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= Welcome to VI-Access! = | |||
This website is under construction and is in a private state. If you're reading this, it is likely we have requested your help to make it better. What follows is a brief description of the website and its purpose: | This website is under construction and is in a private state. If you're reading this, it is likely we have requested your help to make it better. What follows is a brief description of the website and its purpose: | ||
Accessibility for blind people is a rather obscure topic, with information on various accessibility topics being scattered all over the internet. The goal of | Accessibility for blind people is a rather obscure topic, with information on various accessibility topics being scattered all over the internet. The goal of VI-Access is to aggregate this information in one central place. Think of this website as the Wikipedia for accessibility information. | ||
= What's Covered here? = | = What's Covered here? = | ||
The scope of this wiki is naturally very wide. Following is a non-exhaustive list of topics that are either already covered here or are planned in the future: | |||
= | * [[:category:Locations|Physical locations]] in the world that one can move to | ||
* [[:category:hardware|physical hardware]] and devices that can be purchased or assembled | |||
* [[:category:software|Software solutions]] and programs designed for entertainment or to accomplish a task | |||
* [[:category:screen-reader|Screen reading solutions]] that read text and assist in the use of a computer or other device for blind people | |||
* [[:category:tts|Text to speech]] solutions that read out text through a screen reader | |||
* Information on [[:category:braille|Braille and Braille devices]]. | |||
* Anything that facilitates the [[:category:transport|transportation]] of people | |||
* [[:category:orgs|Organizations]] that play a roll or have ideals that affect accessibility, for better or worse | |||
* [[:category:history|The history of accessibility]], including old screen readers and speech solutions | |||
* We plan to publish [[:category:guide|guides]] on how to use products and perform other tasks as a visually impaired person | |||
* Anything else related to accessibility in some way that we haven't thought of a category for yet | |||
= Features = | |||
== Star Rating and Reviews System == | == Star Rating and Reviews System == | ||
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We would like to have a star-rating and review system on a majority of our pages. The purpose of this system is not to rate the pages themselves, but rather to rate the products, places, and companies/organizations talked about on the page. For example, if you are reading an article about Wake County, North Carolina, you will want to know what people have to say about it. To that end, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you should see something like this: “ | We would like to have a star-rating and review system on a majority of our pages. The purpose of this system is not to rate the pages themselves, but rather to rate the products, places, and companies/organizations talked about on the page. For example, if you are reading an article about Wake County, North Carolina, you will want to know what people have to say about it. To that end, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you should see something like this: “ | ||
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<h3>Ratings and Reviews</h3> | |||
Wake County has | <p>Wake County has an average rating of 3 stars, and people have left a total of 2 reviews.</p> | ||
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<summary>Show / Hide reviews</summary> | <summary>Show / Hide reviews</summary> | ||
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The writer of this section has not walked around the city of Raleigh enough times to understand how it is actually organized. This was merely a scenario to demonstrate how the review system is intended to function in the future. | The writer of this section has not walked around the city of Raleigh enough times to understand how it is actually organized. This was merely a scenario to demonstrate how the review system is intended to function in the future. | ||
= Future Plans = | |||
== Video sharing == | |||
Some products do not have readily-available sources to reference regarding their accessibility status, making it impossible to verify our claims when writing about them. To solve this problem, we'd like to start an official video sharing presence for VI Access on as many video sharing sites as possible. Our videos are intended to be as professional as possible, and anyone who watches them should be able to use them as complete guides on how to use the products we discuss within them. | |||
== Broadening Our Horizons == | == Broadening Our Horizons == | ||
Currently, this wiki aims to provide information on accessibility for blind and visually impaired people. However, we are considering the possibility of branching out to provide information for people with different disabilities, such as hearing and motor difficulties. | Currently, this wiki aims to provide information on accessibility for blind and visually impaired people. However, we are considering the possibility of branching out to provide information for people with different disabilities, such as hearing and motor difficulties. | ||