Blindness Email Lists - Continued...

BASR-L
BASR-L is a professional mailing list for the discussion of blind web access issues. The main focus of BASR-L is to improve the access blind people have to the World Wide Web. (It is not a list for support on existing products and features, because other lists, such as ACCESS-L, BLIND-L, GUISpeak, WEBWATCH-L, and Lynx-Learners, already provide that service.) BASR-L aims at promoting dialogue between blind individuals, web professionals, adaptive technology industry professionals, software developers, and other individuals interested in improving blind people's access to the web. If you are a blind consumer interested in working with browser companies to develop an understanding of how blind people could use browsers most effectively, you are invited to join BASR-L.

Certainly, no such effort can hope to succeed without your active participation. If you are a professional associated with the development of web and browser technology, and would like to help blind people gain the best access possible to the web, you are invited to join BASR-L. You will learn how blind people use computers to access information they usually can't get any other way. Our effort will not succeed without the active participation of professionals from the industry that brings web browsers to market.

If you are an access technology developer or professional who is interested in developing approaches for World Wide Web access, you are invited to join BASR-L. This listserve would be an excellent forum for developing mutual strategies with browser developers. Your experience in providing blind people access to information technology will be invaluable to this group's efforts.

If you are a researcher in these or associated fields, and you are interested in testing the limits of nonvisual web browsing, you are invited to join BASR-L. You will learn about the practical opportunities available in nonvisual information technology today. And, we need your vision of a better tomorrow to ensure the best browsing products possible. Specially adapted computer interfaces based on synthetically generated speech ? and on refreshable Braille displays ? have transformed the lives of many blind people over the past 20 years. BASR-L has been formed to provide a professional forum for developing the necessary ideas and contacts to ensure that these gains in technology continue for blind people's quality of life and success in employment in the information age.

Some of the potential topics of discussion include:

1. Is a combination of browser and screen reader the best approach to web access for blind people? If so, what aspects of information access are the browser's responsibility? Which are the screen reader's?
2. What should be on a list of desirable browser features? What features should a browser provide for optimal access?
3. What changes to HTML are needed?
4. What new techniques have been discovered in relevant academic research?
5. What are the best ways of ensuring that blind people's access needs can and will be incorporated into new web technologies?

To subscribe to BASR-L, type: SUBSCRIBE BASR-L firstname lastname in the BODY of an e-message - substituting, of course, your actual first and last names - and send it to: listproc@trace.wisc.edu To unsubscribe from BASR-L, type: UNSUBSCRIBE BASR-L in the BODY of an e-message, and send it to: listproc@trace.wisc.edu To contact the list owner of BASR-L, Janina Sajka, e-mail: janina@afb.net

BCAB
BCAB is the e-mailing list of the British Computer Association of the Blind. Membership in BCAB is not, however, a prerequisite for subscribing to this list.

The British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) was formed in 1969 and gained company and charitable status in 1995. The objectives of the Association are to promote the special needs and interests of the visually impaired who either work in the computing field or have an active interest in computing. Particular emphasis is given to the advancement of education and provision of specially adapted training/courses through the use and application of computing and information technology. BCAB has approximately 200 members and the diversity of experience represented by the membership means that the Association can lend effective support to those seeking help and advice.

To subscribe to the BCAB e-mailing list, type the command: SUBSCRIBE BCAB in the BODY of an e-message with a blank subject line, and send it to: majordomo@cs.man.ac.uk The BCAB e-mail list is administered at the University of Manchester.

The Association is affiliated with the British Computer Society and has close links with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). For further details and an application form, please write to the Secretary, BCAB, BCM, P.O.BOX 950, LONDON WC1N 3XX or e-mail the secretary of BCAB, Derek Naysmith at: ESA043@ed.sac.ac.uk More information about BCAB can be found at the RNIB's web site, which is located at: http://www.rnib.org.uk

BLINDADVERTISEMENTS
Blind advertisements ? personal and some commercial ? for blindness-related products and services. New and used; buy, sell, or trade. Product release information and off-list competitive bidding.

To subscribe to BlindAd, type the command: SUBSCRIBE BLIND-AD firstname lastname in the BODY of an e-message, and send it to: LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU As a response to your e-message, you will receive the BlindAd list charter and instructions for joining. To post to BlindAd, once you have subscribed, send your e-message to: BLINDAD@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU To unsubscribe from BlindAd, type: SIGNOFF BLINDAD in the BODY of an e-message, and send it to: LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU E-messages posted to BlindAd are automatically archived in a searchable hypertext format. Note that in order to access the hyperarchive, you need to obtain a password. The URL for the BlindAd hyperarchive is: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/blindad.html To contact the list owner of BlindAd, Lisa Carmelle, send e-mail to: blindad- request@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU or lisa11@cris.com

BLINDADULT
The BlindAdult mailing list is for blind adults, i.e., those over 18 years of age. Almost any topic is welcome on BlindAdult, but the list's primary focus is on dating, relationships and sex. The listowner, Jeff Knight, founded BlindAdult because he believes that "those of us who are blind have some unique concerns/perspectives related to these topics that are not always addressed on other lists. It is my hope that this list will provide a safe, fun, and friendly place for blind and visually impaired people to share their experiences, questions, and concerns about these often embarrassing topics."

To subscribe to BlindAdult, type the command: SUBSCRIBE BLINDADULT in the BODY of an e-message with a blank subject line, and e-mail it to: majordomo@cyberkayne.com To post to BlindAdult once you have subscribed, send your e-message to: blindadult@cyberkayne.com To unsubscribe from BlindAdult, type the command: UNSUBSCRIBE BLINDADULT in the BODY of an e-message with a blank subject line, and e-mail it to: majordomo@cyberkayne.com To contact the list owner of BlindAdult, Jeff Knight, e-mail: blindadult-owner@cyberkayne.com

BLINDBLACKMEN
BlindBlackMen is a place where blind and visually impaired men of color can voice their opinions and share ideas, links, and information that is either entertaining, informative, and/or helpful. This group is a small select section of a larger ring of e-mail communities for blind and visually impaired computer users. This group is designed to be more organized, and more specifically targeted, than larger, more general e-mailing lists dedicated to the discussion of blindness-related topics.

To subscribe to BlindBlackMen, type the command: SUBSCRIBE BlindBlackMen in the BODY of an e-message, and send it to: blindblackmen-subscribe@egroups.com To post an e-message to BlindBlackMen, once you have subscribed, send it to: blindblackmen@egroups.com Individual posts to BlindBlackMen, from September 1999 to the present, are archived by eGroups.COM. Note that, while you must first be subscribed to BlindBlackMen in order to post to the list, you do not need to be subscribed to the list in order to peruse or search the BlindBlackMen hyperarchive. To browse or search the BlindBlackMen hyperarchive, visit: http://www.egroups.com/list/blindblackmen/info.html To unsubscribe from BlindBlackMen, type the command: UNSUBSCRIBE BlindBlackMen in the BODY of an e-message, and send it to: blindblackmen-unsubscribe@egroups.com To contact the list owner of BlindBlackMen, e-mail: blindblackmen-owner@egroups.com