Am 19. May, 2017 schwätzte der.hans so: moin moin, and another device popped up. https://plus.google.com/+adafruit/posts/6NH2VfeutQ1 ciao, der.hans > Am 29. Apr, 2017 schwätzte Eric Oyen so: > > moin moin, > > a post about a real-time braille converter from MIT reminds me that I > didn't report back on the demo for the accessible web-authoring tool. > > Here's the braille converter post. > > https://plus.google.com/+adafruit/posts/eLygbwBhra2 > > The demo ended up using WordPress and was well received. The committee was > impressed, but it will be some time before an official response is given. > > Thanks again for the feedback. It was quite helpful. > > ciao, > > der.hans > >> well, here is a suggestion from one of the blind users of Linux who does a >> lot of web authoring.. Der Hands, you got this one? >> >> -eric >> from the central office of the Technomage Huild, Datasphere projects office >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Linux for blind general discussion >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: accessible web-authoring system >>> Date: April 29, 2017 4:20:51 AM MST >>> To: blinux-list@redhat.com >>> Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com >>> >>> Tony Baechler here. I'm sure others will chime in, but here are my >>> thoughts: >>> >>> 1. The most accessible is plain, static HTML. Obviously not practical for >>> large sites, but for a few pages, it's good enough. >>> >>> 2. WordPress is the most popular. It's generally very accessible. There >>> are things which could be made better, but it's good enough to design >>> decent sites. I ran a podcast with it. >>> >>> 3. Drupal is also very good, but the latest major release (8.0.X) is very >>> difficult to use and far from accessible unless I missed something >>> obvious. I had it running on a server and it was so bad that I gave up. >>> 7.X should be better, but will reach end of life in a year or two and only >>> gets bug and security fixes. >>> >>> Joomla is very inaccessible and should absolutely be avoided. I couldn't >>> do anything with it, but that was a long time ago. The key is if the admin >>> interface is accessible or not. I would go with WordPress due to the huge >>> number of themes, frequent updates and overall decent accessibility. >>> >>> Another option is wiki software. There are a lot of wiki packages out >>> there. I liked ikiwiki when I looked at it. It obviously depends on the >>> site you're designing. Of the above, I think only ikiwiki is fully >>> accessible with a text browser, but WordPress is tolerable. You can do >>> most functions with wp-cli if you like the command line. Drupal has drush, >>> but I couldn't get it to work. WordPress is much easier to upgrade and can >>> do minor updates itself. >>> >>> On 4/28/2017 3:43 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> hey guys, >>>> I forwarded this over from the Phoenix Linux Users Group. Perhaps one of >>>> us can help out? >>>> >>>> -eric >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: "der.hans" >>>>> Subject: accessible web-authoring system >>>>> Date: April 28, 2017 12:32:48 PM MST >>>>> To: quatsch >>>>> Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list >>>>> >>>>> moin moin, >>>>> >>>>> anyone have experience with an accessible Free Software web-authoring >>>>> system? >>>>> >>>>> A friend works in accessibiilty ( all sorts of physical and mental >>>>> handicaps ) and is asking for a recommendation. >>>>> >>>>> I presume Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress have plugins to help, but I have >>>>> no experience. The closest thing I have to experience is demos from some >>>>> blind guys using emacs for their own infrastructure. Amazing, but not >>>>> the >>>>> first thing to suggest. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@red >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- # I took the one less traveled by, # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans