Welcome
sachu ramalingam
Vision" list was created to provide an opportunity for the persons
with low vision in India to share experiences, questions and
suggestions related to the world belonging to persons with low vision,
who according to the WHO are around 245 million in the world today and
around 30 million in India. This is a group for families, parents,
persons with low vision & professionals who care and work for them.
The "Low Vision" mailing list Guidelines.
My name is Sachu Ramalingam (A person with low vision and have 15
years of experience of caring and empowering persons with low vision)
and I am the moderator of "LowVison". First, let me say that I
consider my role as moderator on this list to be to make it what you,
the members, want it to be. I consider this your list. The following
guidelines try to reflect what the majority of people on the list
want.
1. Stay on topic. The topics for the "LowVision" group are issues
concerning the technology that can be of use to persons with low
vision, accessibility, low vision devices & assistive devices. You
can seek answers to quarries & myths relating to low vision,
information dissemination, and new research findings & counselling.
Quarries relating to how to make the computer technology accessible
for persons with low vision, Internet, posts relating careers for the
persons with low vision, new job openings for persons with low vision,
advocacy areas needed for persons with low vision, Government
policies, screen magnification and reading software, mobile
technology, scanning and other related areas can be made.
Any list member can post questions and the others (who include
doctors, professionals or experts) can offer answers.
I will endeavour to make this list a friendly and helpful environment
where everyone will feel comfortable asking questions, seeking answers
and most importantly, making new friends and contributing something
useful for our friends.
2. Subject Lines. Let's make our subject lines descriptive of the
question that we are asking and try to remember to mention the issue
being discussed. Try to change the subject line if the topic in the
thread changes.
3. Quoting. We are a very new list and as we progress, we can become
a very busy list with many different issues being discussed and it is
hard to keep up with them without the original post. If you do choose
not to quote, please be sure you include enough information to allow
other list members to understand what you are referring to. When
replying to messages, place your response at the top of the message.
In a reply where it is easier to mix the response in with the original
message, please indicate that is what you will be doing.
4. Virus warning messages and other such material. Please do not send
virus messages to the list. Send things like this to me first and I
would be happy to send the information to the list if it is verified
that it is valid. Attachments are not
allowed on the list and are removed from the messages before they
reach the list. This is to protect us from attachments which may
contain viruses.
5. [Thank You] messages. When posting a message, first ask yourself
the following question. Am I adding anything to this thread, any more
useful information, or help in answering a question. Also, try to
check if it has been answered already, so that
we can avoid having several duplicate answers. Thank you messages
should be sent privately, although that is not to say that if a
subject has been discussed and several alternatives have been offered,
please do let us know what ended up working for you.
6. Introduction.
We suggest that at the beginning, new members should give a brief note
about their background, hobbies and their place for the benefit of the
other list members knowing more about you all.
7 Seek for software cracks or abbetting piracy is strictly prohibited
and any violation on this count is taken very seriously.
8. Although this is the last guideline, it is the most important. Be
nice to everyone on the list. More than anything I want this list to
be a place where people feel encouraged, friendly and helped. If
everyone follows this rule, everything else will fall into place.
Remember, if you have any criticisms, concerns, or suggestions for the
list, do not post them to the list. Send them to
sachura...@gmail.com and give me a chance to take care of them
first. To send a message to the list, send it to:
lowvisi...@googlegroups.com
To contact the list owner, send a message to: sachuram...@gmail.com
With Best Wishes and wishing that this platform becomes a corner stone
in the loves of persons with low vision.
Sachu Ramalingam