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From: Beverly Whiteside Wieland <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Mailing Lists for Blind Programmers


> This subject came up during the Sunday morning session in Louisville.
> Information was given to the group on the blindprogramming list here in
> the U.S., and I promised to send contact info for the international blind
> programmers list.  I will summarize both here, for everyone's benefit.
>
> The American list is run by Dennis Brown.  To subscribe, send a blank
> message (no subject or body necessary) to
> [log in to unmask]
> I just joined this list so can only state the purpose from what is stated
> in the welcome message.  This list is for any blind person writing code,
> whether for personal or general use.  He also has a web site which he says
> contains a gold mine of information, located at
> http://www.blindprogramming.com
>
> Perhaps I am wrong in calling this the American list, but I assuming most
> subscribers are from the U.S.
>
>
> The other list, which I have been subscribed to for a couple of years, is
> run by George Bell, a Scotsman who runs a company called techno-vision in
> the UK.  I know George by e-mail because he is a dealer for Window Bridge,
> the screen reader I use.  His list can be subscribed to by sending a
> message with no subject to [log in to unmask]  In the body write
> subscribe program-l followed by your first name and last name, plus your
> organization or anything you might want to mention.  Example:
> subscribe program-l Beverly Wieland - University of Delaware
>
> This list focuses on any kind of programming question, particularly in the
> areas of languages such as Visual Basic and Visual C++.  I subscribed to
> the list when I was told my programming job would eventually change from
> mainframe programming to client-centered, more object-oriented languages.
> Although much of the material is well over my head, people are very
> helpful debugging each other's code and even showing correct ways to
> handle various problems.  A Microsoft employee from the UK named Mark Long
> frequently contributes his expertise, although he is apparently sighted
> and does not use screen readers.
>
> I hope these resources are helpful to some of you out there.
> Please let me know if anything I said is unclear.
>
> Bev Wieland
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>


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