[Journalists] Website navigation for SEC info

[Bryan Bashin]

Cheryl,

Welcome to our list.  As to your question about SEC information, I 
know you will most likely be in a better position to access it with 
current versions of JAWS or Window-Eyes than with the evolving Mac 
software.  Additionally, as the SEC is a US government site it 
theoretically has a mandate to be reasonably accessible.  I suggest 
trying to explore the various SEC filings with a current PC screen 
review program and if you run into trouble most government sites have 
a way to contact the webmaster.

Of course, when technology falls short -- as it often does -- there 
is no substitute to your having lined up backup human readers, which 
to my view is essential no matter how tech-savvy you become.  The 
essence of news is that it exists in quickly-changing environments, 
often precisely the places where access isn't considered until it's 
old news.  Many on the list can help with ideas about how to hire, 
recruit or otherwise entice readers, with the goal that you always 
have a backup, a backup to that backup, and a backup to that one.

Bryan




At 06:46 AM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
>                         I'm in Midland, where I've been for quite
>awhile. I joined up last Thursday. I concurrently joined the NAPUB
>listserve, which is pretty busy with a lot of blah-blah stuff,
>although not bad. Decided to make the preservation of "the culture of
>Braille" my lifelong avocation, aside from the church stuff I do. It
>breaks my heart the way people try to replace Braille with just any
>old thing, which means we're turning a generation of readers into a
>new generation of lifelong listeners . What a swap!
>
>Let's do keep in touch.
>
>Cheryl Wade
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>Journalists mailing list
>Journalists at nfbnet.org
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Cheryl,
Welcome to our list.  As to your question about SEC information, I know you will most likely be in a better position to access it with current versions of JAWS or Window-Eyes than with the evolving Mac software.  Additionally, as the SEC is a US government site it theoretically has a mandate to be reasonably accessible.  I suggest trying to explore the various SEC filings with a current PC screen review program and if you run into trouble most government sites have a way to contact the webmaster.
Of course, when technology falls short -- as it often does -- there is no substitute to your having lined up backup human readers, which to my view is essential no matter how tech-savvy you become.  The essence of news is that it exists in quickly-changing environments, often precisely the places where access isn't considered until it's old news.  Many on the list can help with ideas about how to hire, recruit or otherwise entice readers, with the goal that you always have a backup, a backup to that backup, and a backup to that one. 
Bryan
At 06:46 AM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
        
        
        
I'm in Midland, where I've been for quite
awhile. I joined up last Thursday. I concurrently joined the NAPUB
listserve, which is pretty busy with a lot of blah-blah stuff,
although not bad. Decided to make the preservation of "the culture of
Braille" my lifelong avocation, aside from the church stuff I do. It
breaks my heart the way people try to replace Braille with just any
old thing, which means we're turning a generation of readers into a
new generation of lifelong listeners . What a swap!
Let's do keep in touch.
Cheryl Wade
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Journalists mailing list
Journalists at nfbnet.org
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