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Re: Online editors that are accessible

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From: LSnider
Date: Feb 19, 2011 11:24AM

Hi John,

I am so sorry for the late reply. I typed a reply and then queued it instead
of sending it! My apologies.

Thanks for this information, it was very helpful.

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:59 AM, John E Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I checked with a friend who is a screen reader user and he and I agreed
> that
> WordPress is probably your best bet. The second choice would be Posterous
> which uses e-mail as the way to add entries.
>
> With all web design, it is pretty hard for folks who are screen reader
> users
> to do a layout/design that would be visually appealing to non-screen reader
> users, so it is suggested that a sighted person help in that regard. But
> once the thing is up and running, the kids can get busy adding content.
>
> One word of caution, if they are going to use content derived from word
> processor documents - or even stuff taken from other web sources - make
> sure they "cleanse" it of "style contamination." I usually do this by
> copying and pasting first to Notepad or any plain text editor and then copy
> and pasting to the blog. I have not used Posterous, so I don't know how it
> works there, but for WordPress and other blog ware, that is the best
> option.
> WordPress does have a nice pasting filter for word processor content and
> will bring over things like <strong> and <em> as well as ordered and
> unordered list elements and leave out the rest of the contamination.
>
> And of course you will teach your kids about accessible web design and make
> sure they content is accessible to other screen reader users. Because, as
> you know, a blog is only as accessible as the content therein.
>
> ~j
>
>
> John E. Brandt
> www.jebswebs.com
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
> Augusta, Maine, USA
>
>