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From: Ian Lloyd (Accessify.com)
Date: Wed, Apr 23 2003 1:19AM
Subject: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation generator
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Dear all ...
I got fed up with manually typing in lots of acronyms
and abbreviations and thought it was about time I
automated it somewhat. Here's the result:
http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/acrobot/default.asp
Using this tool you can paste your raw HTML and it
will look up on a database and replace
- W3C
with
- <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>
and so on ...
I'd like to get some feedback on the tool,
particularly any comments about what acronyms and
abbreviations are missing from the list. For info,
here's what is currently covered:
http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/acrobot/view-all-acronyms.asp
quote from that page: "Note: the abbreviations and
acronyms are weighted towards web technologies and
accessibility-related topics. This is not intended as
a full dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations - just
those that you will probably find yourself using most
often!"
I hope you find the tool useful. At some point, I will
convert this to a standalone tool that you can
download (to save having to go online each time) but
for the moment I'd like to get the online version
working AOK.
Regards
Ian Lloyd, Accessify
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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Wed, Apr 23 2003 1:59AM
Subject: Re: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation generator
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Interesting. I think the weakness is the acronym library itself.
Obviously, this is only going to be a useful application for
people who write content with the same abbreviations as you! :)
Here's what I propose to fix that.
You should include the ability to choose from the following
kinds of acronym libraries:
(1) The default one, maintained by Accessify.
(2) A library uploaded via file upload from the user's local
hard drive.
(3) A library specified by URL.
What should a "library" consist of? Simple -- it's just any HTML
page. Acrobot should scan that file for existing <acronym>/<abbr>
tags, and construct a list of abbreviations. This then forms the
library for that run of the program.
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From: Holly Marie
Date: Wed, Apr 23 2003 7:19AM
Subject: Re: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation generator
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From: "Ian Lloyd (Accessify.com)"
> Dear all ...
>
> I got fed up with manually typing in lots of acronyms
> and abbreviations and thought it was about time I
> automated it somewhat. Here's the result:
>
> http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/acrobot/default.asp
Personally, I think you ought to snag a copyright or something on this
tool. At least have a dated backup copy. I think it is great. Imagine
selling the idea to a few software editor companies.
Allow user to add in acronyms or abbreviations, etc. etc would be an
abbreviation.
Nice work and great idea Ian. :)
This would be immensely useful to me when I write tutorials or lectures
involving standards and guidelines. I never thought about it before, but
I imagine I could create a library of snippets for my Homesite editor
and add these to the editor in some way, too.
Another idea... sidebar tools for moz to be used in conjunction with
composer?
great stuff, and keep up that curiousity and inventiveness.
We need better tools to work with. period.
holly
:)
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From: 10Tests Project
Date: Wed, Apr 23 2003 7:26AM
Subject: RE: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation generator
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Copyrighting is essential, but the trouble with selling such tools is
that in an emerging industry, web-site designers need to be encouraged
to 'design-in' accessibility. Having to pay for such tools may
discourage developers from implementing accessibility features.
MARTIN
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Subject: Re: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation
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From: "Ian Lloyd (Accessify.com)"
> Dear all ...
>
> I got fed up with manually typing in lots of acronyms
> and abbreviations and thought it was about time I
> automated it somewhat. Here's the result:
>
> http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/acrobot/default.asp
Personally, I think you ought to snag a copyright or something on this
tool. At least have a dated backup copy. I think it is great. Imagine
selling the idea to a few software editor companies.
Allow user to add in acronyms or abbreviations, etc. etc would be an
abbreviation.
Nice work and great idea Ian. :)
This would be immensely useful to me when I write tutorials or lectures
involving standards and guidelines. I never thought about it before, but
I imagine I could create a library of snippets for my Homesite editor
and add these to the editor in some way, too.
Another idea... sidebar tools for moz to be used in conjunction with
composer?
great stuff, and keep up that curiousity and inventiveness.
We need better tools to work with. period.
holly
:)
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From: Holly Marie
Date: Wed, Apr 23 2003 8:42AM
Subject: Re: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation generator
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: New [free] accessibility tools - Acronym and abbreviation
generator
> Copyrighting is essential, but the trouble with selling such tools is
> that in an emerging industry, web-site designers need to be encouraged
> to 'design-in' accessibility. Having to pay for such tools may
> discourage developers from implementing accessibility features.
Making money was not my primary concern. though I would hate to see the
big corporate powers to be make a lot of money on Ian's excellent idea.
I am thinking about the tool that the independent developer created back
a few falls, to use with flash that allows better captioning ability
than other media access items. [by the way this tool for flash also
appears at WGB - magpie site)
I agree with you and ALL tools need better accessibility items, and
access for authors wishing to create accessible documents or files.
period. They are standards, they are guidelines, and they should be
available in all tools. And the GUIs for such items should not be
confusing or buried layers or tabs deep so they can be easy to miss or
hard to use.
I use homesite, but I also hand edit my work or hand author my work. I
use a few of the shortcuts that Homesite offers. For 3 versions(or more)
Homesite has been ahead of the game with having areas to include
accessibility items in documents. All along these were there, however
not every user explored or used the simple basics on these. This cannot
be said for some of the more popularly used WYSIWYG editors though.
[sadly, even today]
I think a KEY point in getting these items to be used is having top
level simplicity, not convoluted checking processes or time consuming
other steps.
But this is another area that I have some strong personal feelings. As I
have to help people find out where these items are and how to use them.
[and then also teach or help people see that just using them does not
make the piece more accessible, but using some thought along with using
is that other level of learning]
I am more about selling the idea, the item, or the process to tool
makers, and letting Ian get at least the credit for such a postive add.
I think there are a few companies that are willing and also looking for
ideas of this nature to help make using their tools towards standards
and accessibility in positive ways.
Only had one cup of coffee today, so I hope some of this makes sense.
holly
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