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writethisfanfic2013-02-19 10:39 am
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Check in: Tuesday 19th
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I have some time before I need to leave for a job interview this afternoon so I'm going to be doing more editing and will be making a few notes for a one-shot to see how something I want to use in a much bigger fic is going to work.
Discussion topic: disability resources. I know we only had a resource sharing post a few weeks ago, but what about resources for disabled writers like screen readers, dictionary add-ons etc. If you have a disability, what programs do you use?
I have dyslexia and dyspraxia, and I use TextHelp with LibreOffice (after I customised all of the deafult settings), and The Sage external dictionary. TextHelp lets me change the programme screen to green (that colour makes reading a lot easier for me) and it autocorrects commonly misspelled words, homophones and confusables (example: there/their/they’re), lots of other things too, and there is a read-aloud feature that works with most programs and browsers but I had to turn it off because the voices irritated me. I also find that having The Sage is the same as keeping paperback copies of the OED and OET near my laptop because the definitions are as in-depth as the Oxford, and I do like the anagram feature it has because that's how I spell some words before I get it right :)
I have some time before I need to leave for a job interview this afternoon so I'm going to be doing more editing and will be making a few notes for a one-shot to see how something I want to use in a much bigger fic is going to work.
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Discussion topic: disability resources. I know we only had a resource sharing post a few weeks ago, but what about resources for disabled writers like screen readers, dictionary add-ons etc. If you have a disability, what programs do you use?
I have dyslexia and dyspraxia, and I use TextHelp with LibreOffice (after I customised all of the deafult settings), and The Sage external dictionary. TextHelp lets me change the programme screen to green (that colour makes reading a lot easier for me) and it autocorrects commonly misspelled words, homophones and confusables (example: there/their/they’re), lots of other things too, and there is a read-aloud feature that works with most programs and browsers but I had to turn it off because the voices irritated me. I also find that having The Sage is the same as keeping paperback copies of the OED and OET near my laptop because the definitions are as in-depth as the Oxford, and I do like the anagram feature it has because that's how I spell some words before I get it right :)
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I don't have a disability, though more and more I am appreciating any program that allows me to change the background color on the screen. White is getting more and more annoying to my old eyes!
I like the sound of The Sage, I use a dictionary and thesaurus constantly as I write, and this sounds pretty useful. Nice that it works on a USB drive, as well.
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