Comments on: Making sense, robot-style http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5888 Dave Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:47:20 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/15/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5888 David - I have with images for the past couple of months, yes. When you copy the code from Flickr, the title they supply is "Photo sharing," which is useless. So I've gotten in the habit of replacing that either with the alt description, or something more descriptive. I don't believe it violates the Flickr TOS. As for adding titles to links, I suppose I should, but life's too short. I should add that I do have audio for some of the poems at my online collection <a href="http://shadowcabinet.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Shadow Cabinet</a>, and just yesterday I added little audio icons to the appropriate entry in the table of contents. This morning I did one new recording (<a href="http://shadowcabinet.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/cassandras-last-will-testament/" rel="nofollow">here</a>) and hope to do more as time permits. David – I have with images for the past couple of months, yes. When you copy the code from Flickr, the title they supply is “Photo sharing,” which is useless. So I’ve gotten in the habit of replacing that either with the alt description, or something more descriptive. I don’t believe it violates the Flickr TOS. As for adding titles to links, I suppose I should, but life’s too short.

I should add that I do have audio for some of the poems at my online collection Shadow Cabinet, and just yesterday I added little audio icons to the appropriate entry in the table of contents. This morning I did one new recording (here) and hope to do more as time permits.

]]> By: David Harmon http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5887 David Harmon Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:41:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/15/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5887 Mechanical readings of poetry? eew. Author readings of poetry? <i>cool!</i> (Mechanically generated poetry? Ummm... ;-) ) Another important point for blind netters is the various "title" and "description" fields for images, and other page objects, (including links). Visual web-browsers sometimes put these in tooltips or status bar, but for a blind reader, that's all they get. Have you been "being good" about those? Mechanical readings of poetry? eew.

Author readings of poetry? cool!

(Mechanically generated poetry? Ummm… ;-) )

Another important point for blind netters is the various “title” and “description” fields for images, and other page objects, (including links). Visual web-browsers sometimes put these in tooltips or status bar, but for a blind reader, that’s all they get. Have you been “being good” about those?

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5886 Dave Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:32:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/15/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5886 leslee - Yeah, that's the idea, I guess. On the one hand, it seems like a cool idea to sign up for a Talkr account and put an audio link at the end of every post (I mean here on the blog, not just in emails), out of consideration for blind readers. On the other hand, I could do quickie recordings of my own that would make much more sense - but being a perfectionist I probably wouldn't be satisfied with that. Breet - Hee! I liked the little "bleep" noise she/it made for the ellipsis. leslee – Yeah, that’s the idea, I guess. On the one hand, it seems like a cool idea to sign up for a Talkr account and put an audio link at the end of every post (I mean here on the blog, not just in emails), out of consideration for blind readers. On the other hand, I could do quickie recordings of my own that would make much more sense – but being a perfectionist I probably wouldn’t be satisfied with that.

Breet – Hee! I liked the little “bleep” noise she/it made for the ellipsis.

]]> By: Brett http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5885 Brett Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:24:20 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/15/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5885 I've always enjoyed Vienna Gativa--and world incense. I’ve always enjoyed Vienna Gativa–and world incense.

]]> By: leslee http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5884 leslee Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:13:01 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/15/making-sense-robot-style/#comment-5884 Whoa. That is weird. Good for blind blog readers, I imagine. The voice quality and inflection ain't bad - they're clearly improving the technology. Whoa. That is weird. Good for blind blog readers, I imagine. The voice quality and inflection ain’t bad – they’re clearly improving the technology.

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