Other features include almost 5000 add-ons to customise a page, making the > image on the back button bigger than the forward button because that is the > one used more often, and extending how long history stores page information > to three months. > > Since Firefox launched in 2004 it has gained a steadily increasing share of > the web browsing market. Now, on average, about 15% of web users browse the > web with Firefox. > > "Our goal because we are non profit isn't world domination," said Mr > Schroepfer. "It's just to make sure the internet is open, collaborative, > competitive and innovative." > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7456151.stm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:52:23 +0530 > From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] Google's experimental Gmail toys > To: "Access India" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Google's experimental Gmail toys > By Maggie Shiels > Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley > > > In a first, Google is opening up its testing process by calling on tens of > millions of Gmail users to put new features of the service through their > paces. > > Gmail Labs has launched 13 settings for users to play around with and tell > engineers directly what they think of them. > > > > The most popular features will become part of the Gmail product > The new developments, which are only available in the UK and the US, show up > as a red tab at the top of the page. > > Gmail product manager Keith Coleman says: "This marks a big change in the > way the company does product development." > > Generally speaking products are tested internally on Google staff for weeks > if not months and then refined before being released to the public. > > Never before has the firm opened up the testing process and brought in > outsiders on such a large scale. Smaller scale usability tests have been > done with invited visitors. > > Mr Coleman says: "We want to take the next step and let Gmail users help us > do that refinement." > > Old Snakey > > The new settings include things like Pictures in Chat, which puts portraits > in chat sessions, and Superstars, which lets you put different icons on > mail. Old Snakey lets you play the classic game in Gmail and E-mail Addict > forces you to take a screen break by locking you out of the Gmail for 15 > minutes. > > > > Keith Coleman: "We are looking for little nuggets of innovation" > Mr Coleman says the features are "really rough and have gone through no > filtering in terms of product analysis or design analysis". > > "They have just gone through a general code review process to make sure they > are safe to run. > > "They have also gone through less testing than a typical feature would. But > what this is is a way to take our ideas and get them out to the public." > > After testing, users will get the chance to tell the developers directly > what they think of them. The most popular are likely to become a regular > part of the Gmail product. > > Time for ideas > > The service was unveiled to a small group of journalists, including the BBC, > who had been invited to Building 47 at the Googleplex for a rare view of the > team at work. > > > Every idea is treated as having value > > Normally such spaces are off-limits to people outside the company. > > As well as being shown the new service ahead of release, we were also walked > through the offices where engineers take 20% of their time to come up with > ideas and work on them. The 20% time is part of Google's core ethos. > > "The idea behind Labs is that any engineer can go to lunch, come up with a > cool idea, code it up, and ship it as a Labs feature to tens of millions of > users," explains Mr Coleman. > > Staff write suggestions on a whiteboard to keep track of everything being > played around with and who is working on what. > > Another display shows how many bugs an upcoming application needs to get > fixed and which engineer is working on it. > > Spam Tsar > > The whole workspace is divided into areas covering various aspects of Gmail > from the calendar to documents and from the reader to spam. > Brad Taylor, the Spam Tsar who keeps Gmail free from offers you don't want > > The guys fighting to keep spam out of the Gmail inbox are tucked away in a > dark corner of the office. Brad Taylor is known as the Spam Tsar, a title he > quite enjoys. > > He has been working on Gmail since its public launch in 2004 and says he has > seen a real growth in the amount of unsolicited e-mail flooding into the > system. > > "Originally when we launched 25% of e-mail was spam. We caught a lot of > that. Over time it's grown and grown and currently around 75% of all e-mail > is spam and so our job has got a lot harder." > > Top secret > > In the heart of this open space is the so-called "war room". > > Here half a dozen engineers are huddled into a cramped office to work on top > secret projects. Everyone there was tight-lipped about what the next big > thing coming out of the room would be but helpfully quipped that it was a > new colour. > > > Dreaming up the future of Gmail > Todd Jackson, another Gmail product manager, was more serious when he said > that the engineers didn't leave until they had either solved a particular > problem or fully developed a new feature. > > Situated next to the office cafe is the Usability Lab, where Gmail invites > small groups of six to eight people to test new applications to see how they > will fare with the general public. > > Nika Smith, who helps run the Lab, says instead of having a two-way mirror > to watch participants and how they interact with a product, they are a > little more high-tech. > > "We have this little hidden camera next to some flowers and one in the > corner of the room. We just want to know how they use Gmail and see from the > users' perspective what their experience is like. > > "Then we just watch how they interact with the product and work out what > improvements are needed." > > A-Team > > Perhaps one of the coolest areas in the Gmail Lab is the site reliability > room, which is just past a sign that says "Hippies Use Backdoor". > > Decked out with a slew of monitors and computers, there is also a selection > of drinks, a drum kit and a couple of guitars. On the wall hangs a > whiteboard with a wish-list of things like "surround sound, a Wii Fit > machine and a bigger TV". > > The overall Lab space is like any other nondescript office, albeit with a > few fun quirks here and there such as naming every printer and copier after > TV shows like The A-Team and All in the Family. > > But sometimes things do get serious, and everyone is on a pager and gets an > alert when something goes amiss with the site. > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7441132.stm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:43:06 +0530 > From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Help needed regarding the technical writingand > otheraccessible careers for VIs. > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > [email protected] > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 26, Issue 81 > ******************************************* > Hello ma'am, thank you for responding to my request. But how about the other tools which I mentioned apart from Robo Help, like Snag It Powerpoint and word, etc. If we cannot access them with Jaws, what's the solution available. Regards, Govind.
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