Blind News Digest # 1194
Bill McGarry
Issue # 1194
Thursday, January 04, 1996
Today's Topics:
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Re: Catalogs for vision aids
Re: Catalog/Store for Visual aids?
Re: Catalog/Store for Visual aids?
New Publication For Vision Impaired
Re: HEWLETTPACKARD_NETSCAPE_MICROS.html
Re: HEWLETTPACKARD_NETSCAPE_MICROS.html
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Subject: Re: Catalogs for vision aids
From: hopa...@metronet.lib.mi.us (June Hopaluk - Rochester Hills)
For Peter Berstein who inquired about catalogs for vision aids. Call
LS&S Group at 1-800-468-4789 or VisAids Inc. at 1-800-346-9579. Also
find out if the State has an assistive technology clearing house. Many
states have funded such a clearing house under the ADA. The clearing
house should provide information on assistive devices for all types of
vision problems.
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Subject: Re: Catalog/Store for Visual aids?
From: grif...@aur.alcatel.com (Mike Griffith)
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC
For visual aids, request the following catalogs:
American Printing House For the Blind, Inc. 1-800-223-1839
Maxi (aids & appliances for Independent Living) 1-800-522-6294
The Lighthouse, Inc. Products to Help People with Impaired Vision"
1-800-829-0500
LS & S Group "Specializing in products for the visually impaired"
1-800-468-4789
I have used all of the above at various times and was satisfied with
all.
Also, it might be worth your time to check your local and state
agencies. We have a state school for the blind, locally, that stocks
a limited amount of aids and accessories in a little "walk-in" type
store on the school campus.
Mike Griffith, Raleigh, NC
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Mike Griffith, Raleigh, NC Email: grif...@aur.alcatel.com
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Subject: Re: Catalog/Store for Visual aids?
From: ski...@aol.com (Ski Babe)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
There is a great catalog that someone on this board referred me to it is
called Maxi-Aids. In the New York area I would contact the library for
the blind for local sources.
Amy
Amy D. Perchick, OTR
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Subject: New Publication For Vision Impaired
From: PatP...@aol.com
New Publication Aims Sights At the Vision Impaired
Indianapolis, Indiana---Vision World Wide, Inc., has just announced the
publication of its new magazine, Vision Enhancement.
This quarterly publication will be especially useful and important to persons
with visual impairment of all ages, their family members, ophthalmologists,
optometrists, low vision clinics, healthcare professionals, hospitals,
libraries, radio reading services, senior center leaders, employers, and
other professionals working in the vision impaired community.
The editor, Pat Price, is internationally known for her clear, concise,
easy-to-read writing style. She brings to this publication many years of
personal experience, training and expertise.
To subscribe to the publication, send your remittance of $20 with your name,
address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address to: Vision World Wide, Inc.,
5707 Brockton Drive - #302, Indianapolis, IN 46220-5481. Indicate whether
you want the large print, standard audiocassette, or computer disk (ASCII)
edition. (Single copies are $6.50)
Vision World Wide's mission is to provide publications that are encouraging
and motivating to the vision impaired and their families, informative to
healthcare professionals, senior centers, radio reading services and
libraries, enlightening to the general public, and to provide information and
referral services through a nationwide toll-free help line, 800-431-1739 or
Fax 317-251-6588. Questions may be directed to the above address or on the
Internet by E-mail at: visi...@inetdirect.net; patp...@aol.com; or Patricia
L. Price 71756,2...@compuserve.com. A Subscription Form may be completed
electronically on the World Wide Web at: Bossert Specialties:
http://www.syspac.com/~bossert.
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Subject: Re: HEWLETTPACKARD_NETSCAPE_MICROS.html
From: ckn...@cln.etc.bc.ca (Cheryl Knipe)
Hi there,
When I capture a file, I put into my Claris Works then I edit the page(s)
before printing. However, I am not visually impaired, so it is easier for
me to edit the page before printing.
Cheryl Knipe
Vision Resource Teacher
Cranbrook School District
426-3352 or (f)426-0620
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Subject: Re: HEWLETTPACKARD_NETSCAPE_MICROS.html
From: RonMa...@aol.com
Just to add my two cents worth to this series of posts, I have
to say that Alain Coetmeur has voiced the problem and the
solutions very well.
I would only add that since HTML is a media that is easily
handled by our various adaptive devices, it behooves us to
assure that it is being used correctly and protect it's
universal access.
Whenever I encounter a WWW page that is total graphics and
the author has not set any ALT tags, I email them and explain
why they should and how it can benifit them or their company.
Many don't use the ALT tags because they aren't aware of the
need or even what the tag is for.
Also we as a group and as individuals need to be involved in
the ongoing development of HTML. Currently the biggest threat
faceing us is JAVA. More and more it is being proclaimed as
a way to control output, this is a method that currently is
still not accessable to our adaptive devices. We need to have
a say in maintaining the universal access to HTML.
Ron
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"Off the keyboard, thru the router, past the hub, over the
bridge, down the line, around the world... nothing but net!"
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End of Issue # 1194 of the Blind News Digest
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