From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DT8y3-0003fC-00 for ; Tue, 03 May 2005 21:46:28 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j441kNlh025951 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 21:46:23 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j441kNqf025950 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 3 May 2005 21:46:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 21:46:23 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050504014623.GC24542@rednote.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.770_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: A question from a Linux new bee X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 01:46:29 -0000 Well, you're wrong. The source was certainly not flat ASCII. BookShare has O'Reily's sgml and used scripts to transform the markup. Dawes, Stephen writes: > I am aware of book share's O'riley's collection. I am also aware of how > the collection was created. As I have been told, the source for the > bookshare was flat text files. So this is going to have a significant > impact on the mark-up of the text. I was think of looking into safari to > see if it would be any better. I know that O'Riley has been a big > advocate of making their publications available to the print disabled > community in the past, so it doesn't surprise me to hear that the safari > service is accessible. > > > Steve Dawes > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > Email: SDawes@calgary.ca > > > > NOTICE - > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > > Sent: 2005 May 03 8:44 AM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: A question from a Linux new bee > > > > Hi, Stephen: > > > > Dawes, Stephen writes: > > > Janina, > > > > > > How accessible is O'Reily's Safari service? > > > > I should point out that I've never been a subscriber, but I > > did look at their examples some months ago and found the > > service very accessible. > > They use very clean html, imho, with docbook sgml on their > > back end, I believe. > > > > However, I also think it important to point out that Book > > Share has access to all O'Reily titles, though their markup > > leaves much to be desired. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.