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- From: xlacha1@wizard.weizmann.ac.il (Omer Zak)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.deaf-l,news.answers
- Subject: [bit.listserv.deaf-l] Deafness information on the Internet
- Followup-To: bit.listserv.deaf-l
- Summary: This posting contains pointers to information about deafness
- available on the Internet. Consult it also to locate information about
- TTY (or TDD) usage.
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- Date: 11 May 2004 10:50:33 GMT
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- Last-modified: 1998/02/28
- Version: 1.8
- URL: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/faq
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- Subject: DEAF-L MINI-FAQ
- ------------------------
- Written by: Omer Zak
- E-mail: <xlacha1@wizard.weizmann.ac.il>
- WWW home page: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/~xlacha1/
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Table of Contents
-
- 1. How to unsubscribe myself from DEAF-L?
- 2. How to subscribe myself to DEAF-L?
- 3. Introduction
- 4. Pointers to information
- 5. I do not have WWW browser. How to access it by E-mail?
- 6. I am not proficient in English
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 1. How to unsubscribe myself from DEAF-L?
-
- Do not send your unsubscription request to the DEAF-L list as several
- people (probably you too) have been trying to do.
- Instead of this, send a message to <listserv@siu.edu> whose body
- contains the following command:
-
- signoff deaf-l
-
- If you have any problem unsubscribing yourself from DEAF-L using the
- above method, contact the DEAF-L moderator, Roy Miller,
- at <ge0013@siucvmb.siu.edu>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2. How to subscribe myself to DEAF-L?
-
- If you want to subscribe to DEAF-L, the command is:
-
- sub deaf-l your name
-
- And it is to be sent to the address <listserv@siu.edu> in the body
- of an E-mail message.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 3. Introduction
-
- The purpose of this document is to give you starting point for locating
- and discovering Internet resources related to deafness. You'll find
- that, thanks to the diligent efforts of several people during the last
- few years, there is a lot of stuff about deafness on the Internet.
-
- Most of the information is available on the World-Wide Web. The rest
- of this document contains (very few) URLs (pointers) which will allow
- you to discover and retrieve the information.
-
- I assume that you already know how to use E-mail and what do the terms
- WWW and URL mean. If you do not know, ask your local system guru.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 4. Pointers to information
-
- 1. The following Web sites are excellent starting points for surfing the
- World-Wide Web for deafness related information:
-
- http://www.wolfenet.com/~hydronut/natlorgs.htm
- http://www.erols.com/berke/back.html
- http://www.chollian.net/~ad21th/kdeafe.htm#WWW
- http://www.deaflibrary.org/
-
- 2. URL of Omer Zak's DEAF-INFO Web site:
- http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/
-
- This WWW site contains summaries of information which passed via the
- DEAF-L discussion list during the last few years. It emphasizes
- opinions, testimonials and personal experiences. There is also some
- objective information.
-
- 3. URL of Omer Zak's TTY FAQ:
- http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/tty_faq.html
-
- This is actually part of (2) above, but it was mentioned separately
- because the most frequently asked question on DEAF-L is about
- using a PC to talk by phone to a deaf TTY user. This document tells
- you everything you need to know about using PCs to contact people
- with TTYs.
-
- For your convenience, this document is mirrored in the following URL:
- http://www.wolfenet.com/~hydronut/tty_faq.htm
-
- 4. URL of DEAF-L list administrative information:
- http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/administrative.html
-
- This is actually part of (2) above, but it was mentioned separately
- because it is needed by anyone who starts to follow the DEAF-L list.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 5. I do not have WWW browser. How to access it by E-mail?
-
- NOTE: in the past, this section used to have instructions for finding a
- Web-by-mail service. However now I don't have up-to-date information about
- such services. Due to the length and breadth of the Internet, there are
- no more services which serve the entire world. They instead serve local
- regions and/or provide information only from specific Web sites.
-
- Therefore you are advised to ask your local system guru for help in locating
- a friendly, nearby Web-by-mail service.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 6. I am not proficient in English
-
- In the past, you could read Web pages only in the language in which they
- were written. In the case of the DEAF-INFO Web site, this meant that
- you could read the information only in English.
-
- However, recently, Web translation engines became available. While I cannot
- vouch for the correctness of their translations, you may give them a try.
- One such translation engine is available in the URL
-
- http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate
-
- I hope that in the future there will be more translation servers on the
- Internet, and that they will be of higher quality and cover all languages
- of the world.
-
- P.S.: If you know about more translation servers which should be mentioned
- in this FAQ, you are welcome to let me know.
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