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      Welcome to the 12th edition of What's New On the Web

      What's New on the Web December, 1996

      1. NEW AT THE 'tute

        • Latest Version of What's New
        • Visit a new area of personal pages by the students of NYISE.
          I am currently teaching several students HTML and they will be creating pages for the website. Some of the pages may be a little raw around the edges, so please accept these pages as the works in progress that they are.

      2. New LYNX links:

        • lynx.browser.org: A central repository and index for information about Lynx
        • Lynx-View: To see what your page will look like on lynx
        • Extremely Lynx
        • The Web Design Group was founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. Such sites need not be boring and non-graphical.
        • More LYNX links at NYISE
        • Webpage Creators Guide to Writing Speech Friendly pages
        • If you use DOS, htmlbu20.zip strips the html tags from text

      3. The Productivity Works has released Webspeak v1.3.

      4. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is now accessible on the web. Currently, the website is similar in content to the NLS section of the Library of Congress gopher. To obtain a guide to searching the catalog by FTP at ftp.loc.gov/pub/NLS/online.search.guide . The NLS web address is: http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls/nls.html

      5. Eyeville: The Gathering Place for Visionaries in Eye Care-The Web's Most Comprehensive Site for Ophthalmology Content & Links

      6. Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

      7. GLAUCOMA (US Healthcare)
        Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in adults. Although sight loss from glaucoma can often be prevented through early detection and treatment, many people don't realize they have the disease until permanent damage has occurred. For this reason, it's important to have regular eye examinations that include testing for glaucoma, and to become familiar with the risk factors and warning signs of the disease.
        • Guarding Against Glaucoma (FDA)
        • Angle-Closure Glaucoma
        • Glaucoma: Info from The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
        • The Glaucoma Foundation: an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting glaucoma.
        • Glaucoma: preventing blindness-The other pressure problem
        • Glaucoma Home Page (NY Ear & Eye Infirmary)
        • Glaucoma Research Foundation
        • Glaucoma & Your Eyes: What is Glaucoma?
        • Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Pigmentary Glaucoma

      8. Speech program demos

      9. ADA Information Line: U.S. Department of Justice
        (800) 514-0301
        (800) 514-0383 (TDD)
        ADA-BBS: (202) 514-6193
        Gopher site

      10. U.S. Access Board, also known as the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. The Board, created in 1973, has served the nation as the only independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities.
        (800) 872-2253
        (800) 993-2822 (TDD)

      11. DISCUSSION LISTS:
        • AUDIODESCL
          AUDIODESCL is a new listserv intended for discussion about the growing art of Audio Description, which makes movies, live performances and public events accessible to individuals who are blind or who have low vision. AUDIODESCL allows describers, consumers, presenters, and others the opportunity to discuss problems and explore new techniques in description services. To subscribe, send e-mail to: listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu leave the subject line blank, and enter the following line of text as the message:
          SUBSCRIBE AUDIODESCL Yourfirstname Yourlastname

        • TEAMWORK
          The TEAMWORK mailing list is for the discussion of all aspects of family life that are effected by the disability of one or more family members. All family members are invited to join.To subscribe, send e-mail to:listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu leave the subject line blank, and enter the following line oftext as the message: SUBSCRIBE TEAMWORK Yourfirstname Yourlastname

      12. Walkervision is a resource for those dealing with visual loss.

        13. Talker 2.0: a web browser plug-in for Macintosh computers

      13. Emacspeak-97++----Emacspeak 6.0 Release Notes. Emacspeak-97++ provides a powerful Internet ready audio desktop that completely integrates Internet technologies including Web surfing and messaging into all aspects of the electronic desktop.
        • The Emacspeak home page
        • Details on what is new in this release
        • Pick up emacspeak via anonymous ftp(ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/raman/emacspeak/)
        • Subscribe to the emacspeak mailing list: priestdo@cs.vassar.edu (list owner "Greg E. Priest-Dorman)
        • Emacspeak --A Speech Output Subsystem For Emacs
        • Emacspeak --How Does It Work?
        • Emacspeak 4.0 ftp mirror

      14. The Illinois Association of Orientation and Mobility Specialists-IAOMS

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